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Eugene Regan

EUGENE REGAN’S FRIENDS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

WELL-CONNECTED former senator Eugene Regan has been reappointed to the Court of Justice to the EU for another six-year term following the intervention of court president Koen Lenaerts, who told the government of his preference for Regan. This is an example of Eugene’s ability to impress the right people in the right places. Back in… Read more »

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Jack Chambers

CASHIERED CHAMBERS MARK 11

Date: February 25, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

MINISTER CHAMBERS is still the subject of military disputation after the Minister for Defence (and foreign affairs), Simon Coveney, broke him down from the ranks (see The Phoenix, 29/1/21). Covetous made clear in answer to a Dáil question from Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh that Fianna Fáil’s Jack Chambers – who was made chief… Read more »

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CLARIFICATION

Date: February 25, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

An article in the issue of January 29, 2021, referred to the establishment by Noel and Jacinta McMahon of an online dating agency called Perfect Partners. In fact, this business is wholly owned by Bill Phelan.

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SUING OPERATION KENOVA

Date: February 25, 2021 - Hush Hush

THE STAKEKNIFE farrago continues to unravel with Operation Kenova now being undermined by legal action. The murder of Belfast pensioner Francisco Notorantonio by the UDA in October 1987 was central to the setting up of Kenova in 2016 because of a claim by British army spook Ian Hurst that Francisco was sacrificed to save the… Read more »

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Mary Robinson

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: February 25, 2021 - The Hot Air Brigade

I didn’t actually want to talk to her and increase the trauma over a nice lunch. Mary Robinson reflecting on lunch with ‘troubled’ Princess Latifa, Sunday Independent, submitted by reader But while memories like that don’t age, everything else must. Roy becoming a grandparent is perfectly understandable, really. Even acceptable. Frank Coughlan on Roy Keane… Read more »

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David Frost

IT CUTS BOTH WAYS

Date: February 25, 2021 - Northwind

LAST SATURDAY Micheál Martin gave an interview to Raidió na Gaeltachta – a station which unionists obviously listen to avidly – and urged them “to put politics aside and come together to discuss these questions”, to find practical solution to the problems of Brexit. Needless to say, there was no response; nor will there be…. Read more »

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Maria Byrne

FRIENDS AT COURT

Date: February 25, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE INDO’S Fionnan Sheahan mischievously remarked recently that Fine Gael Seanad byelection candidate Maria Byrne is “a real favourite of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar’s office”, while also writing that she would win the seat. He may well be right but Maria’s electoral record nationally – as opposed to her four successful local election outings in Limerick… Read more »

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MICHEÁL MARTIN’S MEDIA OFFENSIVE

Date: February 25, 2021 - Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S media offensive has caused him some problems (‘mixed messages’ etc) but it also appears that he has had some traction recently and the Business Post argued last weekend that he had survived his party critics’ back-biting as evidenced by the party’s poll ratings. According to the Post’s Red C pollsters, Fianna Fáil has… Read more »

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Kate O'Connell

BENDING GENDER QUOTAS

Date: February 25, 2021 -

UNNOTICED, IT would appear, by most pundits but thundering down the tracks is the 40% gender quota imperative that will be imposed at the next general election. This will cause all manner of reactions, rows and a welter of token female candidates who will be expected to run as gender fodder in order to ingratiate… Read more »

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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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