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VIDEO REWIND

Date: July 15, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

T WAS surely only ever a matter of time before Hilco, which specialises in picking up ‘distressed’ investments, pulled the plug on its Xtra-Vision Vending business last month. Hilco’s main man is Paul McGowan, who is a significant shareholder in the operation, which is ultimately owned by the US-registered Hilco Trading LLC. It is perhaps… Read more »

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Osgur Breathnach

SALLINS TRAIN TRIAL REVISITED

Date: July 15, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE FAMILY of Osgur Breatnach, wrongly convicted of the 1976 Sallins train robbery, have launched a campaign for a public inquiry into the controversial trial convictions. This has been stimulated partly by new information emerging from the office of the director of public prosecutions that has lain undiscovered since the 1980s. This means that the… Read more »

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Simon Kingston

THE GENTLE BLACK AND TAN

Date: July 15, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

BLINKERED NATIONALISTS have long argued that the West Cork History Festival (aka the West Brit Hist Fest) run by Simon and Victoria Kingston, exists to justify British colonial rule in Ireland. The upcoming 2021 festival agenda and speakers indicates that they may have a point. The festival opens with a dissertation entitled, ‘Let’s Talk about… Read more »

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David McWilliams

DAVID MCWILLIAMS AND ‘GROUND ZERO’

Date: July 15, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE FORAYS of pop economist David McWilliams into commentary on agriculture are rare indeed, and from the evidence of his most recent efforts, that’s probably just as well. McWilliams was the star turn at the recent Alltech ONE Ideas Conference, and which included his trademark touchy-feely opening remarks: “We are all in this together, with… Read more »

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Ross Frenett

CYBER WAR COMES TO DUBLIN

Date: July 15, 2021 - Hush Hush

FORMER IRISH soldier Ross Frenett founder of anti-extremist organisation Moonshot, initially based in London, aims to combat all kinds of online harm. But Ross has shown a unique ability to make his way up the greasy pole that is the British military industrial complex and specialises in intel on dissident republican groups. Starting out with… Read more »

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Ronan Keating

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: July 15, 2021 - The Hot Air Brigade

Celebrate these men and their team. They are giants, kings, heroes. Up and on. What a force they will be at the next World Cup. Ronan Keating on England’s Euro 2020 performance, Twitter And now for the next instalment of ‘The Italian Job’. Come on England. Blow the bloody doors off! Declan Ganley, Twitter For… Read more »

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James Geoghegan

FINE GAEL KNEW DEFEAT WAS NIGH

Date: July 15, 2021 - Last Refuge

FINE GAEL handlers – director of elections Simon Harris, Leo Varadkar and others – knew well before the day of the byelection vote that defeat for James Geoghegan was on the cards. How else to construe the painfully embarrassing messages to constituency supporters in the last few days and even minutes before the vote? At… Read more »

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Ivana Bacik

BACIK’S MANY ISSUES

Date: July 15, 2021 - Last Refuge

IVANA BACIK’S brand of south Dublin liberal feminism was more than enough to secure the support of Ireland’s media class ahead of the Dublin Bay South byelection. But she will probably be pleased that nobody tried any dirty tricks by linking her to a campaign she still supports, namely, the protection of prostitutes from exploitation…. Read more »

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Dolores Cahill

RIGHT-WING RETREAT

Date: July 15, 2021 - Last Refuge

IT’S BEEN a bad year for former chairperson of the Irish Freedom Party Dolores Cahill, forced to resign from the party last March for whacky statements about Covid. Cahill stood as an Independent candidate in the Dublin Bay South (DBS) byelection and was barred from the count for refusing to wear a mask in scenes… Read more »

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Una Mullally

BASHING BLUESHIRT BIAS

Date: July 15, 2021 - Fit to Print?

UNA MULLALY is hardly the first Irish Times columnist to take a pop at a government party election candidate, even in the last week of a byelection campaign. But the hysterical, if partly covert, reaction from Fine Gael at her column criticising its Dublin Bay South (DBS) byelection candidate James Geoghegan – ‘Geoghegan fails Fine… Read more »

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Paul O’Neill

THE ‘IT’ … AND TAKING THE XI YUAN

Date: July 15, 2021 - Fit to Print?

A YEAR ago an Irish Times editorial described with apparent approval the “robust” comments and warnings about the aggressive behaviour of China from various EU leaders. Last March the paper’s editorial strongly endorsed the sanctions taken against China by the US, EU, UK and Canada because of that country’s treatment of the Uighurs. This was… Read more »

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CLEAR AS MUD

Date: July 15, 2021 - Fit to Print?

“WHAT IS clear is that O’Connell, a formidable politician, has once again burned her boats. Her remarkable refusal to endorse her party colleague – not so much as a tweet – means she is unlikely to ever run for Fine Gael again”. So Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy wrote the day after FG’s James… Read more »

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Michael McDowell

MCDOWELL RANTS

Date: July 15, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

WAS MICHAEL McDowell feeling a bit left out as the media frenzy grew around last week’s byelection in his old stomping ground? A week before the election, he wrote a column on climate so arrogant and contrarian, it sounded like a cry for attention. His prognosis: Ireland should do less and leave climate action to… Read more »

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RTE’S CLIMATE CONCERNS

Date: July 15, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

THE REASONS for RTÉ’s failure to accurately cover climate change have long been a mystery, but it’s hard not to conclude that one or more senior executives at Montrose still don’t understand the threat posed by climate breakdown. Either that or they feel a perverse duty to shield the public from the frightening reality of… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: July 15, 2021 - Bog Cuttings

‘ORANGE Bastards’ Michael Mynes (19) of Spencer Road, Derry, was sentenced to three months in prison at Derry Magistrate’s Court for the conviction of a charge of disorderly behaviour. The court was told by a Public Prosecution Service representative that police were on patrol in the city when they spotted Mynes giving them ‘the finger’,… Read more »

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Ruth Monahan

RUTH’S FLOWER POWER

Date: July 15, 2021 - High Society

WITH THE government continuing to open up, the good news for florists is that weddings are getting bigger. Appassionata Flowers, which claims to specialise in “stylish weddings”, is one operation looking to take advantage. It is run by Ruth Monahan (granddaughter of PV Doyle) and her hubby Ultan Devaney. Ruth holds 100% of the shares… Read more »

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Howth Castle

HOWTH CASTLE’S SWIFT AUCTION

Date: July 15, 2021 - High Society

WHAT A pity the Gaisford St Lawrence family has opted to auction off a superb portrait of Jonathan Swift rather than donate it, for example, to the National Gallery of Ireland. It is still not too late to save the taxpayers a few bob. In 2018, the big Tetrarch property/hospitality group fronted by Michael McElligott… Read more »

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Luan Parle

MUSICIANS’ BUM NOTE

Date: July 15, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

THE MUSIC has stopped for the Irish Association of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (IASCA) with the limited company behind the lobby group now in liquidation. IASCA was set up in 2011 “aiming to foster a community of songwriters, composers and authors and to lobby and campaign on their behalf”. At the time, the founding chair… Read more »

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KEVIN BARRY’S NEW SCREENPLAY?

Date: July 15, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

FANS OF novelist Kevin Barry’s award-winning City of Bohane could be in for a treat with the scribbler having incorporated a film production company. He will be hoping for a happier ending than his last celluloid outing. Barry hit the big time in 2013 when City of Bohane landed the Dublin International Literary Award. Scooping… Read more »

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THIS EDEN – ED O’LOUGHLIN

Date: July 15, 2021 - BooksReviews

ED O’LOUGLIN’S latest novel is a contemporary thriller packed with cinematic hairsbreadth escapades, crosses, double crosses and careering plot twists. The story is set against an ominous backdrop of surveillance, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence. Entertaining and thought-provoking, there is also a bit too much room for confusion. Michael and Alice live in a trendy district… Read more »

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Denis Egan

DENIS EGAN’S HEADACHES

Date: July 15, 2021 - Sport of Kings

FOLLOWING THE announcement by Denis Egan that he is taking early retirement from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) in September, it is valid to wonder if the glut of controversies has taken its toll. The latest oireachtas committee hearing, arising from Jim Bolger’s claims that Irish racing has a major doping problem, also shed… Read more »

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BEEBY’S UNCERTAIN RIDE

Date: July 15, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THE TEAM at Goffs is certainly confusing people with their ‘will they or won’t they’ approach to its premier yearling sale, the Orby Sale, in September. After hosting a vibrant edition of its Land Rover National Hunt Sale in June, which delivered impressive results, Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby must have thought his Covid woes… Read more »

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Suzanne Eade

SUZANNE SADDLES UP

Date: July 15, 2021 - Sport of Kings

COMPETITORS FOR the well-salaried role of Brian Kavanagh’s replacement as the head honcho at Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) may be surprised to hear that somebody with only six years’ experience working in the industry has landed the plum ride. Suzanne Eade, HRI’s chief financial officer since joining the semi-state body in 2015, will find herself… Read more »

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Ronan McNally

RONAN MCNALLY’S ARRANGEMENT

Date: July 15, 2021 - Sport of Kings

TRAINER RONAN McNally, who has hit the headlines on numerous occasions over the past two years, is under investigation by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). Now, he has clarified his association with trainer David Dunne, another person of interest to the IHRB. The rumour mill was working overtime after the Dunne-trained pair of All… Read more »

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Donal Murphy

DCC LACKING ENERGY TO PUSH FOR THE BIG TIME

Date: July 15, 2021 - Moneybags

THE CONSERVATIVE approach of the original DCC players Jim Flavin and Tommy Breen are reflected in the current CEO Donal Murphy, who has now been running the show for four years. Not only has he limited the growth of the company (which reported sales of £13bn and operating profits of £823m for the year to… Read more »

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Conor Fennelly

CONOR FENNELLY’S DARK CLOUDS

Date: July 15, 2021 - Briefcases

The Decision to wind up “cloud-native, real-time, non-legacy core banking” platform Leveris comes as something of a shock given the bullish noises coming out of the company in recent months. The principal, Conor Fennelly (who gives an address in Singapore), has invested big bucks personally, but there are others who have also been left exposed…. Read more »

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FRANK DINEEN’S GAMBLES

Date: July 15, 2021 - Briefcases

A CASINO operation’s gambles with the dreaded taxman have resulted in a judgment against Gold Rush Card Club Ltd (GRCC), the latest in a string of dud hands for that defunct business. It turns out that one of the players in the Cork-headquartered company, Frank Dineen (aka Christopher Francis Dineen) has had fingers in many… Read more »

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AN TAISCE TURNS UP THE HEAT

Date: July 15, 2021 - Briefcases

THE LEGAL eagles for An Taisce have written to Monaghan County Council to seek an update on any moves being taken “to ensure the immediate and full remediation of the unauthorised” McQuaid quarry outside Clontibret. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 12/3/21), that the Supreme Court quashed planning permission that had been granted to… Read more »

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Liam Lynch

LIAM LYNCH’S TURNAROUND

Date: July 15, 2021 - Briefcases

THE LATEST accounts for Irish Studio Media Publishing (ISM), the outfit established by New York-based moneybags Liam Lynch, show how significant the magazine sale deal to Enda O’Coineen’s Business Post has been to the company. Earlier this year, documents filed in the Companies Office saw ISM appear on the Business Post share register. ISM had… Read more »

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Jeffrey Donaldson

BONFIRE OF THE UNIONISTS

Date: July 15, 2021 - Northwind

JIM ALLISTER, leader of the hard-line Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), announced on July 12 (when else?) that he intends to field candidates in all 18 of the north’s constituencies in next year’s assembly elections. Allister’s announcement shows that this year’s annual row about eleventh night bonfires is more than the traditional unionist-nationalist spat. It’s part… Read more »

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Ian Bailey

IAN BAILEY’S STAR WITNESS

Date: July 1, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE RE-EMERGENCE in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder saga of Marie Farrell – once the garda’s star witness against so-called suspect Ian Bailey and later the star witness in his defence – will not be welcomed by many involved in the investigation. Film maker Jim Sheridan has passed on ‘new’ information from Farrell to… Read more »

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James Geoghegan

FINE GAEL’S CUNNING BYELECTION PLAN

Date: July 1, 2021 - Last Refuge

WHAT A clever ploy Fine Gael came up with in the Dublin Bay South (DBS) byelection (before that Irish Times poll) with minister Simon Harris warning that unless the other two coalition parties, Fianna Fáil and the Greens, unite with FG in a vote transfer partnership, that Sinn Féin will take over the country in… Read more »

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Lynn Boylan

PROFILE: LYNN BOYLAN

Date: July 1, 2021 - Pillars of Society

LYNN BOYLAN’S decision to pick up the gauntlet for Sinn Féin in the Dublin Bay South (DBS) byelection appeared to inject a frisson into what might otherwise have been a fairly tepid contest with Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan walking away with the seat. He still might, given the deep blue political colour of many local… Read more »

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Doireann Garrihy

YOUNG BLOOD: DOIREANN GARRIHY

Date: July 1, 2021 - The Young Bloods

HER SHINY new 2fm breakfast show has been described as “an aural assault of inanity”, (Larissa Nolan, Indo), and her comedy sketches on The Doireann Project were deemed “feeble and repetitive” by the Herald’s Pat Stacey. None of this has prevented RTÉ from embracing Doireann Garrihy as its new golden child. This… Read more »

Louise Lovett

WOMEN’S COUNCIL’S CRITICS

Date: July 1, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE NATIONAL Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) found itself in the spotlight last month in relation to the endless gender identity debate. Given how much public money the council gets each year, a reference to its funding in the letters pages of the Irish Times will not have been welcomed. The NWCI was criticised on… Read more »

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Veronica Guerin

THE KILLING OF VERONICA GUERIN

Date: July 1, 2021 - Fit to Print?

THE 25TH anniversary of journalist Veronica Guerin’s murder by gangsters was marked, for the first time in the quarter of a century since, by qualified admissions that perhaps the Sunday Independent could have done more to protect her. But still, there was that fall-back excuse that she herself was partly or totally to blame for… Read more »

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