Article Category: High Society

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 »

MYERSCOUGH’S WORKOUT

March 7, 2019

WITH THE campaign against the imposition of the top rate of VAT on health food supplements, it is not surprising that Jamie Myerscough... Read more »

McKILLEN’S ART WORK

March 7, 2019

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Paddy McKillen knows a bit about art and likes to spend some of his loose change acquiring works. He also has a... Read more »

RUTHIE H’S SKINNY TEA

February 21, 2019

SPARE A thought for super fit entrepreneur Ruth Hetherington, whose health and fitness brand of teas and coffees has fallen foul of the... Read more »

ALI BARKER’S DAY IN COURT

February 21, 2019

THERE WERE sighs of relief last week when a long-running, high-stakes legal action between a separated couple was settled after the opening day... Read more »

MARTIN JOYCE’S PILE

February 21, 2019

AN IMPRESSIVE pile in Sandymount D4, previously owned by TP McKenna, has gone on the market with a hefty €3m price tag. The... Read more »

RED INK FOR THE DESMOND BOYS

February 7, 2019

WHILE DER Kaiser has developed quite a reputation for making a killing from his investments, Dermot Desmond’s scions are struggling to match him,... Read more »

VOGUE WILLIAMS’S NEW PARTNER

February 7, 2019

THE VERY real business of fake tan has been attracting more and more players into an increasingly crowded but lucrative market. The latest... Read more »

ALISON’S BAD LUCK

January 24, 2019

SO FAREWELL then to Magpie magazine, where the directors, including Alison Cowzer, have got around to winding up the company behind the short-lived... Read more »

LARAGH STUART’S NEW YEAR

January 24, 2019

A CREDITORS’ meeting this week at Stuart and McClean Ltd is bad news for anyone on a New Year healthy-eating kick. This turns... Read more »

IN THE RING WITH DOMINI

January 24, 2019

LAST WEEKEND, celebrity chef Domini Kemp tweeted, “calling all women boxing fans”, announcing that she is writing an article and “would love to... Read more »

PATRICK GUILBAUD’S WEDDING PLANS

January 10, 2019

IT IS INTERESTING to see a share allotment taking place at Patrick Guilbaud’s Michelin-star restaurant, with the existing investors all taking a proportionate... Read more »

DR EVA’S GREAT ESCAPE

January 10, 2019

FANS OF health guru Dr Eva Orsmond are in for a treat in 2019, with the celebrity medic publishing a book on reversing... Read more »

GAVIN O’REILLY’S MALIBU MOVE

December 13, 2018

NO DOUBT Independent News & Media’s former CEO, Gavin O’Reilly, was paying close attention to the latest revelations about snooping at the troubled... Read more »

FINE AND DANDY AT BALLYHANE

December 13, 2018

LAST MONTH’S big foal sale by Goffs saw Ballyhane Stud – the Leighlinbridge stud operation owned by Joe and Jane Foley – spend... Read more »

ALL GO FOR THE GARRIHY GIRLS

December 13, 2018

WITH RTÉ aggressively promoting social media phenomenon Doireann Garrihy as its newest star property, it turns out that there is plenty to report... Read more »

CASARI’S COMEBACK

November 29, 2018

THE RETURN of Giorgio Casari to the Dublin restaurant scene has been much anticipated and a new venture in Ranelagh is on the... Read more »

ANN MARIE NOHL’S NEW ROLE

November 29, 2018

AN ARCHITECTURAL business was quietly wound up a few weeks ago, which would not normally pique Goldhawk’s interest, but it turns out that... Read more »

RACHEL’S ‘LESS FORMAL’ EXPERIENCE

November 1, 2018

FANS OF Goldhawk will not be surprised to hear that there have been big changes at Rachel’s, the Cork-based restaurant fronted by the... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S WHISKEY STOCKS

November 1, 2018

THE OPERATION behind the ambitious Hazelwood House revamp being undertaken in Sligo by low-profile serial investor David Raethorne filed some figures last month... Read more »

ABIGAIL O’BRIEN’S ELECTION

November 1, 2018

THE ELECTION of Denis O’Brien’s sister, Abigail O’Brien, as president of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) represents quite a coup for the artist,... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND’S NEW TRUSTEE

October 18, 2018

DERMOT DESMOND’S favourite cultural institution, the Chester Beatty Library (CBL), has been beefing up its board of trustees recently (see The Phoenix, 5/10/18).... Read more »

DOMINIC WEST’S PARTY BARN

October 18, 2018

THE LATEST plug for Glin Castle comes courtesy of the Irish Examiner, where readers are told that the posh wedding and party venue... Read more »

VINCENT CARTON’S BIG GARDEN

October 18, 2018

IT’S NOT everyday that a prime Dublin 4 property is put up for sale just a few months after its purchase, but that... Read more »

AVRIL STANLEY’S SWEET SOUNDS

October 4, 2018

IT LOOKS like combining music with new age hippy mysticism and mindfulness is a rather profitable business. Earlier this summer (before those post-Electric... Read more »

CROHAN O’SHEA’S €10M PILE

October 4, 2018

WHILE THE property market has shown faint signs of slowing down, there was no hint of this last week when property developer Crohan... Read more »