Article Category: High Society

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

IN THE RED AT RESIDENCE

June 1, 2016

THE OWNER of private members club, Residence, on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green – Olivia Gaynor-Long – continues to pump money into the struggling... Read more »

BARRY’S BARGAIN AT LYONS

June 1, 2016

MEDIA SHY Barry O’Callaghan has swooped on the Village at Lyons, the restored Famine Village on the edge of the Lyons Demesne in... Read more »

RIVERDANCE PAIR’S PENTHOUSE

May 18, 2016

RTÉ chairman Moya Doherty and her hubby and Riverdance partner, John McColgan, have put their Howth pile, Dane’s Hollow, on the market for... Read more »

JODIE RONAN’S HORSEPLAY

May 18, 2016

INTERESTING to see Jodie Ronan, daughter of Johnny ‘Buccaneer’ Ronan, popping up in the High Court in relation to one of daddy’s many... Read more »

IN THE ROUGH AT DRUID’S GLEN

May 18, 2016

THE HAPLESS members of Druid’s Glen Golf Club in Co Wicklow got a surprise last week when a vulture fund sought to appoint... Read more »

GAY O’CALLAGHAN’S WINDFALL

May 5, 2016

IT LOOKS like big congratulations are in order for former banker Gay O’Callaghan, whose Morristown Lattin Bloodstock operation looks to have netted nearly... Read more »

THE OTHER RICH LIST

May 5, 2016

THERE WAS plenty of fun reading through the Sunday Times annual ‘Rich List’, but Goldhawk was struck by some of the names not... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S BIG PLANS FOR HAZELWOOD

April 21, 2016

THERE WAS some coverage in the business pages last week of the doubling in profits to E12m at Brentwood Investments Ltd, the private... Read more »

Niall Scott’s pad

April 21, 2016

THE write-up in The Irish Times for an impressive townhouse on Percy Place overlooking the Grand Canal was suitably effusive, given the €2.2m... Read more »

ANN REIHILL’S RETIREMENT

April 21, 2016

THE CHANGES continue at Image magazine, where Ann Reihill has now stepped down as a director of Image Publications Ltd, and has been... Read more »

Dominic Silvester’s Extension

April 7, 2016

ONE MAN who will be keeping a close eye on the European rugby this weekend is the (usually) Bermuda-based Dominic Silvester, who also... Read more »

POWER SHIFT AT GEORGIAN SOCIETY

April 7, 2016

THERE HAVE been some significant changes at the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) where the committee of management has increased its control over the... Read more »

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY’S ‘HEDGE FUND WAG’

April 7, 2016

THE GLUCKSMAN Gallery in UCC has added some significant overseas firepower to its board in the form of two London-based players – arts... Read more »

NORMA SMURFIT’S ACTIVITIES

March 24, 2016

IT LOOKS like Norma Smurfit has managed to upset Dublin City Councillor Mannix Flynn with her proposal that a ‘pavilion’ for the diaspora... Read more »

CHARLES NOELL’S INVESTMENT

March 24, 2016

THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House estate in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noells III, has got the thumbs up from Meath County... Read more »

SELLING BALLYMACOLL STUD

March 24, 2016

THERE COULD be some interesting runners at the starting gate if the famous Ballymacoll Stud finds itself on the market in the next... Read more »

Noel O’Callaghan’s Expansion

March 9, 2016

WEALTHY property developer-turned-hotelier, Noel O’Callaghan, generated plenty of headlines during his time as a director of both Bord Fáilte and CIE in the... Read more »

MARTIN NAUGHTON’S FOUNDATION

March 9, 2016

THE LATEST Forbes list of billionaires estimates Martin ‘Glen Dimplex’ Naughton’s wealth at $1.6bn – the only Irish-based moneybags on the list, with... Read more »

JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW RECIPE

March 9, 2016

THE NEW restaurant at Brown Thomas has been officially launched and the man brought in to spice things up is Goldhawk’s old pal,... Read more »

KEVIN DUNDON’S FINANCIAL RECIPE

February 25, 2016

TELEVISION chef Kevin Dundon had plenty to smile about this month when it was announced that his Dunbrody House Hotel in Co Wexford... Read more »