High Society Archives

JESS RYAN’S BEAUTY BUSINESS

October 31, 2019

EARLIER THIS year one of Ireland’s top retailers, Arthur Ryan – the power behind Penneys/Primark – passed away. His daughter, the glamorous Jess... Read more »

JOHN GIVEN’S HOUSE

October 31, 2019

FORMER Goodbody solicitor John Given has parachuted into Philip Lee law firm as a senior partner. He is one of the more interesting... Read more »

PIPPA O’CONNOR’S BEST LIFE

October 16, 2019

IT HAS been a busy few weeks for ubiquitous model-turned-blogger-turned-designer Pippa O’Connor, social media sensation and wife of TV presenter Brian Ormond. She... Read more »

ANGELA MOORE’S SEAT

October 16, 2019

THERE IS a new face on the board of the Ireland Funds here. Virginia-based Angela Moore has just been appointed a director and... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S ‘FABULOUS’ HOUSE

October 16, 2019

THE INDO went to town in its property supplement last week, gushing about Brentwood House in Dundrum, Co Dublin, which is on the... Read more »

JUERG VON GEITZ’S ROLEX

October 3, 2019

AN INTERESTING set of proceedings has just been initiated in the Circuit Court featuring Dublin financier Juerg von Geitz and the long-established Dawson... Read more »

GREHAN’S STUD

October 3, 2019

INTERESTING to see Glenkerrin Homes boss Ray Grehan registering a couple of business names with a distinctly horsey ring to them. After being... Read more »

LIZ BALBIRNIE’S INTERIOR DESIGN

October 3, 2019

PROPERTY PORN continues to prove popular at RTÉ, where such programmes proliferate the airwaves. At the top of the tree is surely Home... Read more »

RENA MAYCOCK’S BIG PLANS

September 19, 2019

THE MOST interesting name hired by Tom Lyons and Ian Kehoe as a contributor for their proposed online business news website, The Currency,... Read more »

SAMMY LESLIE’S ITALIAN DISH

September 19, 2019

SAMANTHA LESLIE, the chatelaine of Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, has received some rare good financial news, relating to a charity she set... Read more »

NEVEN’S MAGUIRE’S INGREDIENTS

September 19, 2019

THE UBIQUITOUS Neven Maguire’s latest television dish kicked off last week on RTÉ One. And the second season of Neven’s Spanish Food Trials... Read more »

ROSS LEWIS’S PLANNING RECIPE

September 5, 2019

WHILE TOP chef Ross Lewis is best known for his uber-popular and award-laden Chapter One restaurant on Dublin’s Parnell Square, he also controls... Read more »

TARA FAY’S BUSY SCHEDULE

September 5, 2019

VIEWERS of RTÉ are getting a taste of the recently launched autumn season, which features the usual mixed bag. One programme that kicks... Read more »

JOHN MAGNIER’S ADVERTS

September 5, 2019

FIGURES JUST filed for Primus Advertising and Marketing add another few bob to the wealth of John Magnier, although just what he’s worth... Read more »

MICHAEL MULCAHY’S INSPIRING WOMEN

August 22, 2019

THE CROWDED calendar of women-in-business awards just got a little more crowded with the arrival of Michael ‘RSVP’ Mulcahy’s Graham Norton Gin Inspiring... Read more »

DEMPSEY’S GOLDEN GOOSE

August 22, 2019

THERE WAS good and bad news for Matt Dempsey and his board at the Irish National Stud (INS), where the clock is starting... Read more »

Susan Bergin Marlowe Mullingar Film Studio RTÉ Self-Employment

GERRY KELLY’S MOVIE MAGIC

August 21, 2019

THERE HAS been some interesting activity on the entertainment scene from a low-profile moneybags who has just invested a cool €1m in the... Read more »

MAIREAD RONAN’S SCHEDULE

August 8, 2019

THERE HAS been plenty of showbiz coverage this month of Mairead Ronan’s landing of a prime time radio slot on Today FM. Radio... Read more »

ALI BARKER’S BACKERS

August 8, 2019

RESTAURATEUR Ali Barker has saved one of her companies from being struck off thanks to a last minute filing, which reveals some new... Read more »

WRIGHT FAMILY AT WAR

August 8, 2019

INTERESTING TO see proceedings lodged in the Four Goldmines by assorted companies associated with the Wright fish dynasty in Howth. The matriarch here... Read more »

JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW BACKER

July 25, 2019

RESTAURATEUR Johnnie Cooke is expanding his empire again, this time with the opening of Juanito’s on trendy Drury Street, D2. Apparently, it is... Read more »

RACHAEL NAUGHTON’S ‘RETREATS’

July 25, 2019

RACHAEL NAUGHTON, daughter of Martin and Carmel Naughton of Glen Dimplex fame, has stepped down from the board of the Irish Undergraduate Awards... Read more »

DENIS BROSNAN’S WRITE-OFF

July 25, 2019

FORMER Kerry Foods boss Denis Brosnan has had a myriad of interests since he went his own way in 2003. One constant down... Read more »

CYNTHIA CHUA’S VIBRATIONS

July 11, 2019

IT’S INTERESTING to see that the colourful and loaded Cynthia Chua – who has recently been extolling the virtues of “perfuming your vejayjay”... Read more »

MUBARAK AL NAEMI’S NAGS

July 11, 2019

THE UPCOMING (July 24) auction at the Dunraven Arms in Adare of the impressive Kilfrush Stud in Co Limerick should attract plenty of... Read more »

JUDY WOODWORTH’S BEIT STRATEGY

July 11, 2019

LAST MONTH saw the inaugural Kaleidoscope festival take place in the grounds of Russborough House in Co Wicklow. Given the positive feedback, it... Read more »

TARKA RUSSELL’S CREDENTIALS

June 27, 2019

CONGRATULATIONS to young Tarka Russell, a glamorous addition to the board of the Glucksman art gallery in UCC. Having studied art history and... Read more »

YVETTE MONAHAN’S MOOLAH

June 27, 2019

THERE WAS a creditors’ meeting held in the offices of Outlook Accounts in Tallaght last week, which featured the winding up of a... Read more »

SEAMUS FITZPATRICK’S BUSY SCHEDULE

June 27, 2019

THESE ARE busy time for moneybags Seamus Fitzpatrick, who is fighting on two fronts. It was reported earlier this month that Fitzpatrick had... Read more »

ROY BARRETT’S D4 PILE

June 12, 2019

A PROPERTY in the heart of Ballsbridge has just come on the market with a hefty €5.75m price tag. The impressive Ailesbury Road... Read more »

MORE MILLIONS FROM HORSEY SET

June 12, 2019

THE REOPENING (at last) of the revamped Curragh racetrack, complete with a brand new four-tiered stand was marked by some unexpected whistling noises... Read more »

BERNARD KIRK’S BOARD

June 12, 2019

WITH THE recent departure of a couple of directors, the board of Philanthropy Ireland (PI) is looking a little light in numbers, with... Read more »

FRANK AND THERESA McNAMARA’S ADVENTURES

May 29, 2019

THIS WEEK saw the return to court of the proceedings by a culture fund, Apollo Global, against one-time ‘celebrity’ couple Frank and Theresa... Read more »

JANE’S STRAY HORSES

May 29, 2019

A COMPANY called Animal Security Ltd has been quietly dissolved. The name may not be too familiar to readers, but it previously operated... Read more »

BRIAN RANALOW’S INVESTMENT

May 29, 2019

INTERESTING to see Dublin moneybags and artist Brian Ranalow investing a wedge of cash in Genos Investments Ltd this month. Genos is a... Read more »

BELLA HUDDART’S SOFT PILLOWS

May 16, 2019

READERS OF The Irish Times were given a crash course this month in how to short-let a property by making it “stand out... Read more »