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Darina Allen

ROUND UP THE USUAL LOBBYISTS

Date: May 20, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

THE REVELATION that two of our national institutions – Guinness stout and chef Darina Allen – tested positive for glyphosate, the chemical in Roundup weedkiller, is not a huge surprise. When you consider how much of it is doused on this island by local authorities, farmers and gardeners, it would be a shock if any… Read more »

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AN TAISCE’S MEDIA DETRACTORS

Date: May 20, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS mostly do a good job of presenting themselves as objective, analysing the political fray from on high. But occasionally it gets so rowdy they can’t help reaching down and throwing a few punches. The fracas over Glanbia’s planned €140m cheese factory in Kilkenny was too much for the Indo’s Fionnan Sheahan, who basically… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: May 20, 2021 - Bog Cuttings

‘Fat Mayo Cunt’ Jason Doherty (34) of Castle Park, Buncrana, appeared before Buncrana District Court in Donegal charged with public order offences. Judge Alan Mitchell heard that the defendant had been spotted wandering around near his home in the early hours of February 7 last. As he was being arrested for his own safety, Doherty… Read more »

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Jane Trenaman

JANE TRENAMAN’S OPERA ROLE

Date: May 20, 2021 - High Society

THE LATEST arrival on the board of the National Opera House is Jane Trenaman, daughter of Shrewsbury Road moneybags Fred Trenaman. No doubt, Jane’s fundraising skills will be put to good use by the owners of the opera house, Wexford Festival Trust, which will be looking to put some actual bums on seats for its… Read more »

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Sarah Glennie

NEW FACE FOR NCAD

Date: May 20, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

SIMON HARRIS has advertised for expressions of interest from candidates interested in serving on the board of the beleaguered National College of Art and Design (NCAD), an institution that has in the not so distant past been characterised by dreadful governance and financial management issues and which, it turns out, continues to struggle financially. The… Read more »

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MARY KELLY’S PRODUCTION

Date: May 20, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

CHANGE IS in the air at Wexford Festival Opera (see p18) but the good news is that the finances have started to look healthier, following a setback in 2018. The jury is out, however, on the potential financial impact of this year’s planned 70th anniversary event. The review from festival chair Mary Kelly included in… Read more »

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MY THERAPIST GHOSTED ME – VOGUE WILLIAMS / JOANNE MCNALLY

Date: May 20, 2021 - Podcasts|Reviews

IF WATCHING her shilling laundry capsules during every second TV ad break isn’t enough Vogue Williams for fans, a new podcast has now launched. As Williams co-hosts it with comedian and fellow loudmouth Joanne McNally, listening with the volume turned down is a useful strategy for anybody embarking on the weekly series.  Those allergic to… Read more »

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WHITE CITY – KEVIN POWER

Date: May 20, 2021 - Books|Reviews

IT HAS been 13 years since the publication of Kevin Power’s debut novel, Bad Day in Blackrock (subsequently filmed as What Richard Did). The book tapped into aspects of social class and the corrupting nature of privilege that surfaced in the news at the time – issues that are also central to this hit-and-miss follow-up…. Read more »

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Jim Bolger

JIM BOLGER’S DAWN RAID

Date: May 20, 2021 - Sport of Kings

JIM BOLGER has pulled off one of his finest coups in his 80th year with the repatriation of the stallion Dawn Approach. A former 2000 Guineas and four-time Group 1 winner, who was bred and raced by Bolger before he sold him for big bucks to Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum, Dawn Approach subsequently proved a… Read more »

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SAM CURLING’S SURPRISE

Date: May 20, 2021 - Sport of Kings

WHEN THE Sam Curling-trained Call Me Freddie appeared in the declarations for a low-grade hurdle at Cork recently, his credentials for a successful outing were reflected by the 50/1 opening price. A result was therefore clearly not on the cards. The horse had not finished within 30 lengths of the winner on his last five… Read more »

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Jessica Harrington

COVID CASH BOOST

Date: May 20, 2021 - Sport of Kings

SINCE RACING resumed after the Covid enforced break in June last year, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has been coming down hard on those who may have breached the strict protocol that was introduced to allow racing operate in a Covid landscape. It has proved a nice little earner. This enforcement has provided a… Read more »

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Sean Corkery

DATALEX BANKING ON POST-PANDEMIC BOOST

Date: May 20, 2021 - Moneybags

THE PANDEMIC has traumatised the airline industry. With Datalex’s revenue dropping 38% last year from $45m to $28m (following a 30% fall in 2019), it is impressive that the group continues to fly at all. Indeed, according to the annual report, the company is in a “strong position to respond to this latest challenge”. This… Read more »

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Ger Rabbette

UNIPHAR NEEDS RIGHT PRESCRIPTION TO JUSTIFY ITS HUGE RATING

Date: May 20, 2021 - Moneybags

IT IS impressive how Uniphar has come through the worst of the pandemic. Some other players in the field struggled, such as the McCauley chain, which turned in a €3m loss, while Ramona Nicholas’s Cara group went into examinership. Uniphar, however, has delivered but there has to be a question mark over its stratospheric share rating…. Read more »

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Dudley Dolan

UCD COMPANY FAILS TEST

Date: May 20, 2021 - Briefcases

IT’S THE end of the road for Q-Validus Ltd, a UCD-backed company that emerged on the back of what was called the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), a 1990s computer literacy certification programme. Q-Validus has been headquartered for almost 15 years at NexusUCD on the university’s Belfield campus and was set up to assist clients… Read more »

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Sheila O’Riordan and Nina Gillett

NINA GILLETT’S KEY TO SUCCESS

Date: May 20, 2021 - Briefcases

DOCUMENTS FILED in the Companies Office by Nindav Ltd show a loss for its first six months to the end of 2019 of €60,000. This turns out to be an entity controlled by Catherine Eustace, who may be better known to readers as Nina Gillett, formerly one-half of the high-profile, short-term let operator Key Collections,… Read more »

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A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE

Date: May 20, 2021 - Briefcases

THE ACCOUNTS just filed for Principle Management (the firm that was incorporated after Live Nation acquired Paul McGuinness’s company of the same name in 2013) reveal an impressive €5.5m was paid out in dividends to the US owners. The 2019 figures predate the pandemic, which may knock a few bob off the bottom line in… Read more »

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Alan Hynes

MORE TUSKAR CREDITORS

Date: May 20, 2021 - Briefcases

DOCUMENTS JUST filed by the liquidator of Tuskar Property Holdings Ltd (TPH), Myles Kirby, reveal that unsecured creditors were owed a hefty €3.5m when it was wound up in March last year, while there was another €1m outstanding to debenture holders. The Tuskar name is, of course, closely associated with the controversial accountant Alan Hynes,… Read more »

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Jeffrey Donaldson

EVEN-STEVENS AS JEFFREY CATCHES UP

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE DUP leadership election is shaping up to be more of a contest than many expected. Edwin Poots, the north’s agriculture minister, widely seen as the instigator behind the heave against Arlene Foster, initially seemed to have enough support to clinch the result before the contest opened. By Saturday, May 1, his team were claiming… Read more »

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ROSE HYNES’S TURBULENCE

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE IRISH Aviation Authority (IAA) has just published its annual report, which doesn’t make for easy reading. As a result of a 21% drop in revenue, operating profits at IAA plummeted by 94% to €2m and, after interest charges, the agency recorded its first ever loss. Rose Hynes is in the hot seat here but… Read more »

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Richard Humphreys

PROFILE: RICHARD HUMPHREYS

Date: May 6, 2021 - Pillars of Society

NOTHING REFLECTS the growing conversation about a united Ireland and a border poll more than the involvement of High Court judge Mr Justice Richard Humphreys. An adolescent Blueshirt in his college days before becoming Labour party legal adviser, Humphreys is a complex – not to say contradictory – character. His sharp legal brain has earned… Read more »

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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

YOUNG BLOOD: DONNCHADH Ó LAOGHAIRE

Date: May 6, 2021 - The Young Bloods

WITH SINN Féin riding high in the polls, especially among the younger 18-34 cohort, and with its leading spokespeople commanding grudging respect even from its critics, two questions now face the party. Can it maintain and consolidate its current level of political support, or even extend it? Can it attract more young people of ability… Read more »

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Hazel Chu

HAZEL CHU’S CUL-DE-SAC

Date: May 6, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE POINTED reference last weekend by Green councillor Claire Byrne to her status as “not a stranger” to the constituency was actually a dig at her party ‘colleague’ Hazel Chu, currently Dublin lord mayor and a rival for the Greens’ nomination at the Dublin Bay South byelection. Chu has only been politically active in Dublin… Read more »

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SHAUN MURPHY’S SNOOKERS

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

IRISH SPORTING heavyweights are rare enough these days and snooker supremo Shaun ‘the Magician’ Murphy has been claimed as an honorary Irishman. Earlier this week he narrowly lost out in the World Championships final at the Crucible but still landed a nice purse. It is not clear, however, where the Dublin-based potter puts his winnings…. Read more »

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Peter Vandermeersch

BELGIAN PETE SETS UP ‘INDO’ FACE-OFF

Date: May 6, 2021 - Fit to Print?

A KEEN rivalry has developed at Talbot Towers where editors of Mediahuis Ireland’s two main titles the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent – Cormac Bourke and Alan English, respectively – are now locked in competitive battle. This is natural and the fact that Bourke was pushed aside by new owners, Mediahuis, to make way for… Read more »

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GUNPLOT – RTÉ ONE

Date: May 6, 2021 - ReviewsTV

RTÉ HAS come to its ambitious Gunplot project bearing a horrendous burden of quisling-like reverence for the great political princes of the state. A good example was the head-down, backside-up coverage on Nationwide in 2017 of the centenary of Jack Lynch’s birth. In more recent times, as the world observed the shredding of Lynch’s reputation… Read more »

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Graham Spurling

GRAHAM SPURLING’S SCREENPLAY

Date: May 6, 2021 - Briefcases

WITH CINEMAS having been rightly banjaxed by Covid-19, it is not surprising that there have been closures but Graham Spurling and his family look set to buck the trend, moving into the Tallaght multiplex vacated by giants Irish Multiple Cinemas (IMC). IMC Tallaght was one of the most high-profile casualties of the pandemic, shutting its… Read more »

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FINBARR CORKERY’S BAD BETS

Date: May 6, 2021 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK SEES that one of the casino companies associated with his old pal, Cork-based Finbarr Corkery Jr, has been wound up. This should be a familiar feeling for him. Aungier Entertainment Ltd (AEL) was wound up at a creditors’ meeting on March 30, with John Healy of Kirby Healy installed as liquidator. Healy would be… Read more »

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Robert Watt

ROBERT WATT’S LOT

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

IF OPPOSITION politicians, the public and health service employees are aggrieved at the happy lot of mandarin extraordinaire Robert Watt, they can’t say they weren’t given due warning way back. Speaking to journalists at the MacGill Summer School seven years ago Watt, then secretary general of the department of public expenditure and reform, made clear… Read more »

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Mark O'Keefe

MARK O’KEEFFE’S TANGLES

Date: May 6, 2021 - High Society

DUBLIN STYLIST Mark O’Keeffe of Brown Sugar was given some space in the Sindo’s ‘Life’ magazine last month to hype up the hairdressing industry here and give himself a few pats on the back. There was no room, however, for any details about his failed companies. Mark sees himself as a star player in a… Read more »

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George Lees

RTÉ AND ITS ‘COLD’ CLIMATE FORECAST

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE ARE, to say the least, some very mixed messages emanating from Montrose on climate change, a topic that has long been a problem child for the national broadcaster. Managing director of RTÉ News Jon Williams took to Twitter late last month to announce that the RTÉ website had added a ‘climate’ tab to its… Read more »

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Vol 39 No 09

Date: May 6, 2021 -

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Enda O’Coineen

ENDA O’COINEEN’S PARTNER

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

DOCUMENTS FILED in the Companies Office recently give an insight into the valuations attached to the Business Post, where flamboyant investor Enda O’Coineen rules the roost. The documents relate to share allotments. Last year a hefty €2m was invested by Dun Aengus Invest Unlimited, one of O’Coineen’s vehicles. He is not a director here himself… Read more »

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Eilis O'Hanlon

EOGHAN VS ÉILIS IN ‘SINDO’ BORDER SPLIT

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE EFFORTS of Sunday Independent editor Alan English to soften the neo-unionist tone of the paper has caused convulsions within the camp. With the debate about a border poll hotting up, chief custodian of the old regime’s line on the north, Eoghan Harris, has failed to impose his line on all opinion formers and commentators… Read more »

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Gordon Elliott

GORDON ELLIOTT’S ALSO RANS

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

IT MAY have been just as well that Gordon Elliott wasn’t present in Punchestown last week when Willie Mullins was busy making hay. The Elliott team – currently under the stewardship of Denise ‘Sneezy’ Foster (who took the reins officially after that photo emerged) – had a miserable time, failing to pass the post first… Read more »

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Bertie Ahern

IRISH MEDDLE IN BRITISH POLITICS!

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

IN THE aftermath of the Scottish Independence and Brexit referendums there were calls by many British politicians for an investigation into Russian interference in both votes. Since then, an allegation has been made that an Irish political activist – accused of being a member of the ‘intelligence’ services – has also been involved in Brexit… Read more »

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VLAD’S THINK TANK CRITIC

Date: May 6, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

IT IS unusual to see the tánaiste responding to criticism by penning a letter to the Irish Times but that is exactly what Leo Varadkar did last month on foot of an article published by one Eoin Drea. It turns out the two boys have something in common. Drea’s piece in the IT the previous… Read more »

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