Article Category: High Society

ROBERT O’BYRNE’S GEORGIAN DOC

December 3, 2020

THE COVER of the 2020 review from the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) features an Anthony Palliser painting of the society’s founder Desmond Guinness,... Read more »

JOHNNIE COOKE’S COSTLY DISH

December 3, 2020

IT LOOKS like the latest recipe tried out by ‘celebrity chef’ Johnnie Cooke has failed to hit the spot and his company is... Read more »

DANIELLE RYAN’S STYLISH COUSIN

November 5, 2020

NEXT MONTH will see the release in the US of the film Wild Mountain Thyme. It should coincide with the release of the... Read more »

OZZIE KHEIR’S COOLMORE COUP

November 5, 2020

IT’S NOT everyday that John Magnier’s Coolmore operation gets its eye wiped, but flash Australian racehorse owner Aziz ‘Ozzie’ Kheir earned a major... Read more »

PETER STAPLETON’S PRICE CUT

October 22, 2020

TOP REAL estate player Peter Stapleton has knocked a few bob off the asking price for his granite-clad ‘Old Vicarage’ Blackrock, Co Dublin.... Read more »

CATHERINE FITZGERALD’S GARDEN GIG

October 22, 2020

THERE WAS plenty of excited media coverage last weekend of the relationship between Dominic West and his missus, Catherine FitzGerald, following the former’s... Read more »

NIALL McFADDEN’S OPTIMISM

October 8, 2020

AN IMPRESSIVE house on the Mount Juliet estate has gone on the market with a near E2m price tag. It turns out that... Read more »

MATT DEMPSEY’S HEADACHE

October 8, 2020

THE CHAIRMAN of the Irish National Stud (INS), Matt Dempsey, and his €140,000 pa chief executive, Cathal Beale, will have been chuffed at... Read more »

AMANDA PRATT’S RESTORATION

September 10, 2020

ODD TO see that Monkstown-based Amanda Pratt, formerly of Avoca, has just changed the name of her Irish company, Amanda Pratt Ltd, to... Read more »

STERN TIMES FOR ROMAN

September 10, 2020

WITH HOME holidays the flavour of the month, many Irish destinations have been packing in the punters. One destination that has opened its... Read more »

LISA MCGOWAN’S NEW VENTURE

August 27, 2020

THIS WEEK, the case featuring influencer Lisa McGowan of Lisa’s Lust List and Facebook Ireland was back in court, with McGowan seeking the... Read more »

MARK O’KEEFFE’S HOTLINE

August 27, 2020

THE IMPACT of the black economy on the hairdressing and make-up sector, post-Covid-19, is making itself felt as some stylists opt to quit... Read more »

SONYA LENNON’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

August 13, 2020

AN ARTICLE in the Irish Times last week highlighted the call for a state-backed quality assurance mark for entities that commit to making... Read more »

THE WINCKWORTHS’ CLOUDS

August 13, 2020

WHILE BUSINESSES continue to monitor the impact of Covid-19, the online sector has been best protected to date. A company that appears well... Read more »

BERTRAM ALLEN’S CLEAR ROUNDS

July 30, 2020

WITH SPORT back on the agenda, it didn’t take long for young Bertram Allen to make his mark earlier this month, when he... Read more »

LONERGAN’S FIRST-CLASS TICKET

July 30, 2020

IT WAS reported in the Sunday Times at the weekend that securing the UN security council seat cost the taxpayer €850,000, with around... Read more »

BOB LANIGAN’S CASTLE

July 16, 2020

INTERESTING TO see Bob Lanigan’s impressive Tullamaine Castle Stud in Co Tipperary on the market (through Goffs Country), but with no price attached.... Read more »

AIMEE’S SCULPTED PROFITS

July 16, 2020

COSMETICS QUEEN Aimee Connolly may regret the timing of her decision to open a bricks-and-mortar store in Dundrum last year rather than sticking... Read more »

SIOBHAN LEARAT’S HOLLIERS

July 16, 2020

THESE ARE challenging times for travel agents such as Siobhan Byrne Learat’s Adams & Butler bespoke holidays business. Happily, the coffers here are... Read more »

CHANGES AT THE GLUCKSMAN GALLERY

July 2, 2020

THE BOARD of the Glucksman Gallery in University College Cork (UCC) has been beefed up by the arrival of heavyweight legal eagle Richard... Read more »