High Society Archives

JOHN MAGNIER’S ROOSTING BATS

December 12, 2024

JOHN MAGNIER has been attracting a lot of attention lately and, especially in Co Tipperary, the aggressive acquisition of large tracts of land... Read more »

ENDA McEVOY’S INDIGESTION

December 12, 2024

MICHELIN-STAR chef Enda McEvoy has moved to wind up the company that was behind his award-winning Loam restaurant in Galway, which closed a... Read more »

BONO’S EXTENSION

November 28, 2024

A NEW planning application has just been greenlighted by Kildare County Council to ensure that the whiskey distillery planned by Bono and Paddy... Read more »

JOHN MAGNIER’S AWARDS BASH

November 28, 2024

RACECOURSE COMMENTATOR Richard Pugh filled the role of MC at this month’s annual back-slapping awards ceremony for the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners... Read more »

KENAH HILL’S LONG STORY

November 28, 2024

KENAH HILL, one of the most expensive properties in Dublin, is on the market with a hefty €10.75m price tag and curious readers... Read more »

Tony Smurfit and UCD president Orla Feely

TONY SMURFIT’S FORM

November 14, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p124) Goldhawk profiles Tony Smurfit, the chief executive of Smurfit Kappa Group, who has just pulled off an... Read more »

SARAH NEWMAN’S BARON

November 14, 2024

GOLDHAWK IS delighted to report that businesswoman-turned-celebrity-turned-bankrupt Sarah Newman has had a fairytale ending to 2024, marrying her titled beau, Lord Henry Digby,... Read more »

ANNUAL 2024: 2024 GETS BOOMIER … FOR SOME

November 14, 2024

WHILE AROUND the world there were warning signs of the brakes being applied to the economy and a slowdown in spending at the... Read more »

IHT CHL The Lion in Winter Racing Royalty Le Brocquy City of Troy Fitzwilliam Square AIRO Dermot Smurfit Ballinacarrig Park Club Cosgrave Fitzpatrick Keith Jameson National Gallery Collection Marissa Carter VG Tom Higgins Neil Jordan Laura Bonner Paul Ward Variety Jones Dtat Eathos Sharon Keegan Angela Scanlon Desmond Canouan Bellair Estate Bobby Flay John O’Conor Portrait of Omai Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile Wedding NGI Board Rachel Flynn JP McMahon Ash Quinn Pamela Laird Abdullah Al Naboodah Boundless Ocean

HEALTH CHECK

November 14, 2024

DOCUMENTS FILED in the Companies Office reveal that the grandly titled Institute of Health Sciences (IHS), which closed its doors last year, owed... Read more »

JP McMANUS’S ANNUS HORRIBILIS

October 31, 2024

THIS YEAR has turned out to be a forgettable one for Geneva-based zillionaire JP McManus. Hot on the heels of a ruling by... Read more »

SLOWLY DOES IT AT ABBBEYLEIX HOUSE

October 31, 2024

IT WAS reported recently that John and Patrick Collison purchased a nice pile on Ailesbury Road, D4, which is now being given as... Read more »

ALIAS TOM’S FASHION STATEMENT

October 31, 2024

THE PROPOSED High Court winding up of Alias Tom Ltd – the company behind the eponymous high-end men’s fashion retailer off Dublin’s Grafton... Read more »

VINCENT CROWLEY’S COMFY PILE

October 17, 2024

ONE OF the more impressive properties to come on the market in recent weeks is a 3,700 sq ft redbrick Crampton-built pile on... Read more »

MARTINA BYRNE’S PR SKILLS

October 17, 2024

THE BOARD of the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) is back to its full complement following the appointment by arts minister Catherine Martin... Read more »

SHEIKH MOHAMMED V JOHN MAGNIER

October 17, 2024

THERE WAS some unexpected evidence at the recent Goffs Book 1 Orby yearling sale of increasing dominance for Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s Godolphin... Read more »

Paul Anderson Killead on Shrewsbury Road

PAUL ANDERSON’S €20M HOUSES

October 3, 2024

FANCY DUBLIN 4 houses coming on the market with seven-figure price tags barely raise an eyebrow these days but this is not the... Read more »

DEREK ICETON’S DISMOUNT

October 3, 2024

MINTED RACEHORSE owner/breeder Steve Parkin has effectively ended his interest in Ireland, following his break up with former adviser Joe Foley. A local... Read more »

HERITAGE TRUST SEATS

October 3, 2024

THE ESB announced a significant plan to develop a museum at 12 Fitzwilliam Street, adjacent to its expensive HQ, where it will partner... Read more »

INTERCEPTING JOHN STEWART

September 19, 2024

GOFFS SUPREMO Henry Beeby and his team will have their fingers crossed that the free-spending Resolute Racing founder, John Stewart, will get to... Read more »

HERBERT PARK’S NEW NEIGHBOUR

September 19, 2024

LAST WEEK, Ballsbridge residents were greeted with a sign, erected on the ugly fencing fronting the controversial site on the edge of Herbert... Read more »

JENNY KEANE’S BOTTOM LINE

September 5, 2024

GOLDHAWK’S FAVOURITE ‘holistic sex educator’, Jenny Keane, shows no sign of slowing down after becoming a mother. Indeed, she has found yet more... Read more »

COOLMORE AND MORE

September 5, 2024

A MOST impressive pair of racehorses trained by Aidan O’Brien – City of Troy and The Lion in Winter – each excelled at... Read more »

ROSEMARY COLEMAN’S SKINCARE EDIT

September 5, 2024

LAST WEEK RTÉ’s Prime Time caused a bit of a stir when it examined the surge in young children following advanced skincare routines,... Read more »

REDDINGTON’S RIDE

August 22, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO London-based construction magnate John Reddington, who hails from Bohola in Co Mayo. Last week, the minted part-time jockey returned west of... Read more »

MAGNIER’S RACING ROYALTY

August 22, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will know about the various private tours of horse racing establishments now being offered by top trainers and breeders, proving... Read more »

DISCOUNT SPECIAL IN FOXROCK

August 22, 2024

GOLDHAWK SPIES that the sale of a Brighton Road pile called Tresillian House, sitting on an acre (and including a two-bedroom bungalow), has... Read more »

BAILING OUT RUSSBOROUGH HOUSE

August 8, 2024

AS THE annual Heritage Week at Russborough House in Blessington kicks off this weekend, visitors will encounter new pathways created courtesy of a... Read more »

LE BROCQUY’S COTTAGES

August 8, 2024

INTERESTING TO see a property on Eglinton Road in Donnybrook, D4, going on the market with a €2.75m price tag. It is owned... Read more »

JESSICA HARRINGTON’S ‘LIGHT BITES’

August 8, 2024

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that some of the high-flying players in the sport of kings have developed yet another source of income,... Read more »

DENISE PHILLIPS’ CROWN PRINCE

July 25, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO “award-winning hair professional” and social media fan Denise Phillips (aka Denise McLean), who has been named as a finalist in the... Read more »

BILL DURKAN’S GUINEAS

July 25, 2024

THERE WAS a lot of moolah being splashed about earlier this month in Newmarket and centre stage was moneybags Bill Durkan of Durkan... Read more »

ROBBIE DOLAN’S EXTRAVAGANT VILLA

July 25, 2024

A FEW weeks after first going on the market with a hefty €4.5m price tag, the opulent 8,500 sq ft Villa Barton in... Read more »

RAY MORAN’S TURNTABLE

July 11, 2024

A DECISION is due shortly from the planners in Dublin City Council on an application for the retention of an unusual “vehicular turntable”... Read more »

AUBREY’S AWARD

July 11, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO millionaire and philanthropist Aubrey McCarthy, who has just been awarded an honorary lifetime membership of the RDS. This pat on the... Read more »

JOHN MAGNIER’S MIXED FORM

July 11, 2024

IT HAS been a successful but mixed couple of weeks for John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and the rest of the loaded... Read more »

NEVILLE EAGER’S ASCOT OUTING

June 27, 2024

THERE WAS significant success in Royal Ascot last week for the syndicate owners of a horse called Crystal Black, which is trained by... Read more »