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Journal Media Eamonn Fallon

FALLON BOYS BACKTRACK

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK WAS as surprised as Mediahuis staff were to see that the Belgian media giant had been sniffing around online news platform The Journal. Also taken by surprise were the staff at The Journal, who reacted strongly to the news that the owners of the Indo were in talks to buy the company. It all… Read more »

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Rockvig Peter Kearns

BRÍD KEARNS’S WINDFALL

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

A COMPANY with the unlikely name of Rockvig Unlimited has just been quietly wound up. Goldhawk was most impressed to find that the assets to be divvied out here come to a cool €23m. This firm turns out to be a part of the opaque… Read more »

Paddy Brennan

PADDY BRENNAN’S TIMELY DISMOUNT

Date: May 2, 2024 - Sport of Kings

THE CLUNKILY titled Weatherite Air Conditioning Handicap Chase at Cheltenham will be remembered as the race in which Paddy Brennan brought the curtain down on his 1,500-winner career. Having cruised to a cosy victory aboard the Fergal O’Brien-trained Manothepeople, a jubilant and emotional Brennan announced his immediate retirement. The Irish-trained Stumptown stayed on to be… Read more »

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Date: May 2, 2024 -

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Fionnán Sheahan Helen McEntee

HELEN MCENTEE’S LAND MINES

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT A startling suggestion the Indo’s Ireland editor, Fionnán Sheahan, made this week about the Department of Justice, which he accused of not “watching the justice minister’s back” as she blundered into the latest crisis in her department. Just in case readers were in any doubt about his meaning, Sheahan cited a ministerial advisor who… Read more »

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Brendan Butler Dermot Farrell

ROME RULE

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE CATHOLIC Church’s much-publicised downsizing of dioceses in the west of Ireland was announced in a torrent of press releases from its Maynooth PR unit without consultation with either diocesan clergy or the non-ordained faithful. That’s the view of many lay workers, including Brendan Butler, the veteran lay reformer. They also claim that Pope Francis’s… Read more »

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FALLING FIANNA FÁIL

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE MEDIA comment has mostly focused on the electoral apocalypse awaiting Fine Gael and the list of its TDs taking flight, an inordinate calm has surrounded Fianna Fáil’s abysmal poll ratings that last weekend descended to 14% in the latest Red C poll. This is not a huge drop from the average rating of around… Read more »

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National Library of Ireland Catherine Martin

OVERDUE AT THE LIBRARY

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH ARTS minister Catherine Martin under pressure to make some appointments to the Arts Council, there are other vacancies that also require her attention. For example, the board of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) remains three members down. You might think the minister would want the NLI board to be in top shape given… Read more »

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Thales Hillary Clinton

DECOMMISSIONING QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 business has been booming at Thales UK’s weapons plants in the north. Thales designs and manufactures missiles including Starstreak, lightweight multi-role missile systems and the NLAW shoulder-launched missile system at plants in east Belfast and Crossgar, Co Down…. Read more »

Patrick MacLellan Frank Kitson

BRIGADIER MACLELLAN IN DARK

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH THE Crown’s decision last month not to prosecute the paratroopers who perjured themselves at the Saville inquiry, a number of doors slammed shut on the deepest secrets of Bloody Sunday. A further possible avenue closed with the recent deaths of General Frank Kitson and… Read more »

Helen O'Sullivan

HELEN O’SULLIVAN’S BELGIAN BLUES

Date: May 2, 2024 - Hush Hush

LAST MONTH’S new-right National Conservatism conference in Brussels descended into farce as the mayor of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode municipality, Emir Kir, tried to prevent it from going ahead. Kir argued that he was acting on advice from security agencies that allowing the event to proceed could lead to serious public disorder. This was most disconcerting for… Read more »

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Marc Canham

THE HOT AIR BIRGADE

Date: May 2, 2024 - The Hot Air Brigade

We recognise that the timelines and deadlines that we’ve previously set have created a sense of expectation and potentially confusion for everyone. Marc Canham on the FAI further delaying the appointment of a new manager, FAI TV A quarter of 1 per cent of GDP for military security is a pitiful reflection of a national… Read more »

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Data Centres Micheal McCarthy

DATA CENTRES’ PR WAR

Date: May 2, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

A recent entry in the lobbying register illustrates the enchanted realm inhabited by corporate lobbyists when it comes to getting access to those at the highest levels of government. Amazon’s chief lobbyist, Ed Brophy, secured a private meeting with two ministers, Eamon Ryan and Malcolm Noonan, to update them on the momentous news that his… Read more »

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LISA CHAMBERS’S HOT AIR

Date: May 2, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

Goldhawk was expecting elevated levels of climate disinformation in the run-up to the European elections in June – considering the number of reactionary and conspiracy-minded candidates running – but he didn’t expect the leader of the Seanad to stoop so low. This week Fianna Fáil senator Lisa Chambers suddenly became a fan of offshore wind… Read more »

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New Right Ciaran Mullooly

NEW RIGHT TO WIN LOCAL/EU SEATS?

Date: May 2, 2024 - Last Refuge

THE NEW right is dominating headlines now with vituperative social media comments and arson attacks on buildings supposedly intended to house immigrants and asylum seekers. However, it is unlikely that it will make much impact in the forthcoming local and European elections in just a month’s time. But the main parties are wary of the… Read more »

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Ciarán Cuffe Lynn Boylan

EU ELECTION STAKES

Date: May 2, 2024 - Last Refuge

WITH JUST weeks to go, campaigns for the Euro seats are hotting up – if that’s the right word to use for the tepid indifference of the Irish electorate so far. Last time out Sinn Féin did badly, losing two seats that it had previously won. But that was 2019. Since then the party has… Read more »

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AONTÚ: A ONE-TRICK PONY?

Date: May 2, 2024 - Last Refuge

PREVIOUSLY A splinter from Sinn Féin, Peadar Tóibín’s Aontú may yet establish itself as a serious political player, with recent opinion polls putting the party above the Greens and Labour, raising the prospect of it making it into government. The drawback, from Aontú’s point of view, is that getting into government would depend on doing… Read more »

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SDLP Micheál Martin

FIANNA FÁIL’S TWO FINGERS TO SDLP

Date: May 2, 2024 - Last Refuge

REMARKABLY, EVEN for the Government-compliant Dublin media, there was no coverage of the snub delivered to the SDLP by Micheál Martin’s Fianna Fáil at the party’s recent ard fheis. FF denied a request for an exhibitor’s stand at the ard fheis for the SDLP’s New Ireland Commission, citing “short notice” as the reason. A diplomatic… Read more »

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Arena Rafeef Ziadah

‘BALANCED’ DEBATE ON GAZA GENOCIDE

Date: May 2, 2024 - Fit to Print?

THE DOGMATIC radicals among Irish supporters of the Palestinians are outraged at the aesthetes on the editorial team at RTÉ’s arts programme, Arena, who bravely held the line against Palestinian propaganda posturing as poetry recently. The innocent souls at Arena had invited Palestinian poet Rafeef… Read more »

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MEDIAHUIS’S MEDALS

Date: May 2, 2024 - Fit to Print?

MEDIAHUIS’S EDITORIAL supremo, Cormac Bourke, told staff last year that the media awards organised by NewsBrands – now franchised out by NewsBrands – were not modern and that other awards competitions would be utilised to “have the outstanding work of journalists in Mediahuis Ireland recognised”. This followed a series of spats with NewsBrands including the… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: May 2, 2024 - Bog Cuttings

DRUNKEN NEIGHBOUR Tullamore District Court heard the case of a man accused of engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour toward gardaí following an altercation with officers outside his home. Richard Hanlon, of the Town House, Riverview Apartments, Westmeath, was brought to the attention of gardaí on July 28, 2021, after he called a number of… Read more »

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Marsh’s Library Linda Doyle

CATHERINE MARTIN’S LATEST VACANCY

Date: May 2, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

THE RETICENCE of arts and culture minister Catherine Martin when it comes to filling vacancies on the boards of the national cultural institutions has attained joke status at this stage. For the most part, the Green Party deputy leader gets away with it, due to a predictable apathy in the media when it comes to… Read more »

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DANIEL O’RAHILLY’S BIG CHEQUE

Date: May 2, 2024 - Sport of Kings

THIS YEAR’S Aintree Grand National winner, I Am Maximus (trained by newly crowned British champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins), and the 2021 winner, Minella Times, were paraded before huge crowds at the finals of the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial Stakes in Limerick Greyhound Stadium last week. The prestigious €160,000 race, sponsored by Geneva tax… Read more »

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JOHNNY RONAN’S PARK

Date: May 2, 2024 - High Society

FITZWILLIAM SQUARE was in the news again last month when the Irish Times wondered if the proposed sale by receivers of Johnny Ronan’s four-storey over basement No 65 could push the peeved property developer to “stand in the way of a new owner taking a walk” in the private Fitzwilliam Square park. This seems highly… Read more »

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Ballinacurra House Des McGahan

DES McGAHAN’S BOLTHOLE BLUES

Date: May 2, 2024 - High Society

GOLDHAWK SPIED yet another glowing report in the Business Post on the impressive Ballinacurra House outside Kinsale, which is on the market for €4m. The same property had a price tag of €6.35m only a couple of years ago but there has been a lot of water under the bridge (and through the courts) since… Read more »

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The Phoenix, March 24, 2023

CRH SHARES PLATEAU AFTER US ROCKET RIDE

Date: May 2, 2024 - Moneybags

THE SWEDES in Cevian Capital will have been popping the champagne corks as a result of the explosion in the CRH share price since the company began its US adventure, including a move of its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange. When Moneybags examined the strategy in March last year (see The Phoenix… Read more »

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LISA MULCAHY’S IFTA

Date: May 2, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

IN TERMS of viewers, the most successful ‘Irish’ film in recent times has to be the Lindsay Lohan vehicle An Irish Wish. No matter than it’s on Netflix rather than in cinemas, the ‘rom-com’ has topped the streamer’s viewing figures in unexpected places such as Sweden. Of more interest to the luvvies at Áine Moriarty’s… Read more »

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Keith McGrane

CORRE ENERGY’S CORE PROBLEM IS MONEY

Date: May 2, 2024 - Moneybags

WITH THE 2023 figures for Corre Energy due to be released at the end of this month, investors will be looking to see if the losses have been stemmed or if there is any prospect of much-needed new investment flowing into the business. The Irish… Read more »

Queally Michael Lynch

MICHAEL LYNCH’S LIMERICK GIG

Date: May 2, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

REPORTS OF colossal double bets being struck and landed were rife at the Limerick races last month, when the well-punted Declan Queally pair, Rocky’s Diamond and Diamond Nora, won their opening maiden hurdles at Limerick and Ballinrobe respectively. The Queally family are no strangers to well-orchestrated coups and Declan’s sons, Tom and Declan, both rode… Read more »

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HARISH BANSAL’S BIG TAX BILL

Date: May 2, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

ONE OF the bigger judgments that Goldhawk has come across in recent times popped up in Stubbs Gazette last month, where one Harish Bansal, with an address in The Gallops, Leopardstown, Co Dublin, was hit for an eye-watering €3.3m by the dreaded taxman. The judgment follows a €1.35m fine levied against Bansal by the Revenue… Read more »

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SEAN MULRYAN’S INVESTMENT

Date: May 2, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

GOLDHAWK SPIES a familiar face among the backers of Patrick Kirby’s digital ticketing business, Tixserve. Tixserve has been attracting a fair deal of attention in recent times and, more importantly, a fair few bob from investors, most notably the Smurfit family. Among those reported to have put their hands in their deep pockets are Monaco-based… Read more »

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Michael Hackman

LIGHTS, CAMERA…

Date: May 2, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

WITH PLANS having been drawn up for new mega film studio developments in west Dublin and Wicklow, and other local authorities anxious to get in on the act, a studio bubble is emerging, with developments even being announced just a stone’s throw from each other. Troy Studios in Limerick currently boasts the biggest soundstage in… Read more »

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David Cameron

BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES IN GAZA?

Date: April 18, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THAT BRITISH Tory politicians should call for a halt to British arms supplies to Israel is most unusual, coming as it does from those who normally support Israel regardless of whatever military atrocities they commit. Britain’s support for Israel depends on it abiding by international… Read more »

John Moran

PROFILE: JOHN MORAN

Date: April 18, 2024 - Pillars of Society

THE BRIGHTEST as well as the most self-confident Limerick luminary since Richard Harris has to be the former secretary general of the Department of Finance, John Moran – a close friend and colleague of the finance minister at the time, Michael Noonan. Following his spell… Read more »

Catherine Arnold

YOUNG BLOOD: CATHERINE ARNOLD

Date: April 18, 2024 - The Young Bloods

Amidst rising political tensions within Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU), Catherine ‘Cat’ Arnold, the (former) education officer, has announced their shock resignation. A union member for almost their entire college life, Arnold’s decision to quit with immediate effect was due to issues with a toxic workplace environment and alleged bullying. Why did Arnold feel… Read more »

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Ian O'Doherty

IAN O’DOHERTY’S BAD YEAR

Date: April 18, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST DECEMBER the Independent’s lovable columnist, Ian O’Doherty, wrote about what he described as “maybe the worst year of my life” but it doesn’t appear that things are getting much better, with the dreaded taxman registering a judgment against the media company co-owned by O’Doherty… Read more »