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Dmytro Firtash

DARK MONEY DELUGE

Date: October 8, 2020 - Hush Hush

The fierce conflict raging at the moment between Azerbaijan fighters and the Armenian army seems a long way from money laundering and dubious financial transactions in Ireland and Britain, but a new link has been revealed via suspect payments in the international arms trade. Recent large-scale leaks of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed to the… Read more »

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Ian Bailey

FRENCH GO FOR BAILEY — AGAIN

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

THE SUPREME Court will rule next month on the appeal by Ian Bailey against the High Court endorsement of the latest French extradition warrant against him. Last year PJ Walsh, professor of law at Kent Law School and author of a book on criminal procedure, referred to the government’s move that may facilitate Bailey’s extradition…. Read more »

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Jim O'Callaghan

FF REBELS GROW IN NUMBERS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Last Refuge

DESPITE THE overall poll numbers, there will be no heave against Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach Micheál Martin until a semblance of post-Covid and Brexit stability descends. But if the party’s abysmal poll levels continue, a leadership battle is inevitable, probably in the new year. This is despite Martin’s media minders in the Sunday Independent… Read more »

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Ger Lyons

PROFILE: GER LYONS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Pillars of Society

THERE IS a friendly saying in racing circles along the lines of ‘the worse the jockey, the better the trainer’ and there are plenty of examples of former moderately successful jockeys who have gone on to become multiple Group 1-winning trainers. The likes of Richard Fahey, Kevin Ryan and David O’Meara are all perfect examples… Read more »

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Vol 38 No 19

Date: September 24, 2020 -

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Tommy Bowe

YOUNG BLOOD: TOMMY BOWE

Date: September 24, 2020 - The Young Bloods

Ever since long-term stalwarts Mark Cagney, Sinéad Desmond and Aidan Cooney departed from Ireland AM, the Virgin Media breakfast show has gone through a dizzying array of new presenters. The latest bottom to grace the Ballymount sofa is that of former Irish rugby international, fashionista and social influencer Tommy Bowe, who has achieved his dream… Read more »

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Kevin Myers

KEVIN MYERS’S LITTLE JOKE

Date: September 24, 2020 - Fit to Print?

A PROVOCATIVE statement from Merrion Press, publishers of Kevin Myers’s recent apologia, Burning Heresies, claims the author “was sacked from the Irish edition of the Sunday Times for allegedly anti-Semitic observations”. Allegedly? Is Merrion Press trying to provoke some extra publicity with this taunt about ‘alleged’ anti-Semitism? What Myers wrote, in reference to two well-paid,… Read more »

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Christy Kinahan

KINAHANS VS DISSIDENTS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

Failure to burn the getaway car after the murder of dissident republican Michael Barr eventually led to the apprehension and jailing of two key Kinahan cartel hitmen. Barr was shot dead in April 2016 at the Sunset House in Dublin. Liverpool-native David Hunter was jailed for life recently, with his accomplice, Eamon Cumberton, already serving… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan

GREEN PARTY TEST

Date: September 24, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

AFTER A torrent of negative publicity before and since joining the coalition, the Green Party urgently needs some good news stories if its political fortunes are to be revived. Months of in-fighting have taken their toll, including a bitter war of words between factions for and against the programme for government, compounded by a divisive… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

BARRY CONNOLLY’S BIG MOVE

Date: September 24, 2020 - High Society

INTERESTING TO see the name of Barry ‘Red Bull’ Connolly associated with one of the biggest residential property purchases of the year, in Sandycove, south Co Dublin. Meanwhile, Connolly’s Foxrock house is on the market with a €3m asking price. Connolly’s modern L-shaped pile on the outskirts of Foxrock village is located off swanky Westminster… Read more »

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Boris Johnson

BORIS’S PROTOCOL

Date: September 24, 2020 - Northwind

All the hullaballoo about Britain’s Internal Market Bill (IM Bill) has been about the plan to ‘disapply’ – their euphemism for renege – sections of the Irish Protocol in the withdrawal agreement in defiance of international law. However, the bill, which has been mooted for two years, is about much more than an Irish Sea… Read more »

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Ben Dunne

BEN DUNNE’S PREMIER PROBLEMS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Briefcases

SPARE A thought for Ben Dunne, who hasn’t been able to open his gyms since March and has now lost a keenly fought planning battle with Premier Inns. As far back as 2018, Dunne has been trying to stop the development of a hotel in Twilfit House, which is a three-storey building on Jervis Street… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

BLUESHIRTS BROKE

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

A HARDENED electorate will hardly weep, but Fine Gael is facing a financial crisis, partly because of Covid-19 but also because of post-election factors and even resentment among the ranks. The party has taken a very big hit for simply being in government. If the Blueshirts had gone into opposition, as originally projected, it would… Read more »

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Michael Creed

MICHAEL CREED’S LEGACY

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

IRELAND’S NEW 10-year Agrifood 2030 strategy is in breach of national and EU law and “will expose the department and the state to multiple legal actions”, according to a devastating analysis by An Taisce. As Goldhawk previously reported (see The Phoenix 30/7/20), the 31-person ‘stakeholders’ committee charged with shaping the future of Irish agriculture is… Read more »

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Brendan O'Connor

NEW BROOM AT ‘SINDO’

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

What’s in a name? That’s a question that Alan ‘New Broom’ English has likely been pondering since taking over at the Sunday Independent. With that in mind, the departure of long-term features editor Mary O’Sullivan has further severed the familial ties that have flourished at the paper since her brother-in-law, Aengus Fanning, took over as… Read more »

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Denis McCarthy

FEXCO’S COVID ADVICE

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

FEXCO chief executive Denis McCarthy, son of Fexco founder Brian McCarthy, recently revealed a hitherto unknown medical bent as well as a Donald Trump-like approach to Covid-19. And he expressed sympathy for Big Phil Hogan as he pooh-poohed the “ongoing national over-reaction to Covid-19 that has ripped the fabric of the country apart”. In an… Read more »

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Helen Dixon

TRUSTING CYBER CRIMINALS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

SURPRISINGLY LITTLE attention was paid to the cyber ransomware attacks early this year against at least two Irish universities – NUI Galway and Maynooth University – as well as dozens of other universities and charitable institutions in Ireland, Britain and North America. This is especially surprising as the third-party service provider for these entities, Blackbaud,… Read more »

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Jack Sen

BRITISH-IRISH PATRIOTS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Hush Hush

FRANTIC SPECIAL Branch briefings to security correspondents last weekend about growing fascist-linked street violence produced reams of congratulatory copy in the media. Much of this dwelled on how much knowledge gardaí have compiled about such groups because of the close attention the Special Branch has been mounting on the extreme right in Ireland. Such attention… Read more »

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COLLUSION DENIALS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Hush Hush

THE UNIONIST Belfast Newsletter last week cited unnamed senior police sources as rubbishing the Unquiet Graves film broadcast on RTÉ last Wednesday week. Much of the film centred on the testimony of former ‘Bronze’ Special Patrol Group (SPG) officer and convicted murderer John Weir. Along with several other SPG men, Weir was part of the… Read more »

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Natasha Rocca

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: September 24, 2020 - The Hot Air Brigade

He knows more than anyone across the board, from all these different facets of music industry across different eras. So whatever he comes out with, people have to respect, because he knows what he’s talking about. Natasha Rocca Devine on stepdad Van Morrison – Irish Independent No more fascist bullies, disturbing our peace. No more… Read more »

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Climate Disinformation Coillte Climate Action EU Livestock NDC Claude Etchelamendy Ed Brophy Richard Boyd-Barrett Kish Dale Crammond Frank Mitloehner Shell Greenwashing Meta Data Centres Ireland

GREENWASHING PETROL

Date: September 24, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

It’s a sign of the changing times when an Irish petrol retailer is promoting its ‘green’ credentials. Applegreen claims that “carbon released from our PowerPlus fuels is 100% offset by carbon capture and carbon reductions in Africa”, including planting 300,000 trees. Not everyone is convinced. The whole project has been labelled “greenwash” by the Irish… Read more »

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Declan Kelly

ALAN KELLY VS DECLAN KELLY

Date: September 24, 2020 - Last Refuge

WHAT A fascinating public relations appointment health minister Stephen Donnelly has made by hiring “the global CEO advisory firm” Teneo to remedy the chaotic Covid messaging coming from his department. On the one hand, Donnelly has employed one of the world’s largest PR agencies, headed up by Declan Kelly, a former friend of the Clintons… Read more »

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Joe O'Reilly

PHIL HOGAN LIVES

Date: September 24, 2020 - Last Refuge

THE BACKSTAGE machinations and paybacks behind the election of Senator Joe O’Reilly as leas cathaoirleach of the Seanad would provide a good script for a political drama. To begin with, Varadkar’s decision to allow his senators to elect someone to the position – as opposed to the usual leader’s appointment – irritated even some of… Read more »

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Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Bog Cuttings

‘Gone Buck Mad’ Thomas Thornton (46) of Moneymore, Drogheda, pleaded guilty to a number of charges in Drogheda District Court, including possession of cannabis, the non-display of insurance while driving, abusive and threatening behaviour, and careless driving. One particular incident was described to Judge Eirinn McKiernan. On August 8, 2019, gardaí on patrol heard a… Read more »

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Hazel Chu

UCD/‘IRISH TIMES’ PR

Date: September 24, 2020 - Fit to Print?

A COPY of UCD’s 2020-2021 Alumni magazine recently accompanied each edition of the Irish Times – 50% owners of Gloss Publications, publishers of Alumni – and its 106 pages of good news about various post-graduates should have been the platform for much self-congratulation. After all, as the mag points out, two alumni, Tony Holohan and… Read more »

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EVOKING PIPPA’S PRICES

Date: September 24, 2020 - Fit to Print?

ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS (Ireland), publishers of the Mail titles and Evoke.ie, appears to have become exasperated with social influencers, like Pippa O’Connor and others, who have been channelling advertising revenue away from print media. A recent article by Niamh Walsh, show business editor of the Irish Mail on Sunday and Evoke, on fashionista Pippa O’Connor’s latest… Read more »

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Catherine Martin

SI’S SMALL CAST

Date: September 24, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

WITH SCREEN Ireland splashing more ‘development’ cash on another tranche of Covid-dependent producers, following its earlier ‘strategic slate development’ effort, it turns out that the board remains little over 50% full, six months after three members’ terms expired back in March. It is unclear why no effort was made to advertise for expressions of interest… Read more »

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VIRTUAL AWARDS

Date: September 24, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

BACK IN July, Áine Moriarty’s Irish Film & Television Academy announced the nominees for this year’s (and last year’s) IFTA film and drama awards. The announcement stated, “The Academy is currently finalising plans for a bespoke virtual 2020 Awards Ceremony scheduled for September with full details to be announced shortly.” There has, however, been no… Read more »

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After the silence

AFTER THE SILENCE- LOUISE O’NEILL (RIVERRUN)

Date: September 24, 2020 - BooksReviews

ALTHOUGH promoted as a “twisty page-turner” murder mystery, Louise O’Neill’s much-publicised book is steeped in zeitgeist and dominated by disturbing power struggles within abusive relationships. Having written successfully about these issues since her 2014 debut, Only Ever Yours, the author has now been inspired by the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier and its controversial… Read more »

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Hamdan Al Maktoum

WAITING ON SHEIKH HAMDAN

Date: September 24, 2020 - High Society

ASSORTED RACEHORSE owners and breeders are unlikely to be looking forward to the upcoming sales season. The pandemic has obviously scuppered the chances of the usually social outings but this time around, in an unprecedented move necessitated by Covid-19, both the Tattersalls Ireland Sale and Goffs Orby Yearling Sale will not take place in Ireland…. Read more »

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Maurice O'Connell

MAURICE O’CONNELL’S SPIRIT

Date: September 24, 2020 - High Society

FEATURED IN the ‘My Favourite Room’ section of the Sindo’s Life magazine recently was the great great great-grand-nephew of Daniel O’Connell – one Maurice O’Connell, or Sir Maurice O’Connell as the mag referred to him. The spread gushed over the “idyllic setting” of his Lakeview House Killarney estate – “the land of the Fianna of… Read more »

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Carl McCann

WHAT’S THE POINT OF BALMORAL INT LAND?

Date: September 24, 2020 - Moneybags

AT THE top of the boom in 2006, the McCann brothers, Carl and David, spun a property vehicle out of Fyffes – Blackrock International land, now Balmoral International Land – with predictably disastrous results. Carl McCann is in situ as chairman while David, although not a director, retains a significant shareholding in his own right… Read more »

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Ger Rabbette

UNIPHAR’S SHARE PRICE IMPOSSIBLE TO JUSTIFY

Date: September 24, 2020 - Moneybags

IT WAS surprising that Uniphar could float off in July last year and nearly double its share capital, raising €135m at €1.15 a share. The company’s shares have more than doubled since the start of this year to the current €2.50, at which price Uniphar is capitalised at just over €670m. There is, however, little… Read more »

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Ronan McNally

STICKY JAM

Date: September 24, 2020 - Sport of Kings

NORTHERN IRISH-trainer Ronan McNally trains only a handful of horses, but his runners have attracted their share of attention from authorities over the past 18 months, in particular his prolific scorer, The Jam Man. McNally has made some fruitful cross-channel raids and The Jam Man aroused the suspicions of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) when… Read more »

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JP McManus

HEFFERNAN MAKES HIS MOVE

Date: September 24, 2020 - Sport of Kings

THE NEWS that Irish Champions Weekend took an U8m hit when held behind closed doors was sobering but, in racing terms, there were winners as well as losers. The O’Brien clan unsurprisingly grabbed their share of the glory, with Aidan, Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien each getting a slice of the Group 1 action as they… Read more »

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Amer Abdulaziz

ABDULAZIZ’S TRANSPARENCY

Date: September 24, 2020 - Briefcases

THE PHOENIX Thoroughbreds debacle rumbles on and, several weeks after dropping the bombshell that the big-spending racing operation was exiting British racing with immediate effect, it was left to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) to suspend the entity’s ownership accounts. This prevents Phoenix entering and declaring any of its many horses, after the operation continued… Read more »

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