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SLOWLY DOES IT AT JAAB

Date: December 3, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE HAS been a lot of focus on the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board (JAAB) since the Séamus Woulfe story blew up. One issue that has been overlooked, however, is the fact that, while the JAAB has been busy helping to appoint judges, there has been a board vacancy for no less than three-and-a-half years. JAAB’s… Read more »

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Kate McGrew

A TALE OF TWO REPORTS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST MONTH the Irish Times reported on a review of the impact of anti-prostitution legislation enacted in 2017. The report, from UCD’s Sexual Exploitation Research Programme, turns out to have remarkably different conclusions to a similar review across the border. The editorial in the Irish Times, headlined “Signs of a Cultural Shift”, referred to the… Read more »

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Charlie Flanagan

FLANAGAN’S ‘TROUBLES’

Date: December 3, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

PERHAPS UNNERVED by media coverage of his courageous effort to rehabilitate the gentle Black and Tans, Charlie ‘BlackandTanagain’ Flanagan reacted negatively to recent coverage he received from Mail on Sunday journalist John Lee. But neither Lee nor the Mail received any solidarity from their colleagues at the Sunday Independent when they came under enemy fire…. Read more »

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William Matchett

RUC AND FAKE NEWS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

ONE EXPECTS the pro-unionist Belfast News Letter to publish vigorous denials by former RUC Special Branch officer William Matchett that RUC/loyalist collusion was a pervasive reality. But Matchett is described by the News Letter and others as an adjunct fellow at the Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Prevention (sic), Maynooth University, Ireland. Two days… Read more »

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Keith Barry

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: December 3, 2020 - The Hot Air Brigade

What I had started to do with online corporates, I had started to talk about “massive action”… I started talking publicly about how I was going to get on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I didn’t know how but I was going to get on through massive action… Ultimately it took 96 emails and 44 phone… Read more »

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Arlene Foster

‘SHARED’ DISEASE

Date: December 3, 2020 - Northwind

While Leo the Lip has been causing dissension in the disjointed coalition with his solo runs and ad-libs, it seems he has managed to unite the equally divided northern executive, although perhaps not in the way he might have wanted. On November 25 he was reported to have told the Fine Gael parliamentary party that… Read more »

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Pippa Hackett

THE MOO CREW

Date: December 3, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

GIVE ME a child until seven and I will give you the man. That old Jesuit slogan has been clearly taken to heart by the embattled agri-industrial sector, as it desperately attempts to do everything (except reduce pollution or emissions) to repair its battered reputation. Since implementing the actual reforms necessary for sustainability is off… Read more »

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DAVID MCMANUS’S CV

Date: December 3, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

Growing anger over the nearly €20m in government funding for the embattled greyhound industry spilled over recently on to RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live show, where Soc Dem TD Holly Cairns clashed with baby-faced FG councillor David McManus. While McManus crashed and burned in the debate, even the presenter was puzzled as to why he was… Read more »

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Jim O'Callaghan

POLLS: REBELS PAUSE

Date: December 3, 2020 - Last Refuge

A GLIMMER of hope for Fianna Fáil and its leader, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, came with weekend polls showing the party up one point (to 12%) and three points (to 17%) in Red C and Ireland Thinks polls respectively. However, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin still dominate in each poll and FF’s Dublin support of… Read more »

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Martin Kenny

SINN FÉIN MEMBERS SUSPENDED

Date: December 3, 2020 - Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN has just got tough with recalcitrant members in Leitrim, suspending two of them for breaching party policy on the direct provision issue. Most, but not all, SF members in Leitrim cheered on their local TD, justice spokesperson Martin Kenny, as he recently lambasted the government and justice minister Helen McEntee in the Dáil… Read more »

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Frank O'Rourke

O’ROURKE FIGHTS FOR GOOD NAME

Date: December 3, 2020 - Last Refuge

BATTLING EX-TD Frank O’Rourke is taking on Facebook and Twitter in the High Court and, if the Kildare North Fianna Fáil politician’s record is anything to go by, the court action will create attention-seeking headlines. O’Rourke is demanding that the two social media platforms provide details enabling him to identify those posters who, he claims,… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Bog Cuttings

Out Of His Depth Bantry District Court heard the case of a man who tried to escape gardaí by jumping into Bantry Bay before having to be rescued as he wasn’t a good swimmer. Danilo Jose (28) of 14 The Borough, Douglas, was arrested in Bantry after gardaí noticed a strong smell of cannabis coming… Read more »

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Peter Hart

REAL SURRENDER

Date: December 3, 2020 - Fit to Print?

It has not been a good two weeks for those still fighting the War of Independence, seeking a different result. Eoghan Harris’s Sunday Independent column shed copious tears for British intelligence officers shot on Michael Collin’s order on Sunday November 21, 1920. No such concern for those dispatched at random by Crown forces in Croke… Read more »

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POETRY SURPRISE

Date: December 3, 2020 - Fit to Print?

DUBLIN LIBERALS at the Irish Times appear to have liberated their new charges at the Waterford News & Star, previously owned by Irish Examiner owners Landmark before the IT took over in 2018. For just the second time, the newspaper has brought out a standalone Christmas publication, Festive Star, reviving a tradition that began in… Read more »

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BAH HUMBUG!

Date: December 3, 2020 - Fit to Print?

HACKS as well as Bob Cratchit and other staff at the Irish Daily Star were overcome with gratitude at the recent munificence bestowed upon them by the new owners, Reach. The British publisher owns the Mirror titles and the Daily Express in Britain as well as the Irish Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, RSVP… Read more »

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Robert O'Byrne

ROBERT O’BYRNE’S GEORGIAN DOC

Date: December 3, 2020 - High Society

THE COVER of the 2020 review from the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) features an Anthony Palliser painting of the society’s founder Desmond Guinness, who died last August. Not surprisingly, the publication features a lengthy tribute to Guinness, with contributions from the likes of former An Taisce chair Consuelo O’Connor, property/environment hack Frank McDonald and former… Read more »

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Johnnie Cooke

JOHNNIE COOKE’S COSTLY DISH

Date: December 3, 2020 - High Society

IT LOOKS like the latest recipe tried out by ‘celebrity chef’ Johnnie Cooke has failed to hit the spot and his company is now off the menu. This is bad news for the creditors and also investors, who include one Fiona Nagle (once better known as Mrs Breifne O’Brien) and tech millionaire Jim Mountjoy. After… Read more »

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Lisa McInerney

GLORIOUS HANDOUTS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

THE FILM and TV funding agency Screen Ireland (SI), still rolling with three board vacancies since the start of the year, has announced its latest round of funding for the luvvies. MVG Film & TV Ltd, which was set up in February by former SI production executive Rory Gilmartin, picked up a couple of development… Read more »

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EOIN MURPHY’S NEW HAT

Date: December 3, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

NEXT WEEK, Sunday World showbiz hack Eoin Murphy will join education minister Norma Foley’s team of advisors. Film director Lenny Abrahamson may be glad to see him move from the entertainment beat after a recent story on the tabloid’s website linked him to a Bono biopic. Murphy will bring a new sensibility to Foley’s press… Read more »

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Emmet Mullins

PAUL BYRNE’S BIG PLANS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Sport of Kings

IN JULY, when The Shunter made his debut for trainer Emmet Mullins at Tipperary after an unproductive spell for his previous trainer, it was a well-publicised and costly outing that culminated in a €6,000 fine for Mullins under the non-trier rule. But things have looked rather better since for the handler and owner, Paul Byrne…. Read more »

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RACECOURSE BLUES

Date: December 3, 2020 - Sport of Kings

THE NEWS that British racecourses can welcome back not just owners but also limited crowds with immediate effect is in stark contrast to the prognosis from Association of Irish Racecourses chief Paddy Walsh. Walsh told the Racing Post that crowds are unlikely to be seen on courses in Ireland in the first half of 2021…. Read more »

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MULLINS PREPARES FOR BATTLE

Date: December 3, 2020 - Sport of Kings

WILLIE MULLINS has finally taken the wraps off his army of national hunt stars after resisting running them until well into November. His practice of avoiding Down Royal’s headline meeting at the beginning of November allowed Gordon Elliott to hoover up the majority of big prize money on offer that weekend and, having bagged a… Read more »

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Anne Heraty

ANNE HERATY’S RECORD AT CPL RESOURCES

Date: December 3, 2020 - Moneybags

IN SELLING her recruitment company, CPL Resources, for €316m, CEO and main shareholder Anne Heraty has hit the jackpot and will personally walk off with €90m, while her separated husband, Paul Carroll, will get a significant €18m. While this is a hell of an achievement, the decision is not surprising given that Heraty has a… Read more »

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Rose Hynes

ORIGIN ENTERPRISES FAILS TO HIT OWN TARGETS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Moneybags

IN THE 2019 annual report, Rose Hynes, chair of Origin Enterprises, advised her shareholders of “medium-term financial targets to 2023 of upwards earning growth” of between 5% and 9% and also “a collective ambition and a roadmap to achieve these goals”. This year, however, when returns fell off the cliff, there is not even a… Read more »

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Cormac Farrelly

CORMAC FARRELLY’S CONTRACTS

Date: December 3, 2020 - Briefcases

AN INTERESTING ruling last month saw Judge John O’Connor refuse to block a senior agricultural hack from moving to the Farmers Journal from her position with digital farm news publisher Agriland Media. It turns out that the latter company was a target for Independent News & Media before the media group developed its own successful… Read more »

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Katherine Sweeney

KATHERINE SWEENEY’S TANGLES

Date: December 3, 2020 - Briefcases

WITH HAIR salons re-opening now that the country is out of Level 5, coiffeurs all over Ireland will be coining it in the next few weeks. One of those who won’t be enjoying the spoils, however, is Essex girl Katherine Sweeney, whose salon Preen has hit the wall. But some generous family backing will have… Read more »

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Ray Norton

WEBSITE WARNING

Date: December 3, 2020 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see a warning notice appear on the website of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) relating to a website selling phones, tablets and other hand-held devices. It turns out that one of the players associated with the venture has also been in business in the UK with Goldhawk’s old friend,… Read more »

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Sarah Newman

SARAH NEWMAN’S MASK

Date: December 3, 2020 - Briefcases

SARAH NEWMAN announced her return to commercial life in the Business Post last year in an emotional and candid interview. The interview outlined how Newman, who now lives between London and Dublin, had just been appointed to the advisory board of start-up accelerator Continuous Ventures, which “marks her return to Irish business life”. At Continuous… Read more »

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STOKES FAMILY PLANNING

Date: December 3, 2020 - Briefcases

IT HAS been an uphill battle for Pia and Jeff Stokes – formerly of the renowned Unicorn restaurant off Stephen’s Green – and the recent efforts to get planning on their Mill House on Enniskerry Road have proved no different. The couple, who got a generous €12m debt write-off when their business empire went bust… Read more »

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NO INVITE FOR FLORA OKOBI

Date: December 3, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

AN award for colour-blind stupidity should surely be granted to officials and councillors involved in the recently launched Meath and Louth Migration Strategy. According to the Drogheda Independent, neither the founder of Culture Connect in Drogheda, Flora Okobi, nor any member of the minority community was invited to attend the launch. And Okobi was not… Read more »

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Fionnan Sheahan

FIONNÁN SHEEHAN LETS FLY

Date: December 3, 2020 - Last Refuge

IRELAND EDITOR at Independent News & Media Fionnán Sheahan’s past affiliation to Fine Gael (Young FG chairman at UCC) has been cited by some – unconvincingly – as evidence of Blueshirt bias. More credible is that Sheahan always enjoyed a good professional relationship with Blueshirt beast Big Phil Hogan before, during and perhaps also after… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

JAMIE’S FITNESS PROBLEM

Date: December 3, 2020 - High Society

ONE OF the sectors badly hit by the pandemic has been the gym business, with Nphet deciding that having a beautiful body is non-essential. It is surprising then to see no reference to Covid-19 in the accounts just filed for Vitruvian Fitness. This is the operation established by Jamie Myerscough, whose mother Jane (granddaughter of… Read more »

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Frank McNamara and Theresa Lowe could celebrate after the ending of their prolonged wrangle with vulture fund Tanager. Former Custom House Capital boss Harry Cassidy (below) was arrested by German police and voluntarily returned to Ireland to face the fall-out from his company’s collapse.

ANNUAL 2020: HOT WATER BRIGADE 2020

Date: November 19, 2020 - Briefcases

THE MORE things change, the more they stay the same. This year may have seen economic carnage like nothing before, but there were plenty of scraps and scrapes in the world of Irish business outside of the problems caused by the pandemic. Covid-19 did play a strong supporting role in an eventful year though. Quite… Read more »

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Michael O'Leary

ANNUAL 2020: MICHAEL O’LEARY’S PANDEMIC OPPORTUNITY

Date: November 19, 2020 - Moneybags

MICHAEL O’LEARY is facing an existential moment for Ryanair, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a seismic difference to the company and help it change trajectory to take advantage of the current unprecedented circumstances for the aviation sector. There could be a landing slot for Ryanair in the highly lucrative aircraft leasing sector if Mick can… Read more »

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Cathal Friel

ANNUAL 2020 – STOCKS & SHARES: WINNERS AND LOSERS IN 2020

Date: November 19, 2020 - Moneybags

THIS YEAR, the company leading the winners’ table is one that has lost billions over the years, Providence Resources. The new management, under Pat Plunkett and Alan Linn, focused on farming out the already discovered Barryroe oilfield, with 350 million barrels of recoverable oil identified by the previous five wells. Even at the current subdued… Read more »

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Catherine FitzGerald and hubby Dominic West declared that they were “very much still together” after the latter was snapped in a compromising situation. Thirty-year-old John Collison (below) is now worth €3bn.

ANNUAL 2020: BILLIONAIRES COME AND GO IN 2020

Date: November 19, 2020 - High Society

IRELAND started off the year with the news that we had the fifth-largest number of billionaires per capita behind Hong Kong, Cyprus, Singapore and Switzerland, according to an Oxfam report for the World Economic Forum. The year didn’t quite turn out as expected for some of these billionaires and a nasty side-effect of Covid-19 turned… Read more »

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