High Society Archives

DOMINIC WEST’S ‘EXCLUSIVE RENTAL’

August 9, 2018

ALTHOUGH THE impressive Glin Castle attracted plenty of attention when it and the surrounding 400-acre estate were placed on the market in 2016... Read more »

DINNY’S SECOND CHANCE

August 9, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a planning notice for some works to be carried out at Ballynahinch Castle estate, where Denis O’Brien is now the owner... Read more »

JENIFER VON MATUSCHKA’S SURVIVAL KIT

July 26, 2018

THE LATEST addition to the board of worthies who make up the Irish Historic Houses Association (IHHA) is Jenifer Grafin von Matuschka of... Read more »

ADRIAN FITZGIBBONS’S ISLAND

July 26, 2018

FORMER FINANCIER Adrian Fitzgibbon, who lives with his wife Deborah in Rathgar, D6, has also spent a lot of time on his island... Read more »

KARL SLATTERY’S GAMBLE

July 26, 2018

WITH INVESTMENT in horseracing on the up again following a huge retreat by the moneybags during the downturn, one family taking a punt... Read more »

POSH SPICE AND ALI HEWSON

July 12, 2018

ACROSS THE Irish Sea, Victoria Beckham’s fashion retail outfit has been running up big bills, resulting in slashed prices. Back in Ireland, there... Read more »

PATRICK DORAN’S HAPPY FAMILY

July 12, 2018

A NEW planning application has been submitted for Fintragh, one of a number of houses on Shrewsbury Road that has changed hands over... Read more »

KIESWETTER V O’BRIEN

July 12, 2018

WHILE COVERAGE of the Irish Derby weekend at The Curragh was dominated by the exploits of brothers Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien there was... Read more »

LISA DUFFY’S MALTESE FASHION

June 28, 2018
INTERESTING TO see the name of Lisa Duffy pop up in relation to an online row with the mysterious Instagram account Bloggers Unveiled. This... Read more »

MICHAEL DUFFY’S RDS REWARDS

June 28, 2018

THERE IS the usual backslapping in the latest annual report of the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) where things are looking good – especially... Read more »

JACK BRABAZON GETS IN THE GROOVE

June 28, 2018

PRESUMABLY Anthony Brabazon and his wife, Fionnuala (aka Lord and Lady Ardee) were delighted with the glowing coverage of Killruddery House in the... Read more »

MR JANET JACKSON’S IRISH INTERESTS

June 13, 2018

IT WAS reported earlier this month that marketing company iZest, set up by Jennifer Taaffe, had scooped a €1m investment from a Qatari... Read more »

AUSTIN DARRAGH’S WILL

June 13, 2018

NOT SURPSISINGLY, there is plenty of interest in the legal proceedings relating to the will of Austin Darragh, with his two children from... Read more »

ZONING IN ON CASTLETOWN HOUSE

June 13, 2018

WHILE THE National Gallery of Ireland topped the list of free visitor attractions in the Republic last year, No 2 was the impressive... Read more »

CATHAL RYAN’S NEW DEED OF COVENANT

May 31, 2018

WITH EXTRAVAGANT new plans being drawn up for Westport House by Cathal Hughes et al, Goldhawk wondered whatever happened to the €2m grant.... Read more »

MARTIN NAUGHTON’S CHEQUEBOOK

May 31, 2018

TRINITY COLLEGE Dublin is once again the beneficiary of a handout from philanthropist Martin Naughton, who has been pumping money into assorted causes... Read more »

JOHN HOURICAN’S CONTROVERSIAL OLIGARCH

May 31, 2018

THE LATEST revelations in the US about Robert Mueller’s investigation into links between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin focus on Russia’s fourth wealthiest... Read more »

WEDDING DATE

May 17, 2018

WITH MEDIA interest in the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wedding nearing fever pitch, plenty of filler articles on the “wedding season” have... Read more »

NATHALIE DAURIAC’S COURT DATE

May 17, 2018

AT THE start of this month, a ruling was issued following a High Court battle in London that has grabbed the attention of... Read more »

BIG PLANS FOR WESTPORT HOUSE

May 3, 2018

INTERESTING to see the extent of the plans being drawn up by Cathal, Owen and Harry Hughes, principal owners of Westport House since... Read more »

NO DANCING AT THE DYLAN

May 3, 2018

ONE OF the more high profile celebrity haunts in Dublin 4 is the “boutique” Dylan Hotel off Upper Baggot Street, developed in the... Read more »

DANIELLE’S PLOT SPOILER

May 3, 2018
IN THE latest list of films supported by the Irish Film Board (IFB) one production – Trade from Marcie Films Ltd – landed a... Read more »

WHERE THERE’S MUCK THERE’S BRASS

April 19, 2018

A HUGE spread in Delgany, Co Wicklow, featured in the Sunday Times earlier this month, with the price tag for Castlefield House coming... Read more »

GEORGE MAGAN’S MILLIONS

April 19, 2018
THIS YEAR has been rather less controversial than last for George Magan – aka Baron Magan of Castletown – with the news that the... Read more »

Opera Company’s new cast member

April 19, 2018

ANOTHER NEW name has been added to the cast of the recently incorporated Irish National Opera company (INO), formed by the merger of... Read more »

DYLAN McGRATH’S SHARE OF THE ACTION

April 5, 2018

ONE TIME “bad boy of haute cuisine”, former Masterchef presenter Dylan McGrath, is preparing to open his latest venture, this time in Ballsbridge... Read more »

Stormy Daniel’s ride

April 5, 2018

FOR A man who likes to keep a low profile, Wicklow event horse dealer Richard Sheahan sure knows how to pick the owners.... Read more »

FIONA FITZPATRICK’S “COLONIAL LIFE”

April 5, 2018

THERE was plenty of gushing prose to be found in last week’s Irish Times’s property write-up for the Dargle Lodge estate in Enniskerry,... Read more »

NEW LOOK HERITAGE TRUST

March 22, 2018

THE POSITION of chief executive of the Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) is about to be filled following an advertising process. It will be... Read more »

Judy Woolworth’s “public confidence”

March 22, 2018

NO DOUBT Judy Woodworth and the board of the Alfred Beit Foundation were delighted with the big spread on Russborough House in The... Read more »

BELINDA STRUDWICK’S BIG BILLS

March 22, 2018

THE RACING of thoroughbred horses is a notoriously expensive game that only the wealthy can afford to play. One such moneybags is English... Read more »

WILL STATE ACQUIRE LUGGALA?

March 8, 2018

WITH Garech de Brún’s Wicklow pile, Luggala, still for sale for a whopping E28m (not including the €550,000 stamp duty) over a year... Read more »

ALISON DOODY’S NEW ROLE

March 8, 2018

INTERESTING to see the name Alison Doody O’Reilly appear among the cast of the callover list for Cork’s Circuit Court hearings, which features... Read more »

DERMOT CANTILLON’S BITCOINS

March 6, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS to Dermot Cantillon and the gang at Tinnakill House stud for their marketing coup of offering a two-year-old colt for four bitcoins.... Read more »

Alistair Tidey’s sale

February 22, 2018

AN IMPRESSIVE house on Merrion Square has gone on the market with a hefty €3.5m price tag, although it looks like the owners... Read more »

TICKLED PINK IN AVOCA

February 22, 2018

ACCORDING TO a puff piece by Sean Gallagher in the Sindo last weekend, social media and selfies have led to a boom for... Read more »