Article Category: High Society

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

MICHAEL SMURFIT AT 80

August 10, 2016

IF ONE is to believe even a fraction of Niamh Horan’s gushing account in the Sindo of Michael Smurfit’s 80th birthday bash aboard... Read more »

WHAT NOW FOR THE KNIGHTS OF GLIN?

August 10, 2016

WHAT GOOD news that the FitzGeralds are “staying on” in Glin Castle as announced by Dominic West the husband of Catherine FitzGerald, eldest... Read more »

THE HEALY philanthropy

August 10, 2016

ONE FINALIST in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition is Maurice Healy, the multi-millionaire businessman, described by The Irish Times as one... Read more »

RENVILLE HOUSE’S NEW OWNER

July 28, 2016

THE NEW owner of Renville House on 130 acres outside Oranmore overlooking Galway Bay is burger and chips millionaire Pat McDonagh of Supermac’s... Read more »

Colgan’s property pals

July 28, 2016

THE HIRING of the Gate’s Michael Colgan as an arts adviser by boom-time developer Sean Mulryan (who has now exited Nama) is the... Read more »

GREG BRODERICK’S CLEAR ROUND

July 28, 2016

SHOWJUMPING has been in the news thanks to the Irish Horse Show at the RDS but there has also been another story garnering... Read more »

SANDRA MURPHY BOUNCES BACK

July 15, 2016

THIS WEEK, fashion blogger and accomplished self-promoter, Sandra Murphy (“one of Ireland’s most fashionable women”) popped up on TV3 to shoot the breeze... Read more »

Tsouros makes a sale

July 15, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to Patricia Tsouros, who looks to have made a few bob from the sale of her art venture, set up in the... Read more »

‘TROPHY’ Dublin properties

July 15, 2016

WITH ‘TROPHY’ Dublin properties selling at increasingly inflated prices, the record for this year has been set by former Paddy Power boss Paddy... Read more »

PRINCE KHALID’S IRISH STUD

July 2, 2016

WITH TRAINER Dermot Weld having completed the Epsom-Curragh Derby double last weekend with the Aga Khan’s Harzand, his bank balance will have got... Read more »

SARA’S CULTURAL CREDENTIALS

July 2, 2016

BAR COUNCIL insider Sara Moorhead SC is busy these days working for the Dáil as a result of that case taken by Denis... Read more »

THE SLATTERYS’ RETIREMENT HOME

July 2, 2016

THERE HAS been plenty of good news for former GPA hotshot Domhnal Slattery, who has been cashing in big time and, along with... Read more »

PATRICK TREACY’S TAX BILL

June 17, 2016

ONE of the most interesting names to appear on the recent list of tax defaulters was that of Patrick Treacy, founder of the... Read more »

Dr Eva’s profits

June 17, 2016

RTÉ has just offloaded a number of programmes to Australian broadcaster SBS, one of which is the documentary Sugar Crash, fronted by celebrity... Read more »

MODERNIST MOVES IN MONKSTOWN

June 17, 2016

AN UNUSUAL looking new building is creeping into view from behind the high walls at the junction of Seapoint Avenue and Albany Avenue... Read more »

DERY DESMOND’S REVIEWS

June 1, 2016

WHILE Dermot Desmond has fingers in many pies, the food and drink business is not one associated with the moustachioed one. However, his... Read more »