Article Category: High Society

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Serious Profits

February 22, 2018

WITH THE death of Alan Potts last year and Rich Ricci becoming more cautious with his spending, there was a worry that the... Read more »

Markus Jooste’s expensive colts

February 8, 2018

THE DISGRACED South African moneybags Markus Jooste continues to liquidate his vast string of thoroughbreds, with four select mares that he owned in... Read more »

PAUL SMITHWICK’S NEW INVESTOR

February 8, 2018

THE ARRIVAL to the O’Sullivan Craft Brewery (1702) shareholder register of Irish Stock Exchange chairman Padraic O’Connor is a vote of confidence for... Read more »

Horsey Hubbies

January 25, 2018

INTERESTING TO see that the directors of a company called Hollymount Bloodstock Ltd have decided to wind up their operation, which has a... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S WHISKEY DRINKERS

January 25, 2018

THE AMBITIOUS project being undertaken in Sligo by low-profile serial investor David Raethorne got a big boost the week before Christmas when just... Read more »

Peter Gaynor changes Residence

January 25, 2018

ALTHOUGH IT is hard to be surprised at any acquisition by Paddy McKillen jnr’s rapidly expanding Press Up group of restaurants and clubs,... Read more »

Patrick Annesley’s “gift”

January 11, 2018

INTERESTING TO read an interview in The Irish Times at the end of last month with the UK-bound Patrick Annesley. It was noted... Read more »

Magnier and Jooste

January 11, 2018

THE DRAMATIC fall from grace of South African billionaire Markus Jooste should come as no surprise to fans of Goldhawk, who were previously... Read more »

ARISE SIR DOMINICK

January 11, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS are due to former British ambassador to Ireland Dominick Chilcott, who was given a gong in the New Year’s honours list last... Read more »

MICK SMURFIT’S STATUE

December 14, 2017

GOLDHAWK is pleased to report that the striking statue of Mick Smurfit that emerged overnight in the grounds of UCD’s Smurfit College of... Read more »

DINNY’S GERMAN COUNT

December 14, 2017

IT WAS reported last week that Denis O’Brien’s Caribbean based telecoms operation, Digicel, is getting a new chief executive in the form of... Read more »

Simone Rocha’s seasonal boost

December 14, 2017

THE CHRISTMAS shopping frenzy should help further boost the overflowing coffers of London-based fashion designer Simone Rocha, daughter of John. The reach of... Read more »

Bloodstock Money

November 30, 2017

GOOD NEWS for bloodstock breeder Dermot Cantillon and his missus, Meta Osborne, outgoing Turf Club senior steward. The bloodstock business has bounced back... Read more »

STERN’S EXPENSIVE ESTATE

November 30, 2017

THERE IS still no sign of a buyer for the €7.5m Liss Ard estate outside Skibbereen owned by the filthy rich Swiss Stern... Read more »

Anne Anderson’s new role

November 30, 2017

THERE have been some comings and goings at Druid Theatre in Galway. The good news is that the new star act could generate... Read more »

CROWDING OUT CASTLETOWN HOUSE

November 2, 2017

THESE ARE anxious times at the impressive 18th century Castletown House in Co Kildare, birthplace of Arthur Guinness. A proposed controversial large scale... Read more »

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S NEXT RECORD

November 2, 2017

THERE WAS, not surprisingly, acres of copy churned out praising the impressive feat achieved by racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien last weekend when he... Read more »

STAR GAZING AT BIRR CASTLE

October 19, 2017

THERE IS plenty of excitement in Birr Castle at the arrival of a brand new state-of-the-art telescope, the I-LOFAR. Meanwhile, the Earl and... Read more »

Hanby Sale

October 19, 2017

ONE OF the more impressive properties to come on the Dublin market this year is surely ‘Ellerslie’ on Temple Road in Dartry. The... Read more »

COLM TÓIBÍN’S WINDFALL

October 19, 2017

THE ULTIMATE networker, Colm Tóibín was recently installed as chancellor of the University of Liverpool at a ceremony in the college, the first... Read more »

Windfarm upsets Gianni Forte

October 5, 2017

A HIGH COURT ruling last week by Judge Robert Haughton represented a potentially very costly blow to the owners of the impressive Strancally... Read more »

torres retreats to sunnier climes

October 5, 2017

A COUNTY Kildare stud near Maynooth is to go to auction at the Carton House Hotel later this month and bidding is expected... Read more »