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DINNY’S HOTEL BILL

March 24, 2022

BILLIONAIRE Denis O’Brien’s campaign to help several Caribbean countries to seek slavery reparations from former colonial powers was highlighted in the Sunday Times... Read more »

JOHN O’CONOR’S RED MENACE

March 24, 2022

IT IS perhaps not surprising in the current climate that organisations should be scrambling to display their anti-Putin credentials but the decision by... Read more »

ANNAMARIE FEGAN’S SMOOTH SAILING

March 24, 2022

CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for Crosshaven sailor Annamarie Fegan, who has been voted in as the first female vice-admiral in three centuries of... Read more »

LAURA WHITMORE’S PURPOSE

March 10, 2022

IT LOOKS like bolshy blonde broadcaster Laura Whitmore had a hectic International Women’s Day, with an interview for something called the Executive Institute... Read more »

MAYCOCK’S MANY HATS

March 10, 2022

WHILE FORMER justice minister Michael McDowell is probably the most interesting name connected to The Currency media site courtesy of his loan to... Read more »

Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

D6 ‘BARGAIN’

March 10, 2022

A VICTORIAN five-bedroom detached house on leafy Temple Road in Rathgar has just been sold albeit at a significant discount to the asking... Read more »

DAMIEN GREY’S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

February 24, 2022

THERE WAS the usual banquet of media hype last week, following the release of the names of those restaurants that picked up new... Read more »

JOE DONNELLY’S BETS

February 24, 2022

IT’S THAT time of the year again, when the name of low-profile former bookie Joe Donnelly, now two decades in self-imposed exile, starts... 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

BRETT DESMOND’S ‘BOOST’

February 21, 2022

THE UPMARKET burger chain run by Dermot Desmond’s scions considers itself a notch above the competition. Dishing out expensive burgers has proved, however,... Read more »

BACKING THE BOTOX BROTHERS

February 10, 2022

WITH RESTRICTIONS lifted lots of businesses will be waiting to see if Covid has changed habits; one of these is the SISU chain... Read more »

SAVING MILLBROOK HOUSE

February 10, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that billionaire brothers John and Patrick Collison have spent some loose change (€400,000) to buy the dilapidated Millbrook... Read more »

JOHN BYRNE’S SMOOTH RIDE

February 10, 2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO Ballsbridge-based moneybags John Byrne, who is in the saddle at the hugely valuable property empire built up by his father John... Read more »

STANLEY’S OPERA ROLE

January 27, 2022

THE LATEST member of the cast at Irish National Opera is accountant and tax expert Victor ‘Bruce’ Stanley who is something of the... Read more »

JONATHAN BEWLEY’S FOUNDATION

January 27, 2022

ONE OF the lower-profile charities here is the Bewley Foundation, overseen by Jonathan Bewley, the great grandson of the founder of the Jacob’s... Read more »

BARON RAVELSTOKE’S BRANDY BUDDY

January 27, 2022

WITH RESTRICTIONS being lifted globally, it is expected that there will be a post-pandemic boost to the sales of expensive liquor. At least... Read more »

MICHAEL JACKSON’S BOLTHOLE

January 13, 2022

WITH MARQUEE properties proving tricky enough to sell in the current environment it is, perhaps, no surprise that a Georgian pile on 25... Read more »

DOMINI KEMP’S NEW BUSINESS PARTNER

January 13, 2022

THERE WAS bad news for fans of the Hatch & Sons restaurant brand, which operated two outlets on St Stephen’s Green but which... Read more »

SIMONE ROCHA’S ‘COMEBACK’

December 16, 2021

IT IS probably fair to say that this year didn’t turn out quite as top fashion designer Simone Rocha would have forecast back... Read more »

CASH CALL AT KILLRUDDERY

December 16, 2021

AS INCREASED restrictions limit the number of visitors to venues around the country, one of those that will be feeling the pinch is... Read more »

JEANNE BAARS’ €5M PILE

December 16, 2021

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that a Georgian pile on 340 acres in Co Offaly has gone on the market with a hefty... Read more »

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 »

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 »