High Society Archives

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 »

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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 »

DAN MORRISSEY’S €5.5M PILE

May 16, 2019

IT’S NOT every day that a €5.5m house goes on the market in Co Dublin, but that is the case with the very... Read more »

TONY GANNON’S CHARITY

May 16, 2019

ACCOUNTS recently filed for Tony Gannon’s investment management operation, Abbey Capital, show that profits continue to roll in. Happily, a chunk of the... Read more »

DANIELLE RYAN AT CANNES

May 2, 2019

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Fantastic Films, which saw its Vivarium selected to compete at the snooty Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival.... Read more »

NIAMH PATTEN’S JEWELLERY

May 2, 2019

A JEWELLERY venture established by Niamh Patten shut its doors recently after a short-lived existence in the city centre. Despite the backing of... Read more »

OFFLOADING LAURISTON

May 2, 2019

AN EDWARDIAN house on Ranelagh’s Park Drive (backing onto the playing fields of Gonzaga College) caught the eye of the Sindo last weekend,... Read more »

ANTHONY MCGRATH’S ANTIQUES

April 18, 2019

LAST WEEK’S popular Channel 4 series, 24 hours in Police Custody, featured one Anthony McGrath, an Irish-born orthopaedic surgeon with a “very privileged... Read more »

CATHERINE’S RICH RECIPES

April 18, 2019

NEXT MONTH ‘celebrity chef’ Catherine Fulvio dons her glad rags (Irish designers were frothing at the bit) and flies off to southern California... Read more »

SINGAPORE MONEYBAGS

April 18, 2019

INTERESTING TO see that the man understood to have bought the Dublin City Hotel and Trinity Bar on Dame Street, D2, is one... Read more »

LIZ OAKES’S EYEBROWS

April 4, 2019

AS BUSINESS ideas go, eco friendly water-based cremation is one certain to provoke interest. The woman behind the plan to bring this technology... Read more »

CIARÁN MURRAY’S HOUSES

April 4, 2019

IT WAS pointed out in The Irish Times recently that former Icon plc boss Ciarán Murray and his wife, Denise Ronan, managed to... Read more »

SPRING CLEAN AT LISSELAN HOUSE

April 4, 2019

A YEAR after Colette Twomey – the woman behind Clonakilty Black Pudding – snapped up the splendid Lisselan House outside Clonakilty, Co Cork,... Read more »

BERNIE BUTLER’S ENERGY BALLS

March 21, 2019

AT LAST week’s DMX Dublin marketing conference in the Aviva stadium, the great and good gave their tuppence worth, including the likes of... Read more »

ROSHEEN McGUCKIAN’S EXIT

March 21, 2019

THERE HAVE been changes at NTR’s charitable foundation, with NTR chief executive Rosheen McGuckian, who chaired the charity, stepping down last year. McGuckian... Read more »

KAREN’S WEDDING DATES

March 21, 2019

THE IRISH arm of a business that organises glamorous weddings in the port of Lindos on the sunny Greek island of Rhodes has... Read more »

LOSSES AT LISS ARD

March 7, 2019

HAVING FIRST gone on the market over two-and-a-half years ago, it is probably not surprising that the asking price for the sprawling Liss... Read more »