Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

VANISHING VANISHING TRIANGLE

September 7, 2023

THE GARDAÍ have been coming under fire in recent months and it may be the case that the boys and girls in blue... Read more »

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DAVID HARVEY’S HOT SEATS

September 7, 2023

CONGRATULATIONS TO David Harvey, producer of this week’s documentary on John Gilligan. The media-savvy and politically connected producer garnered huge exposure for his... Read more »

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COLM O’ROURKE’S NEW ROLE

September 7, 2023

MEATH LEGEND Colm O’Rourke, who has been enjoying no little success in his role as manager of the county GAA team, which won... Read more »

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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

September 7, 2023

AS THE Russian war with Ukraine grinds to a brutal winter stalemate, there are increasing tensions between Ukrainian citizens in Ireland – namely... Read more »

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POST PARTING

September 7, 2023

ALONGSIDE Swedish giants Bonnier buying into the Business Post, a share restructuring has seen Derek Butler’s Endeavour Fund emerge as the second-biggest shareholder.... Read more »

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FAR-RIGHT ‘SECURITY’

September 7, 2023
The internet has had a huge impact on the growth of far-right organisations. Instead of having to face the predictable political opposition on the... Read more »

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ELUSIVE FINGERPRINTS

September 7, 2023
THE MCGURK’S Bar bomb massacre in Belfast in 1971 claimed 15 lives. In 2011 the Police Ombudsman NI reported that it had no evidence... Read more »

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IRISH ‘NON-LETHAL’ NEUTRALITY

August 24, 2023
SOONER OR later ministers were going to trip themselves up with contradictory and meaningless rhetoric about Irish neutrality being compatible with offering political, financial... Read more »

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LEAVING LISTOWEL WRITERS’ WEEK

August 24, 2023
THE FUN and games continue at Listowel Writers’ Week where a new programme director is about to be announced following exit of the first... Read more »

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HANDICAPPING BRENDAN DUKE

August 24, 2023

THERE WAS a lot of discussion off the turf last week in relation to the attempted eviction from his Fenway House property in... Read more »

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FARRELLY’S PROFILE TAKES OFF

August 24, 2023

WHILE MICK O’Leary’s almost comical levels of indignation continue to feature regularly in the media, one person who might be enjoying the pantomime... Read more »

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EDITING THE JOURNALISM AWARDS

August 24, 2023
THE 2023 Irish Journalism Awards are being organised by an amalgamation of NewsBrands Ireland and its new partners in this endeavour, Google News Initiative... Read more »

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CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS

August 24, 2023

EFFORTS TO create a Houses for Heroes memorial to WWI soldiers in the Dublin suburb of Killester, led by local resident Aaron Crampton,... Read more »

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HORSING AROUND IN THE FOUR GOLDMINES

August 24, 2023

GOLDHAWK HAS spotted an interesting looking High Court action that has been lodged by an outfit called Studbook Development Ireland Ltd (SDI), which... Read more »

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IRISH FREEDOM PARTY ‘FAKE NEWS’

August 24, 2023

PRESS OMBUDSMAN Susan McKay recently ruled on a complaint from Hermann Kelly, leader of the Irish Freedom Party. It was Kelly’s fifth complaint... Read more »

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McGURK’S BAR COVER-UP

August 24, 2023
WHILE THE British government is holding a judicial inquiry into the Real IRA’s bombing of Omagh – death toll 29 – the McGurk’s bar... Read more »

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‘HUMANITARIAN’ IRISH WAR EFFORT

August 10, 2023

LAST OCTOBER the then foreign minister and defence minister, Simon Coveney, spoke in humanitarian terms when announcing the plan for Irish Defence Forces’... Read more »

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HELEN McENTEE PROJECT UNDONE

August 10, 2023
THE carefully constructed Fine Gael leadership campaign of Helen McEntee was given what appeared to be the kiss of death with her recent walk... Read more »

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AUF WIEDERSEHEN WIRECARD

August 10, 2023

SO FAREWELL then Wirecard Payments Solutions Holdings Ltd, the Irish arm of the uber controversial German outfit, Wirecard AG. It will be finally... Read more »

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GEORGINA’S GOOD NEWS

August 10, 2023

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED a rather chunky judgment satisfaction registered in Stubbs Gazette this week. The defendant who has had the debt cleared is one... Read more »

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KIDS CHARITY SCOOPED!

August 10, 2023

SO farewell then to The Scoop Foundation (Supporting Children Out Of Poverty), a charity that has just been wound up on foot of... Read more »

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PETER AIKEN’S SIDE BET

August 10, 2023

WHILE IMPRESARIO Peter Aiken is currently engaged in a high-profile boundary dispute (see p18), he will have been keeping an eye on the... Read more »

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JOHN ROBERTS’S MENU

August 10, 2023

A COMPANY linked to Crackbrgr restaurant, owned by John Roberts, is being wound up next week, just a couple of months after the... Read more »

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DEEP STATE AND MOUNTBATTEN

August 10, 2023
Andrew Lownie has been monitoring his social media accounts for at least five years. Files surrendered to him included a flyer about a talk... Read more »

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NOT-SO-QUIET MAN

August 10, 2023

As signs of the ever-deepening climate emergency become all but impossible to ignore, some of those voices who have peddled climate denial for... Read more »

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BAKHURST ‘CONFLICT OF INTEREST’

July 27, 2023
RTÉ’S SAVIOUR, new director general, Kevin Bakhurst, has made much of the need for a register of RTÉ employees’ interests and the avoidance of... Read more »

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TOFFS AGAINST TERRORISM

July 27, 2023

MI6 CHIEF Richard Moore paid a visit to Prague recently where he implored Russian officials to contact his service to help overthrow Vladimir... Read more »

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JOHN MALONE’S TACTICS

July 27, 2023

IT WAS hardly surprising that Virgin Media should wade into the RTÉ pay and governance row. The owner of the station is so-called... Read more »

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TOM BARRY’S FERTILE PROFITS

July 27, 2023

CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for agribusiness operator and property investor Tom Barry, who has been making hay while the sun shines. Clearly, he... Read more »

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RYANAIR’S HOT AIR

July 27, 2023

THIS YEAR is, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) “a critical year for delivery of Ireland’s national climate action”. Given that... Read more »

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MALIGN MALIAN MISSION

July 27, 2023

SOMETIMES THE language of western diplomats jars with reality, especially when explaining the high-minded, humanitarian reasons for invading countries or even, as recently,... Read more »

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MALCOLM BYRNE’S “EXTRAORDINARY” EVIDENCE

July 27, 2023
THE IMPROPER sacking of Aodhagán Ó Súird as principal of Wexford primary school Gaelscoil Moshíológ has generated plenty of headlines given the 11 years... Read more »

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RTÉ BOARD BACK IN THE MONEY

July 27, 2023
WITH THE wait for RTÉ’s 2022 annual report going on, there will be some information included that may be of interest to followers of... Read more »

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DEFENCE FORCES DIFFER ON SECURITY

July 27, 2023

IN THE summer edition of Signal, the biannual magazine of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO), Micheál Martin, Tánaiste and Minister for... Read more »

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NIAMH BRENNAN’S TRANSPARENCY

July 13, 2023
AS THOSE RTÉ committee hearings concluded this week, the focus moved to the clean up at Montrose, which is being spearheaded by Niamh Brennan... Read more »

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JUDGE HALPIN V RTÉ

July 13, 2023

THE LESS than media shy judge Anthony Halpin garnered himself a fair few headlines last week when he gave RTÉ execs and ‘talent’... Read more »

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