Article Category: High Society

SHARON KEEGAN’S FANS

May 18, 2023

THERE WAS yet more valuable publicity for Sharon Keegan of the Peachylean athleisure brand last weekend, with the Business Post reporting that she... Read more »

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MERCURY RISING

May 18, 2023

THE PROPERTY section of the Irish Times carried a suitably bloated article last week puffing up the proposed sale of an impressive Victorian... Read more »

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DAVID SHARKEY’S ‘MAN CAVE’

May 4, 2023

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to see the Irish Times drooling over a handsome red-brick, modern house on one acre in Foxrock, which is... Read more »

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BOWING OUT AT BALLYFIN

May 3, 2023

AFTER over 20 years in situ on the board of Fred Krehbiel’s magnificent Ballyfin Demesne, James Reynolds – whose garden designing skills were... Read more »

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LEE BUSHELL TRIPS UP

May 3, 2023

A BIRMINGHAM millionaire – who even owns a bank – is behind the Irish Aldo shoe business relaunched here 12 months ago, which... Read more »

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ANGELA SCANLON’S MOOLAH

April 19, 2023

IT HAS been hard to avoid the hype around Angela Scanlon’s return to the screen with her Ask Me Anything talkshow on RTÉ.... Read more »

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JP McMAHON’S NEW DINERS

April 19, 2023

WITH FINE dining under pressure as the rising cost of living kicks in and tourism numbers come under pressure due to a lack... Read more »

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SILVANA’S LUXURY HANDBAGS

April 19, 2023

WHILE MOST of the big bucks invested in this country is focused on the likes of tech, pharma and property, there has been... Read more »

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ELECTIONS AT MILLTOWN

April 6, 2023

IT’S NEVER all that easy to secure membership of the more sought after golf clubs, especially those in and around south Co Dublin.... Read more »

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JOHN THOMAS GALLAGHER’S €10M PILE

April 6, 2023

GOLDHAWK’S EYE was caught by a puff piece in the Irish Times last week about a property outside Kilrush, Co Clare, that has... Read more »

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NOT SOLD ON SWIFT

March 23, 2023

THE MOST high-profile of the items acquired by the state at the 2021 auction of the contents of Howth Castle was a full-length... Read more »

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A PRIVATE AFFAIR AT IMMA

March 23, 2023

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that an exhibition kicks off in Imma next month focused on the Mary and Alan Hobart Collection. Entitled... Read more »

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OUR MAN IN THE CARIBBEAN

March 22, 2023

Sindo READERS were this month treated to a colourful article from long-time scribe Liam Collins, who had been, er, “wintering in Barbados” and... Read more »

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LAUREN WHELAN’S MANAGERS

March 8, 2023

RTÉ WAS undoubtedly hoping to attract some of TikTok star Lauren Whelan’s 1.6 million followers when it posted her off to Donegal to... Read more »

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JEANNE BAARS’ BELLAIR SALE

March 8, 2023

GOLDHAWK NOTES that the sprawling Bellair Estate outside Ballycumber village in Co Offaly has been sold, a year after coming on the market... Read more »

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DOMINI KEMP’S NEW RECIPE

March 8, 2023

THE OPENING of a new Rathmines restaurant called Lottie’s on the site of Fiona McHugh’s shuttered Lenehans eatery is the second venture for... Read more »

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AILISH KELLY’S FINE FIGURES

February 22, 2023

IT WAS not surprising to see media-savvy Ailish Kelly of the Avoca cosmetic surgery clinic in Co Wicklow pop up in a Sunday... Read more »

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BOBBY FLAY’S FANS

February 22, 2023

THE ARRIVAL of minted US celebrity chef Bobby Flay on the Irish horseracing scene has got tongues wagging as the high-profile TV presenter... Read more »

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THE BRABAZONS’ BONANZA

February 22, 2023

GOLDHAWK NOTES a most impressive turnaround at Killruddery demesne outside Bray in Co Wicklow, where Anthony and Fionnuala Brabazon are pulling the strings... Read more »

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CATHERINE KEANE’S €7.5M PILE

February 9, 2023

ONE OF the most expensive houses to come on the market lately is Lonsdale on leafy Temple Road in Dartry. This is an... Read more »

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NATIONAL GALLERY’S NEW FACES

February 9, 2023

GOLDHAWK HAD been getting curious about whether arts and culture minister Catherine Martin was ever going to get around to appointing the four... Read more »

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BRENDAN McDOWELL’S £2M DIVIDEND

January 26, 2023

NO DOUBT cosmetics czar Brendan McDowell is glued to the latest series of Love Island, given his company’s marketing links to some of... Read more »

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JOHN O’CONOR’S SUCCESSOR

January 26, 2023

WHILE PIANIST John O’Conor is currently delivering his residency at the Glen Gould School of Toronto’s Royal Conservatory, the hunt is on back... Read more »

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SIOBHAN’S BANSHEE WEBINAR

January 26, 2023

MAYBE IT’S because Sunday Times editor Nóirín Hegarty previously worked for Lonely Planet but readers will have noticed a tendency of stories in... Read more »

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MICHAEL HEFFERNAN’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

January 12, 2023

THERE HAVE been some changes in the business portfolio of Michael Heffernan, son of Dunnes Stores boss Margaret, with the businessman having checked... Read more »

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JACKY TEHAN’S PROMOTION

January 12, 2023

THERE HAVE been some changes at the Roche family’s investment company, where Jacky Flavin Tehan has moved into the hot seat. Flavin Tehan... Read more »

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JOHN MAGNIER’S MASTERPIECE

January 12, 2023

IN JUST eight weeks an export ban will expire on the famous Sir Joshua Reynolds masterpiece, Portrait of Omai, which has been the... Read more »

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LINDA STINSON’S COMPETITION

December 15, 2022

RTÉ HAS been keeping the red tops suitably topped up with the drip-feed of details about the array of ‘talent’ set to feature... Read more »

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FAIRYTALE WEDDING

December 15, 2022

THE OIRISH Mail on Sunday was eager to plug the “fairytale wedding” of TV presenter Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile and moneybags Alan Maloney. Readers... Read more »

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CHRISTINE DAVIES’S ‘VISION’

December 15, 2022

THE FORMER Squire of Abbeyleix House, David Davies – president of the Irish Georgian Society – sold his listed Co Laois demesne to... Read more »

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MY NAME IS KASIA

December 1, 2022

NO DOUBT Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Gaborec-McEvoy was delighted with the latest lengthy plug her upmarket handbag company received in the Business Post last month,... Read more »

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PAUL SHEERAN’S PLANS

December 1, 2022

THERE’S BEEN plenty of publicity in recent weeks for jeweller Paul Sheeran, who has been expanding on all fronts. Well established in the... Read more »

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CHAPTER ONE’S NEW CHAPTER

December 1, 2022

THE WINDING-UP of a company called Lindley Ltd has just taken place, marking an ‘official’ end to the original Ross Lewis-fronted Chapter One... Read more »

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PIPPA O’CONNOR’S POT STILL

November 17, 2022

THE RELENTLESS expansion of Pippa O’Connor Ormond’s business interests has continued in the form of a move into the vodka game. Having signed... Read more »

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DECLAN RYAN’S VERANDA

November 17, 2022

PLANNING PERMISSION has just been granted to a little-known company to add a veranda to the multimillion-euro former abode of the Brazilian ambassador... Read more »

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PADDY’S CHOCOLATE ADVENTURE

November 17, 2022

HAVING SURPRISINGLY branched into the confectionery business with the purchase of Skelligs Chocolates, Paddy McKillen Jnr will be hoping to shift lots of... Read more »

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