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Leo Varadkar

VLAD’S RHETORIC

Date: February 25, 2021 - Fit to Print?

THE WORLD’S press has been enthralled by the audacious Aussies as they square up to the tech giants who appear to have made Australia a test case for their effort to continue soaking print media. But if the media and public are interested in this battle, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar will surely be watching closely as… Read more »

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Patricia Devlin

‘IRISH TIMES’ REMEMBERS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Fit to Print?

HAS THE centenary of Northern Ireland unhinged the Irish Times? It has just spent a week publishing a stream of articles and interviews involving defenders of the British empire, unionists and even a well-known former member of the Red Hand Commando paramilitary group. Some of these laced their diatribes against nationalist Ireland with Cassandra like… Read more »

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Marie Donnelly

FF GREENER THAN RYAN?

Date: February 25, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

“PASSING THIS legislation … means we can now move away from fossil fuels and give our complete focus to our plans to transition to renewable energy,” declared the Green Party’s climate action spokesperson Brian Leddin as party leader Eamon Ryan announced an immediate ban on new oil and gas exploration licences. The Greens have been… Read more »

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MARIE DONNELLY’S BAD START

Date: February 25, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

THERE WERE high hopes for Marie Donnelly, the former Brussels bureaucrat recruited by Eamon Ryan as the new chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC). After five years of Prof John FitzGerald, who seemed out of touch with the climate crisis, the hope and expectation was that his successor would instigate a radical shake-up,… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Bog Cuttings

“F*** You” Michael Mongan (26) of 4 Riverside Apartments, Castlerea, apologised to Castlerea District Court after shouting “fuck you” at Judge James Faughnan when he passed a five-month prison sentence. Mongan had appeared before the court accused of the theft of two bottles of Smirnoff Vodka, valued at €41.98 from Lidl supermarket in Castlerea. When… Read more »

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Karon Jacobson

KARON’S ZEN APPROACH

Date: February 25, 2021 - High Society

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 latest Bel Air listing in sunny LA”. The property is on the market for a cool €10m as owners Brian and Karon Jacobson prepare for a “Zen” exit. The Jacobsons bought the… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

NEVEN MAGUIRE’S NEW RECIPE

Date: February 25, 2021 - High Society

WITH THE ubiquitous celebrity chef Neven Maguire on screen with the rerun of his ‘Spanish Trails’ series, there has been some corporate tidying up taking place. Maguire has had an extensive tasting menu of television outings, most notably the Home Chef series. Both Neven and his missus, Amelda, were directors of Home Chef Productions but… Read more »

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Helen Turkington

HELEN TURKINGTON’S PROPERTY PLAY

Date: February 25, 2021 - High Society

THE PROPERTY section of the Irish Times featured a big spread on a ‘boutique eight property scheme’ in Terenure, D6, with the four- and five-bedroom units on the market for €1.35m to €1.55m a piece, a price that suggests a killing for all concerned. Apparently, this includes the preferred interior designer of the Dublin middle… Read more »

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Sarah McInerney

SUPER SARAH’S REVIEWS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

READERS OF Mick Heaney’s radio reviews in the Irish Times were treated to another instalment in his long running editorial infatuation with presenter Sarah McInerney earlier this month. Smitten Heaney’s admiration stretches back to the “inquisitive, tough and perceptive” presenter’s Newstalk days, where her “displays of self-awareness help distinguish McInerney from the rent-a-rant tendencies of… Read more »

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CATHERINE MARTIN’S EMPTY SEATS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

WHILE THE Green Party continues to be engaged in its off-screen rumblings, it is to be hoped that culture minister Catherine Martin’s attention is not further diverted from the task of sorting out the governance situation at Screen Ireland (SI). Three vacancies on the seven-member board of the film funding agency have been left unfilled… Read more »

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Suzie McAdam

HOME OF THE YEAR – RTÉ ONE

Date: February 25, 2021 - ReviewsTV

NOW IN its seventh series, Home of the Year is back with seasoned presenter Hugh Wallace taking centre stage as always. The “design legend” is joined by two new excitable judges, ‘interior stylist’ Suzie McAdam and architect Amanda Bone. Otherwise, it’s the exact same format as before. The series continues to capitalise on the public’s… Read more »

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Sheikh Mohammed

KIDNAP CONUNDRUM

Date: February 25, 2021 - Sport of Kings

BBC’S LATEST Panorama investigation into the current wellbeing and whereabouts of Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s daughter, Sheikha Latifa, made for uncomfortable viewing, and not just for Mary Robinson. The focus now shifts to how racing authorities around the world react to the latest bad publicity, given Sheikh Mohammed’s huge involvement in the sport. Will a… Read more »

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Jason Morris

POINT-LESS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Sport of Kings

RECENTLY, Horse Racing Ireland came under fire over the lack of opportunities for lower grade flat horses at Dundalk and the backlog of these horses with nowhere to compete. After enough noise from trainers, Jason Morris and his race planning team added some extra fixtures to cater for that particular segment and it has certainly… Read more »

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Keri Brion

AMERICAN SIGH

Date: February 25, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THE EXPERIMENT of American trainer Keri Brion in basing a handful of horses in Ireland this year, while the US jumps season continues its hiatus, has proved a frustrating ordeal. A series of weather-related abandonments when Brion had her stable star, Winston C, ready to rock, while annoying, was out of anyone’s control. An incident… Read more »

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Alan Linn

PROVIDENCE SHAREHOLDERS PREPARE FOR BOND BOOST

Date: February 25, 2021 - Moneybags

IT WAS reported in the Business Post recently that Providence Resources’ farm-out partner, SpotOn Energy, had approached the Irish exploration company about a potential merger. This was not too surprising as Providence’s chairman, Pat Plunkett, and CEO Alan Linn had previously outsourced the job of finding farm-in partners to SpotOn rather than doing it themselves…. Read more »

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Michael O'Callaghan

MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN’S PLANNING FENCE

Date: February 25, 2021 - Briefcases

MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN, the tyro horseracing trainer known for his ability to spot a bargain, has found himself on heavy ground over efforts to build a house and a new training facility on the Kildare-Wicklow border. O’Callaghan was renting his premises at Crotanstown in the heart of the Curragh, before buying land in Dunlavin and applying… Read more »

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Brian Comer

THE COMERS’ COURT OF KINGS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Briefcases

A FALL at the final hurdle for the horse-mad brothers, Brian and Luke Comer, as their bid to turn some holiday apartments into permanent residences in Killarney were scuppered by locals. The Comers own three blocks of apartments on the grounds of the Hotel Killarney and, given that the backside has fallen out of the… Read more »

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Rick Larkin

THE LARKINS’ TAXING TIMES

Date: February 25, 2021 - Briefcases

THE ACCOUNTS just filed for Vieira Ltd don’t make for pleasant reading for Goldhawk’s old pal Rick Larkin. The figures reveal that in 2019, Vieira – where Rick is joined as director by his older brother, Michael Larkin – dropped a whopping €8m courtesy of an “exceptional item”, and ended up in the red to… Read more »

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AL MAKTOUM’S FOUNDATION

Date: February 25, 2021 - Briefcases

WITH FORMER president Mary Robinson in the spotlight thanks to the BBC’s programme featuring her controversial visit to Dubai, it is interesting to note that the accounts have just been filed for the Al Maktoum Foundation, which built the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh, one of the biggest Sunni mosques in Europe. Back in 1996,… Read more »

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Tapaas Chakravarti

BUNGLE BOOK IN GALWAY

Date: February 25, 2021 - Briefcases

FANS OF Goldhawk will be interested to see that the receivership of the Irish end of a multi-million-euro Indian animation outfit, associated with international TV shows such as Jungle Book, Peter Pan and Robin Hood, has ended in a legal spat. There are very big bucks at stake, with the receiver seeking to make the… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

MARTIN’S MEA CULPA

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MOST extraordinary dual admission by Taoiseach Micheál Martin last Sunday appears to have been completely overlooked by the political correspondents and even senior members of Fianna Fáil. Martin told the Mail on Sunday that he accepted responsibility for the confidence & supply (C&S) deal with Fine Gael and acknowledged that it had led to… Read more »

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Bertie Ahern

BERTIE’S LONG GAME

Date: February 11, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE MEDIA focus, as well as that of Micheál Martin, was fixed on the number of rebel TDs that attended one or more Zoom meetings addressed by Bertie Ahern recently. Some of these events are organised by the ‘Cosmhuintir’ group, composed of rank and file Fianna Fáil members opposed to coalition with Fine Gael. But is it… Read more »

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Dermot Farrell

PROFILE: DERMOT FARRELL

Date: February 11, 2021 - Pillars of Society

THE NEW Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, presents as an archaic culchie compared with his predecessor, the urbane liberal, Diarmuid Martin. This characterisation would be wide of the mark. Farrell is actually a progressive technocrat attached to traditional Marian devotionalism, who intends to restructure a diocese that is haemorrhaging money and clerics. Standing on the high altar of… Read more »

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Hazel Chu

YOUNG BLOODS: HAZEL CHU

Date: February 11, 2021 - The Young Bloods

WITH THE Green Party falling back in the opinion polls from the high points of the 2019 and 2020 local and general elections – when it had its highest number of representatives elected – many party activists must be wondering if the surge is over… Read more »

Tony Holohan

FRAZIER V ALI

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

SECRETARY GENERAL of the Taoiseach’s department, heavy-hitting Martin Fraser, may be the Joe Frazier of government mandarins but chief medical officer Tony Holohan is his Muhammad Ali nemesis. The Covid-19 spotlight on Leo Varadkar v. Holohan last October was only a qualifier for the main event which all along has been Martin Frazier v. Tony… Read more »

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Davy Fitzgerald

DAVY’S TOUGHEST TEAM – RTÉ ONE

Date: February 11, 2021 - ReviewsTV

IN ADDITION to being one of the most high-profile sports managers in the country, the past seven years have seen Davy Fitzgerald develop an unlikely parallel career as TV impresario. Having co-created the reality hit Ireland’s Fittest Family – currently on its eighth series – the Wexford hurling boss has now unveiled yet another challenge for the… Read more »

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ULICK McEVADDY’S RED FLAG

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERESTING To see one Ulick McEvaddy pop up as a director of China International Aviation Leasing Services Ltd (CIALS), the company at the centre of the high-profile detention by the Chinese authorities of Irish aviation leasing suit Richard O’Halloran. Dublin 4-based McEvaddy is a well-known figure in aviation circles via operations like Omega Air where… Read more »

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Nick Ashmore

NICK ASHMORE’S SUCCESSOR

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE SEARCH is on to find a new chief executive at the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), the little known agency that has doled out a whopping €1.7 billion of taxpayers’ money to lenders. The new person in the hot seat, however, should be advised that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is taking an… Read more »

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Judy Woodworth

JUDY WOODWORTH’S APOLLO MISSION

Date: February 11, 2021 - Briefcases

THE LEGAL action lodged last year by Wicklow farmer David Egar against the Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF) is winding its way slowly through the system. But, while ABF chair Judy Woodworth and her board were successful in their application for an interlocutory injunction last month, the legal costs associated with the overall process will be… Read more »

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Ruby Walsh

DENIS EGAN’S HEADACHE

Date: February 11, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THERE HAS been a full agenda for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) in recent times. In addition to dealing with a high-profile appeal from Charles Byrnes among other issues, head honcho Denis Egan has also had to figure out how to deal with a situation involving one of his own employees. A farcical start… Read more »

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CARI’S JUDGMENT

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see Fingal County Council registering a judgment for a paltry €6,100 against Cari’s Closet Ltd, which has been the main trading company for red carpet designer, Instagram influencer and fashionista Lisa Duffy. This is not her first spot of bother, however. Duffy is one of the new breed of fashion business… Read more »

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Vol. 39 No. 03

Date: February 11, 2021 -

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TENI’S PRESCRIPTION

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE IRISH College of General Practitioners (ICGP) found itself under the spotlight last week after having to withdraw its online guide for doctors treating transgender patients. The issue focuses attention on the role of Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), which provided advice to the medics and is referenced numerous times in the guide. TENI is… Read more »

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Stephen Lovegrove

BREXIT INTEL

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE SURPRISE last-minute switch in the appointment of a new national intelligence adviser in the UK has bigger implications than the fact that Brexit negotiator and ‘hawk’ David Frost was removed from the post just as he was about to take his seat. The role has instead been given to the far more diplomatic Stephen… Read more »

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FARMERS’ FUMING

Date: February 11, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE most lobbyists at least pay lip service to caring about climate action, the Irish Farmers Association has no such compunctions. At its recent conference, the IFA claimed that farmers were facing a 30% cut in basic EU handouts. The dastardly plot by Brussels mandarins involves redeploying about a third of CAP support for farmers… Read more »

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George Bermingham

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

Date: February 11, 2021 - Wigs on the Green

A DECADE-LONG legal offensive by barrister Eugenie Houston against members of the Bar Council, the Professional Practices Committee (PPC), the Professional Conduct Tribunal (the tribunal) and the barristers Appeals Board over her alleged treatment at their hands has finally been seen off. The legal saga was… Read more »