Article Category: High Society

WESTPORT HOUSE’S €2M CHARGE

February 23, 2017

THE PURCHASE for a reported €10m of Westport House by Cathal Hughes and the rest of the Hughes clan has been welcomed in... Read more »

BIG BUCKS IN BEAUTY BUSINESS

February 9, 2017

INTERESTING to discover that Marissa Carter, the woman behind the very popular Cocoa Brown tanning product, is set to expand her burgeoning empire,... Read more »

LUCY NAGLE’S FASHIONABLE FIGURES

February 9, 2017

THE SINDO’s favourite designer, Lucy Nagle, got yet another plug last weekend when described by Barry Egan as, er, “the Goddess of the... Read more »

PATRICK DORAN’S PROFITS

February 9, 2017

ONE NAME that has popped up in the ongoing saga over the proposed sale of Walford to a Dermot Desmond family trust is... Read more »

Image magazine’s editorial strategy

January 25, 2017

INTERESTING TO see where the priorities lie at the glossy Image magazine these days. A Sunday Business Post interview with chief executive of... Read more »

MAY FRISBY’S NEW RECIPE

January 25, 2017

AFTER 27 years of operating Pasta Fresca on Chatham Street in Dublin 2, May Frisby’s restaurant has served up the last bowl of... Read more »

DOMINIC WEST’S TAX PLANNING

January 25, 2017

YET MORE confusion at Glin Castle in Co Limerick, where the on-again off-again boutique hotel concept could be back on the cards. There... Read more »

ADDING UP AT the beit foundation

January 12, 2017

THERE WAS good news for the Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF) last month when Heather Humphreys lobbed it a €250,000 grant. However it seems... Read more »

DANIELLE RYAN’S BUMPY ROADS

January 12, 2017

CHRISTMAS is when the bulk of perfumes is sold so it is perhaps not surprising that Danielle Ryan was making noises in the... Read more »

JOHN OSBORNE’S JOB

December 14, 2016

AFTER ALL the aggro at Horse Racing Ireland over the reappointment of Brian Kavanagh as chief executive for a third stint (see The... Read more »

“PERFECT 10” SARAH GILL

December 14, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS TO Sarah Gill, proprietor of the Seagreen fashion boutique in Monkstown, south County Dublin, who has developed an uncanny knack for attracting... Read more »

OLIVER PEYTON’S HUMBLE PIE

December 14, 2016

SURPRISING TO see such silence this side of the Irish Sea on the recent trials and tribulations of London restaurateur, TV personality and... Read more »

GREG BRODERICK’S GIFT HORSE

December 1, 2016

HAVING BEEN the subject of much negative comment when he headed off to Rio to compete (unsuccessfully) in the Olympics on board wonder... Read more »

Shane Ryan’s moolah

December 1, 2016

THERE HAS been much focus in recent months on the high flying activities of Declan Ryan whose airline investments have been generating soaring... Read more »

PIPPA O’CONNOR’S PROFITS

December 1, 2016

IN THE goldfish bowl that is Ireland, celebrity couples are the big thing now with the likes of Rosanna Davison and Wesley Quirke... Read more »

GEORGIAN SOC COURTS THE YANKS

November 3, 2016

LAST WEEK the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) gala dinner in the US was held at the University Club in New York, with Beth... Read more »

KIM GILBERT’S NEW CLUB

November 3, 2016

LAST WEEK brand new gig venue opened on Dublin’s South Anne Street, fronted by night club king – Michael Wright of The Wright... Read more »

GILLIAN RONAN’S RETURN

November 3, 2016

TWO YEARS after exiting Kildare Street where she fronted a restaurant that typified the boom times, Gillian Kelly (aka Gillian Ronan), sister of... Read more »

BRONACH ROWELL’S €4M HOUSE

October 20, 2016

FOR MANY years, Bronach Rowell has been a go-to name in interior design and was behind the well-known Harriet’s House furniture stores in... Read more »

CHARLES NOELL’S BLACK HOLE

October 20, 2016

THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House estate in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noell III, has been spending lots of moolah despite Meath... Read more »

ALI AND BONO’S BUSINESS BLUES

October 20, 2016

THE NEWS that Jordan Hewson, daughter of Ali and Paul Hewson (aka Bono) has raised $2m for her fledgling Speakable social issues business... Read more »

GOFFS AND THE BILLIONAIRES

October 5, 2016

THE GOFFS Orby sale this year attracted more attention than usual, thanks to the decision by David Wildenstein to offload over 100 horses... Read more »

SHARON’S SWING

October 5, 2016

WHILE EUROPE was getting stuffed in the Ryder Cup last weekend, the K Club has been celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its hosting... Read more »

SHAKE-UP AT RESIDENCE

October 5, 2016

THE OWNER of private members club, Residence, on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green – Olivia Gaynor-Long – who has pumped millions into the struggling... Read more »

O’REILLY’S NATIONAL TREASURE

September 21, 2016

THE ONGOING bankruptcy of Bahamas-based Tony O’Reilly continues to generate plenty of media interest much to the chagrin of the hapless former moneybags.... Read more »

DOC O’DONNELL’S FERRARI

September 21, 2016

INTERESTING to see a Waterford hospital consultant heading to the Four Goldmines over the sale of his Ferrari. He has made headlines before... Read more »

AISLING HOLLY’S COSMETIC CLINICS

September 21, 2016

LISA MURPHY, former fiancée of legal eagle Gerald Kean, featured on the cover of VIP magazine last month, where she told readers she... Read more »

Suing Dermot O’Rourke

September 7, 2016

THE SINDO society pages focused last month on the Berkshire wedding of Iain O’Rourke and Charlie McKinney. Iain was described as the son... Read more »

TANYIA DEANE’S CASTLE

September 7, 2016

INTERESTING to see fashion designer-turned horse healer Tanyia Deane and her hubby upping sticks to move to sunny Florida. This means the couple... Read more »

BELINDA STRUDWICK’S GOOD TIMES

September 7, 2016

LAST MONTH glamorous Belinda Strudwick popped up in The Owner column of the Irish Field to give her tuppenceworth on horseracing. When asked... Read more »

CULLEN’S CANDY IS DANDY

August 24, 2016

THE FRONT page of the Sunday Times property supplement last weekend featured a Killiney pile owned by former candy czar Peter Cullen and... Read more »

CHRISTIAN STOKES’S HIGH FLYERS

August 24, 2016

A NEW private jet hire service has arrived in Ireland and got a nice plug in the Indo earlier this month. However, there... Read more »

THERESA’S FRENCH FROLICS

August 24, 2016

WHILE THE sport of kings is dominated here by Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore operation, there are rich pickings to be had for... Read more »