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MEP MULLOOLY’S MOOING

Date: November 28, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE GOVERNMENT politicians and many others may regard as “sinister” Sinn Féin’s intention to order a “peer review” of RTÉ’s international coverage, support for the move came from the other end of the political spectrum in the form of Independent Ireland (II) MEP Ciaran Mullooly. The former RTÉ hack said he wanted not just a… Read more »

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Keith Walsh

KEITH WALSH’S MONOPOLY

Date: November 28, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

IT IS interesting to see that one-time RTÉ star Keith Walsh is one half of Moth News, a brand new video and social media platform that aims to give the Irish people the real story. It has already landed itself on the end of High Court defamation proceedings from US investor Jeffrey Leo but clearly… Read more »

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Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

SEAN O’KEEFFE’S BOOKEND

Date: November 28, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LIMITED company that registered the business name for Sean O’Keeffe’s controversial Liberties Press publishing house is to be wound up next week. In the past, this company was behind books published by the likes of Michael D Higgins and Eamon Gilmore. O’Keeffe would be familiar to fans of Goldhawk as a result of the… Read more »

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Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

DUB-MON BOMBS: STRANGE DELAYS

Date: November 28, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

There are three ongoing enquiries into the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan (D-M) massacre. First, there’s an allegedly ‘open’ Garda investigation, which began in 1974 but never made a single arrest. Second is Operation Denton, led by Sir Iain Livingstone, and third is Operation Newham, an inquiry by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI). Operations Denton and… Read more »

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Keith Woods

BLOOD AND HONOUR

Date: November 28, 2024 - Hush Hush

With the National Party (NP) running nine candidates in the general election, most party activists have been busy campaigning in constituencies across Ireland. However, prominent NP member Keith Woods (pseudonym of Roscommon native Keith O’Brien) has not featured in the many pictures of NP activists electioneering, some in forced, relatively moderate tones. Instead he spent… Read more »

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Terry Prone

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: November 28, 2024 - The Hot Air Brigade

The floating voter is a fascinating human being, not least because they never sink. You can hit them with corruption, scandal, inflation, housing, and health crises and they keep floating, buoyed up by a marvellously, indeed, possibly unique Irish combination of hope and cynicism. Terry Prone, Irish Examiner A year on, I know I took… Read more »

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Martin Kenny

HOW PARTIES RATE ON CLIMATE

Date: November 28, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

It’s a political truism that the electorate is far more concerned about the end of the month than the end of the world, and so it has proved yet again in Election 2024. Despite relentless climate-fuelled weather disasters around the world – deadly heatwaves, record-smashing flooding events and brutal droughts – climate change barely registered… Read more »

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Paul Givan

MIDDLE GROUND VANISHES AGAIN

Date: November 28, 2024 - Northwind

The standard response from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil leaders when asked about the prospects of reunification or preparing for a border poll is to say they’re “focussed” (politicians’ latest ‘in’ word) on making the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) work. Last Sunday Simon Harris told Sky’s Trevor Phillips it was “entirely possible”… Read more »

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Michael Collins

NEW GOVERNMENT TO MOVE SHARP RIGHT?

Date: November 28, 2024 - Last Refuge

AFTER THE votes are counted this weekend, the action will move to government formation and there is a real possibility that a much spikier third force than the Green Party is about to form a coalition government with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Despite a persistent campaign by Government parties and media to encourage a… Read more »

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Kate O'Connell

KATE O’CONNELL’S SOLO RUN

Date: November 28, 2024 - Last Refuge

THE POLAR opposite of the Dublin Central constituency – Gerry Hutch, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, new-right councillor Malachy Steenson etc – is surely balmy Dublin Bay South (DBS) – blue-blood legal eagle, Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan; Fianna Fáil leadership challenger Jim O’Callaghan; and Lazarus Labour leader Ivana Bacik. But even DBS has its… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

RED FLAGS FOR FF

Date: November 28, 2024 - Last Refuge

THE RISE of Fianna Fáil in the polls would seem to be inexorable and FF leader Micheál Martin and party activists are convinced they will be clearly ahead of Fine Gael in the tally of TDs this weekend. The final arithmetic will determine whether the gap will be enough for Martin to deny Simon Harris… Read more »

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Archbishop of Canterbury

CANTERBURY TALES

Date: November 28, 2024 - Fit to Print?

THE IRISH TIMES published a perfunctory article on the recent resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. This followed a report blaming the archbishop for failing to ensure a proper investigation into decades-old allegations against a man described in the report as arguably the church’s most prolific child abuser. Despite this cursory report, the… Read more »

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IN PRAISE OF JEREMY CLARKSON

Date: November 28, 2024 - Fit to Print?

IS THERE a common thread between reactionary bumpkin Jeremy Clarkson’s campaign against inheritance tax and that of Alan Shatter’s general election campaign based on the same issue? Other than the topic, probably not as Shatter is unlikely to be elected while Clarkson could probably pick whatever constituency in the English shires he wanted and take… Read more »

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Deirdre Veldon

TROUBLE AT T’MILL

Date: November 28, 2024 - Fit to Print?

EVER SINCE The Irish Times Ltd managing director Deirdre Veldon wandered through the newsroom of the galley slaves who toil in the company’s titles, the Irish Examiner and Echo, recently for a little chat (like an innocent Blueshirt wandering through a shop in Kanturk), there’s been tensions at the factory. And things are getting worse… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: November 28, 2024 - Bog Cuttings

‘USELESS SHOWER’ A 51-year-old man who gave the wrong name and address after verbally abusing gardaí appeared before Dundalk District Court. Martin McShane, of Back Road, Mullaghbawn, Newry, became abusive towards officers on patrol on Anne Street in Dundalk on November 5, 2023. The court heard that he called them a “useless shower of bastards”,… Read more »

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John Magnier

JOHN MAGNIER’S AWARDS BASH

Date: November 28, 2024 - High Society

RACECOURSE COMMENTATOR Richard Pugh filled the role of MC at this month’s annual back-slapping awards ceremony for the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO), which was held once again at John Magnier’s swanky Cashel Palace Hotel. The shindig returned to the €450-a-night Tipperary venue, despite members complaining about the chunky €54,000 from the association’s coffers… Read more »

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Olivia Gaynor Long and Brian Long

KENAH HILL’S LONG STORY

Date: November 28, 2024 - High Society

KENAH HILL, one of the most expensive properties in Dublin, is on the market with a hefty €10.75m price tag and curious readers of the Irish Times were informed that the house had been purchased and refurbished by one Francis Edward Du Bedat, of a well-known Huguenot family, no less than 135 years ago. Of… Read more »

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Michael Halford and Tracey Collins

HEAVY GOING AT CONYNGHAM

Date: November 28, 2024 - Sport of Kings

IT LOOKS like the Conyngham Lodge partnership between Curragh trainers Tracey Collins and Michael Halford has encountered some heavy going. In February last year, the pair were issued with what was only the second official training partnership licence in Ireland. This followed Halford’s departure from his Copper Beech Stables training establishment and the collapse of… Read more »

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Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

WHIP SMARTING

Date: November 28, 2024 - Sport of Kings

THE REINSTATEMENT of the Cathy O’Leary-trained winner of the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch at Newmarket, Alphonse Le Grande, was described by runner-up trainer Simon Crisford as “another deeply embarrassing episode for British racing”. Alphonse LeGrande, owned by Adrian McAndrew and his fellow six Bet Small Win Big Syndicate members, was demoted by the British Horseracing Authority… Read more »

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Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

HAYES PAYDAY

Date: November 28, 2024 - Sport of Kings

FLAT JOCKEY Chris Hayes and his wife, Rachel, enjoyed a bumper payday at Goffs when their homebred Mehmas filly sold for €150,000. Hayes had bought her dam, Shahaada – a daughter of Awtaad, on whom Hayes won the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas – privately from Sheikha Hissa al Maktoum, following the death of her father,… Read more »

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Donal Murphy

DCC’S NOT-SO-GREEN ENERGY U-TURN

Date: November 28, 2024 - Moneybags

FOR OVER two decades Moneybags has been recommending that DCC rationalise the group and instead focus on the more important energy division. Now this strategy is in play but CEO Donal Murphy has an awful lot of work to do to make the division attractive to the market. Happily, he has managed to set the bar… Read more »

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Eamonn Rothwell

EAMONN ROTHWELL’S RENT

Date: November 28, 2024 - Brief Cases

ONE OF the longest-serving bosses on the Irish stock market listed companies is Eamonn Rothwell, who has made a fortune out of his time at Irish Continental Group (ICG), owner of Irish Ferries. He has just filed accounts for his private investment vehicle, which show just how well he has been doing. It turns out,… Read more »

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John Farrell

JOHN FARRELL’S RECIPE

Date: November 28, 2024 - Brief Cases

FANS OF the type of restaurants associated with hip restaurateur John Farrell will be delighted that a new operation – Suertudo – has opened its doors in place of the recently shuttered Dillinger’s in Ranelagh, D6. There does not appear to be a new company involved with this Mexican eatery, so the trading entity may… Read more »

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John Collison

JOHN COLLISON’S NEIGHBOURS

Date: November 28, 2024 - Brief Cases

STRIPE BILLIONAIRE John Collison’s spending on his Laois estate continued apace last year, as losses of €3.6m were racked up on his Abbeyleix House and Farm Ltd, bringing the accumulated deficit €6.3m. The billionaire tech bro paid about €20m to acquire the sprawling Abbeyleix Estate from outgoing Irish Georgian Society president David Davies and set… Read more »

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Declan Ganley

DECLAN GANLEY’S ENEMIES

Date: November 28, 2024 - Brief Cases

GOOD TO see Declan Ganley echoing the honourable legacy of the Skibbereen Eagle, this time keeping an eye on the chairman of the communist party of China. Last week, Decco posted a Financial Times article that outlined how a Chinese state-backed company, StateSail, plans to launch a satellite service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink… Read more »

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TAOISEACH HARRIS IS A TROTSKYIST

Date: November 14, 2024 - Hush Hush

WHEN GLEN Moore of the Irish Freedom Party (IFP) won a seat on the 15th and last count in Palmerstown-Fonthill in the June local elections, he became the first member of the party to be elected to hold political office. This allowed party leader Hermann Kelly to spin what were underwhelming results as being a… Read more »

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STEWARDS INQUIRY FOR IHRB

Date: November 14, 2024 - Sport of Kings

THE OVERDUE Mazars Report into those “matters of grave financial concern” first raised by Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boss Darragh O’Loughlin finally landed, 17 months after the scandal surfaced. The report also looks at the bonanza retirement pay-day for former chief executive Denis Egan, the circumstances of which cast a major question mark over… Read more »

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TONY MARTIN’S FORM

Date: November 14, 2024 - Sport of Kings

A TRAINER who is rather familiar with the workings of the IHRB’s disciplinary procedures is Tony Martin. He witnessed a little more controversy last month but, this time, he was not involved in the fall-out. The Co Meath handler had been landed with a €10,000 fine and the suspension of his training licence for a… Read more »

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PETER KELLY V SIOBHAN KEEGAN

Date: November 14, 2024 - Sport of Kings

ON THE same day that the Mazars report into governance at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) was released (see below), the Bowler Hats also announced the result of Luke W. Comer’s appeal against his stiff 12-month suspension imposed after horse carcasses were discovered at the Comer family’s 600-acre Ginnets Estate in Co Meath. The… Read more »

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DECLAN GANLEY’S TRUMP TWEETS

Date: November 14, 2024 - Brief Cases

ONE PERSON who was delighted with Donald Trump’s re-election as US president was Goldhawk’s old pal, Declan Ganley, the founder of Rivada Networks, who duly fired off a fusillade of excited tweets in the aftermath of the American election result. In one particularly effusive post, Ganley offered himself as Trump’s Boswell, writing that The Donald… Read more »

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FUNDING ‘THE APPRENTICE’

Date: November 14, 2024 - Brief Cases

DONALD TRUMP’S long-time courtship of the movie business is well known (his cameo appearances include a walk-on in Home Alone 2). The incoming US president is not, however, best pleased by his depiction in the recently released movie, The Apprentice, a US/Canada/Denmark co-production that also includes a significant input by the Irish taxpayer. On his… Read more »

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Ken McCallum

THE ‘REAL’ SPIES IN IRELAND

Date: November 14, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

IT’S WHAT is behind that recent story in the Irish edition of the Sunday Times alleging that a current Oireachtas member is a Russian agent – a man they labelled ‘Cobalt’ – that is the real story. Goldhawk’s sources insist that the real security concern here is that this story is a ‘black op’ inspired… Read more »

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Michael D Higgins

SILENCE IN THE RANKS

Date: November 14, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

US Vice president-elect JD Vance has argued that America could drop support for Nato if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms. Social media, and in particular X, are increasingly having real-world impacts on both politics and militarisation. Goldhawk has been alarmed for some time that a number of members of the Defence Forces, on… Read more »

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James Brown

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

Date: November 14, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

FIANNA FÁIL junior minister James Brown finally guided the Gambling Regulation Bill 2024 around the track to the finishing line, despite intense opposition by assorted groups ranging from commercial giants such as Flutter Entertainment (owner of Paddy Power) to Horse Racing Ireland, the statutory funding agency for horseracing, and lobby groups like the Irish Bookmakers… Read more »

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Dualta Roughneen

CANCELLED CATHOLIC

Date: November 14, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

APPOINTED CEO of Christian Blind Mission (CBM) Ireland – a disability rights organisation working predominantly in Africa and Asia – Dualta Roughneen claimed that, outside of work, he had limited spare time. Happily, however, since his appointment in June 2023 Roughneen has been able to find time to write regularly for the Irish Catholic, Catholic… Read more »

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Michael Twomey

‘VEXATIOUS’ LITIGANTS

Date: November 14, 2024 - Fit to Print?

FOLLOWING THE Irish Times front-page story headlined “Vexatious claimants ‘making a mockery’ of courts”, the newspaper declined to give Cormac Butler, a consultant on banking regulation, a short rejoinder “to balance” its article. The recent article arose from Justice Michael Twomey’s damning comments on distressed borrowers. It may be that the IT was provoked into… Read more »

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