Article Category: High Society

KATE GLEESON’S FASHION BUSINESS

April 19, 2017

FANS OF high profile boutique Kate Gleeson will not have been surprised at the splash given to her last weekend in the pages... Read more »

RATING THOSE RICH LISTS

April 5, 2017

WHILE IT is generally accepted that the so-called rich lists published by the Sunday Times and Sindo are of little real value to... Read more »

ANNA LIN’S WARDROBE

April 5, 2017

LOTS OF activity to report for Patrick and Anna Lin Parsons of Birr Castle – or Lord and Lady Oxmantown as they are... Read more »

CHANELLE McCOY’S FASHION SENSE

March 23, 2017

A THIRD woman set to join the judges in the new series of RTÉ’s Dragons’ Den and although probably best known today as... Read more »

PAUL McGUINNESS’S PARTNER

March 23, 2017

WITH the hype building nicely for Sky Atlantic’s upcoming big budget Cote d’Azur crime series Riviera – written by Neil Jordan and John... Read more »

The Taking of Christ

March 23, 2017

Although it happened at a time Which we now call Easter, Caravaggio’s colours are of Autumn, Walnut, chestnut, damson; Framed in a timeless... Read more »

IN SYNC WITH SAMANTHA LESLIE

March 9, 2017

SAMANTHA LESLIE, the woman who is the face of the impressive Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, popped up in an Irish Times series... Read more »

Peter Gaynor’s Club

March 9, 2017

THE entry for Monte Carlo-based Olivia Gaynor-Long and hubby Brian Long in the latest Sunday Times Rich List guesstimates their wealth at an... Read more »

SHANE RYAN’S MANSIONS

March 9, 2017

AT LAST Shane Ryan has got around to lodging a planning application for his latest abode – the former French consulate on Ailesbury... Read more »

LADY JANE’S RARE WIN

February 23, 2017

A RULING by the Bowler Hats of the Turf Club last month saw a horse trained by Noel Meade disqualified and the race... Read more »

CYRUS’S INDIAN BATTLE

February 23, 2017

A MEMBER of the family of the richest Irish citizens is embroiled in a bruising battle to regain control of the huge Indian... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »