Article Category: High Society

MARY KEANE’S NEW JOB

April 8, 2021

CONGRATUALTIONS TO Mary Keane, the chair of the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI), who has just landed the sought-after job of director general... Read more »

NOELLE MAGUIRE’S IRFU RUCK

April 8, 2021

A RATHER nice pile on Zion Road in Rathgar, D6, is now on the market, with the owners looking for a tasty €2.65m.... Read more »

LADY MARY’S £42M SALE

March 25, 2021

ACROSS THE Irish Sea, trouble is brewing for billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, whose massive steel empire is creaking, with demand for the product... Read more »

IN THE BUNKER AT DRUIDS GLEN

March 25, 2021

WHILE IRELAND’S golf fairways are quiet, there is plenty of action at Druids Glen resort in Co Wicklow where a former member, Niall... Read more »

WARRING WARD FAMILY’S PLOT TWIST

March 11, 2021

THE WEALTHY Ward family, which owns Dublin’s Savoy cinema among many others, is engaged in another legal wrangle that sees the principals named... Read more »

PADDY MCKILLEN’S GALLERIES

March 11, 2021

ART LOVING moneybags Paddy McKillen was splashing the cash recently, when adding a super expensive art gallery to his 540-acre Chateau La Coste... Read more »

KARON’S ZEN APPROACH

February 25, 2021

The “extraordinary” 10,000 sq ft ‘Ananda’ in Killiney, Co Dublin, is some spread and apparently viewers will be forgiven “for thinking it’s the... Read more »

HELEN TURKINGTON’S PROPERTY PLAY

February 25, 2021

THE PROPERTY section of the Irish Times featured a big spread on a ‘boutique eight property scheme’ in Terenure, D6, with the four-... Read more »

WHAT NEXT FOR JUDDMONTE?

February 11, 2021

THE DEATH of Prince Khalid Abdullah Abdulrahman last month at the age of 83 will have been noted by racing fans who had... Read more »

CONN CLISSMANN’S CHARGES

February 11, 2021

A LEGAL challenge brought by some local residents in south Co Dublin has put a spanner in the works for the developers behind... Read more »

JOHN POWER’S NEW HAT

January 28, 2021

THERE HAVE been a couple of new riders introduced on the board of the Curragh Racecourse Ltd, including Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) senior... Read more »

NOEL McMAHON’S PENTHOUSE

January 28, 2021

SOME PROPERTIES that went on the market during the pandemic have been receiving a second round of media plugs, using the lockdown theme... Read more »

ANNE HERATY’S BAD TIMING

December 16, 2020

THE AIR of scandal currently surrounding Gene Murtagh’s Kingspan must be generating a sense of déjà vu for the hapless Anne Heraty, the... Read more »

SAMMY’S REVIEWS

December 16, 2020

SAMMY LESLIE, the chatelaine of Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, is celebrating being chosen as one of the winners of the Good Hotel... Read more »

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 »