High Society Archives

AMANDA PRATT’S NEXT MOVE

December 2, 2021

LAST WEEK’S examination of the Avoca operation in the Irish Times was less than flattering for owner Aramark, who purchased the high-profile food... Read more »

HERITAGE TRUST REFRESH

December 2, 2021

THIS WEEK was the closing date for any tweedies interested in joining the board of the underfunded Irish Heritage Trust (IHT). The trust,... Read more »

VOGUE’S IRISH MILLIONAIRE PARTNER

November 18, 2021

VOGUE WILLIAMS is ending the year on a high, announcing that a third baby is on the way for the influencer-broadcaster-entrepreneur-socialite and her... Read more »

MAKTOUM FOUNDATION FINANCES

November 18, 2021

WITH EX-PREZ Mary Robinson in the spotlight following her COP 26 criticisms, it is interesting to note that the accounts have just been... Read more »

GEORGIAN SOCIETY’S PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE

November 18, 2021

PLANS ARE being made for the annual Christmas party of the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) in its City Assembly House headquarters on South... Read more »

ANNUAL 2021: HIGH SOCIETY – FROM INFLUENCERS TO LUXURY LOOS

November 18, 2021

SOME THINGS don’t change and this year the rich got richer and there was a notable upsurge in spending on luxury items in... Read more »

BIGGING UP BALLYMALOE

November 4, 2021

WITH THE hospitality sector under pressure as a result of the pandemic, Darina Allen and the gang at Ballymaloe House were no doubt... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND’S THEATRICAL PAST

November 4, 2021

WHAT A bizarre story in the Sindo last weekend, featuring the uber litigious Dermot Desmond and the estate of renowned writer and critic... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S DREAM HOME

November 4, 2021

IT WAS a case of déjà vu last week when the Indo property supplement went into raptures over a house on Dundrum’s Sydenham... Read more »

OFFLOADING CASTLETOWN COX

October 21, 2021

THE SAGA of George Magan – aka Baron Magan of Castletown – has opened its latest chapter with his appeal against a High... Read more »

ANDREA PIGNATARO’S IRISH EMPIRE

October 21, 2021

WELL-KNOWN UK journalist television presenter and critic Mariella Frostrup had a nice break for herself earlier this month when she travelled to the... Read more »

MARTIN’S MODUS OPERANDI

October 7, 2021

IT WAS interesting to see how developer extraordinaire Pat Crean registered the purchase of his Shrewsbury Road pile, Lissadell, on the property price... Read more »

TRACEY RYAN’S BEAUTY TIPS

October 7, 2021

INTERESTING TO see that beauty business entrepreneur Tracey Ryan has stepped down from the board of the big US outfit Codex Beauty Europe.... Read more »

GERARD McNAUGHTON CASHES IN

October 7, 2021

IT LOOKS like TileStyle moneybags Gerard McNaughton and his siblings are taking a few bob out of the successful bathroom, kitchen and flooring... Read more »

IHT CHL The Lion in Winter Racing Royalty Le Brocquy City of Troy Fitzwilliam Square AIRO Dermot Smurfit Ballinacarrig Park Club Cosgrave Fitzpatrick Keith Jameson National Gallery Collection Marissa Carter VG Tom Higgins Neil Jordan Laura Bonner Paul Ward Variety Jones Dtat Eathos Sharon Keegan Angela Scanlon Desmond Canouan Bellair Estate Bobby Flay John O’Conor Portrait of Omai Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile Wedding NGI Board Rachel Flynn JP McMahon Ash Quinn Pamela Laird Abdullah Al Naboodah Boundless Ocean

MCGUCKIANS’ MANSION

September 23, 2021

THE IRISH TIMES was very coy last week about the ownership of what looks set to be the most expensive house in Ireland.... Read more »

GORMLEY’S CULTURE COUP

September 23, 2021

CONGRATULATIONS TO the wily James Gormley et al at Gormley’s Fine Art on Dublin’s South Frederick Street. The gallery got a welcome shot... Read more »

NOT SO PEACHY FOR BONNIE

September 23, 2021

A CREDITORS’ meeting is to be held next week for the winding up of a company called Peachee Collection Ltd. This is the... Read more »

LAUREN HEALY’S METHOD

September 9, 2021

FOUR INTERESTING looking houses are emerging on Ranelagh’s Charleston Road, where former Apprentice contestant Jamie Moran is developing four upmarket townhouses using a... Read more »

MICHAEL BRESLIN’S STUD FARM

September 9, 2021

GOLDHAWK ENJOYED the glowing report in the Indo property supplement last week on the sprawling Woodridge Stud in Dunsany, Co Meath, which has... Read more »

TOM KEANE’S RECEIVERS

September 9, 2021

LAST MONTH a receiver was appointed to Stradbally-based Tom Keane’s Killenard Golf Company Ltd (KGC), which was behind the upmarket Killenard hotel and... Read more »

AOIFE WALSH’S ‘COLLAB’

August 26, 2021

HAVING JUST become a mum, former Miss Ireland and well known influencer Aoife Walsh has plenty on her plate these days. Now she... Read more »

BERNIE GALLAGHER EXTENSIONS

August 26, 2021

AFTER LAST year’s pandemic-inspired annus horribilis for Bernie and John Gallagher, there was some good news from the Dublin City Council planners this... Read more »

JULIE SHARP’S BT BOOST

August 26, 2021

INTERESTING TO see that high flying HR exec Julie Sharp has been appointed to the board of the Brown Thomas group just as... Read more »

JOANNA SLOAN’S GARDEN OF LIFE

August 12, 2021

VIEWERS OF RTÉ’s latest hit show, Ireland’s Garden Heroes, were given a glimpse of the splendid garden at the Old Rectory in Dunganstown,... Read more »

KREHBIEL’S KERRY PLAN

August 12, 2021

FOLLOWING THE generally underreported death in June of Chicago moneybags Fred Krehbiel, there have been some changes on the board of the Ballyfin... Read more »

JOHN COLLISON’S COUNTRY TAB

August 12, 2021

IT WAS reported last weekend that John Collison paid a little more than half the asking price of €20m for the impressive AbbeyLeix... Read more »

JAMES HENNESSY’S SAMURAI WARRIORS

July 29, 2021

THERE WAS a glowing write-up in the Business Post last weekend of the impressive Kilmurry House in Co Kilkenny, a mid-18th century pile... Read more »

DÉJÀ VU IN HOWTH

July 29, 2021

IT LOOKS like a case of déjà vu on Howth Hill, where a planning row is brewing at the hilltop Heather Cottage, owned... Read more »

SILENT AT RUSSBOROUGH

July 29, 2021

HAVING BOUNCED into the black in recent years, it is not surprising that things took a turn for the worst at Russborough House... Read more »

ACCOUNTING AT ABBEYLEIX HOUSE

July 15, 2021

WITH THE announced sale to Stripe co-founder John Collison of the Abbeyleix House estate in Co Laois, the owner since 1994 David Davies... Read more »

RUTH’S FLOWER POWER

July 15, 2021

WITH THE government continuing to open up, the good news for florists is that weddings are getting bigger. Appassionata Flowers, which claims to... Read more »

HOWTH CASTLE’S SWIFT AUCTION

July 15, 2021

WHAT A pity the Gaisford St Lawrence family has opted to auction off a superb portrait of Jonathan Swift rather than donate it,... Read more »

HUBIE DE BURGH’S DOWNSIZING

July 1, 2021

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED the dissolving of a company called Huma Bloodstock Ltd last month, which was a business set up a couple of decades... Read more »

GERARD’S TILES OF DOSH

July 1, 2021

WITH CINEMA owners complaining about the social distancing restrictions hitting their bottom line since reopening last month, it was not surprising to see... Read more »

IAIN WRIGHT’S AMAZING HOME

July 1, 2021

A HOUSE with a rather picturesque setting has been put on the market, complete with Hollywood CV. It is being offloaded for a... Read more »

CIARA DONLON’S BACKERS

June 17, 2021

A NEW company has been formed by Ciara Donlon, the high-flying founder of Theya Healthcare, which manufactures post-surgery underwear from bamboo no less.... Read more »