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Paul O'Neill

PRESS COUNCIL VS ‘IRISH TIMES’

Date: February 13, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

HAS THE Press Council become the editorial arbiter between the Irish Times and complainants who demand fairness and transparency in the ‘paper of reference’, as its journalists now like to describe it? Recently, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign spokesperson Betty Purcell threatened the newspaper with the Press Council unless it came clean on the Israeli-funded visit… Read more »

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JOHNNY COLLINS DISMOUNTS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

HAVING HAD a very successful 2019, this year has not proved quite so memorable for Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, racehorse trainer John Collins, who found the going heavy in the Circuit Court. Earlier this month, Collins pleaded guilty to putting around 45,000 tonnes of rubble in a wildlife lagoon that was a special area of conservation…. Read more »

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Freddie Scappaticci

WHO WIELDED THE STAKEKNIFE?

Date: February 13, 2020 - Hush Hush

Operation Kenova’s investigations into the so-called Stakeknife affair have now, inevitably, led it to turn its gaze upon RUC Special Branch. Given that head of Kenova Jon Boutcher made an unsuccessful application for the PSNI’s chief constable post in early 2019, he may now find it embarrassing to investigate a covert police relationship with British… Read more »

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ARC’S ADVERTISING BUDGET

Date: February 13, 2020 - Hush Hush

ACCOUNTS JUST filed for the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) show a significant increase in spending in the year to the end of March 2019, the period that included the May 25 referendum to repeal the eighth amendment. ARC was founded by, among others, Gráinne Griffin, although she resigned from the limited company in November last… Read more »

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Rory McEIlroy

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE 3803

Date: February 13, 2020 - The Hot Air Brigade

In the year 170, at night in his tent on the front lines of the war in Germania, Marcus Aurelius, the emperor of the Roman Empire, sat down to write. Paul Kimmage on Rory McIlroy’s method of coping with losing to Tiger Woods, Sunday Independent, submitted by reader Yet even before the Ryder Cup, the… Read more »

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Arlene Foster

THE VIEW FROM ‘UP THERE’

Date: February 13, 2020 - Northwind

That now famous exit poll on the night of 8 February, which horrified Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, contained a lot more information than merely voting intentions. People were asked what their most important issues were. There were no surprises: health, housing, pensions, jobs, the economy. The north was nowhere as everyone knew. Yet during… Read more »

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Vincent P Martin

GREEN BLUESHIRT ALLIANCE

Date: February 13, 2020 - Last Refuge

THE HIGHEST vote getter of those Green Party candidates that nearly won a seat was Vincent P Martin SC, who came fifth in four-seat Kildare North. But the silver-tongued barrister made a breakthrough in the Four Goldmines by recruiting staunch Blueshirt Gareth Robinson to his team of canvassers, along with other legal eagles. Robinson was… Read more »

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Danny McCoy

IBEC VS SINN FÉIN

Date: February 13, 2020 - Last Refuge

IBEC HEADS were in shock when the Shinners came top of the Irish Times pre-election poll. After decades of lecturing workers on the need “to embrace change and workplace flexibility”, this was a step too far for the Taylorist technocrats and six-sigma managers who embrace the tax-avoiding multinationals. Director general cum CEO Danny McCoy was… Read more »

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Regina Doherty

‘INDO’ ATTACKS POLITICAL BIAS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Fit to Print?

MEDIA REACTION to Fine Gael’s election meltdown plunged to further depths the day before the general election when the Irish Independent front page “revealed” that Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan had previously worked as a barrister for Gerry Adams. FG’s Regina Doherty then relentlessly harangued O’Callaghan about the issue over the course of an RTÉ interview… Read more »

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CONOR LENIHAN’S PREDICTION

Date: February 13, 2020 - Fit to Print?

FORMER MINISTER Conor Lenihan was introduced, humorously, to RTÉ’s Election 2020 programme last Sunday as personifying the only Russian influence in the general election. (Lenihan was for some years VP of the Moscow-based Skolkovo Foundation). Lenihan went on to deliver an erudite and mature analysis of the election campaign and the mistakes of the two… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan

GREEN ON GREEN

Date: February 13, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

It was supposed to be the climate election, but the shade of green that came to dominate Election 2020 was that of republicanism rather than ecology. Amid all the understandable brouhaha about Sinn Féin’s electoral breakthrough, the Greens’ Lazarus act is almost as remarkable. It entered the ill-starred coalition with Fianna Fáil in 2007 with… Read more »

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JOHN FITZGERALD’S EMISSIONS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

Has veteran economist Prof John FitzGerald been outfoxed by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)? FitzGerald, who chairs the government-appointed Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC), perhaps unwisely accepted an invitation to speak at an IFA event on agri emissions in January. Goldhawk wondered (see The Phoenix, 30/1/20) about the wisdom of the CCAC chair taking part… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS 3803

Date: February 13, 2020 - Bog Cuttings

Swapped Urine For Toilet Water A Thurles resident was disqualified from driving for four years and fined €250 after interfering with a urine sample. Teresa Byrne of 3 Maple View, Abbey Road, Thurles, was taken into custody by gardaí after they found her “intoxicated” and “unsteady” at the site of a road traffic collision. Sgt… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

ROPEY CARRY-ON IN ELM PARK

Date: February 13, 2020 - High Society

THE MEMBERS of D4 golf club Elm Park received an interesting email from course director and chairman Tom Ryan pointing to the activities on the course of a mysterious vandal who is also apparently a member. Shurley shome mishtake! Ryan’s missive highlights the growing number of knots appearing in the ropes that are used for… Read more »

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Arthur Ffrench O'Carroll

FFRENCH O’CARROLL’S D4 PILE

Date: February 13, 2020 - High Society

A DISTINCTIVE pile on Wellington Place in the heart of Dublin 4 being plugged in the property supplements should attract plenty of interest, despite its €3m price tag. No 9 Wellington Place, a protected structure, is also known as St John’s and was the hunting lodge of the Duke of Wellington. More recent owners are… Read more »

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Philip Fenton

FENTON’S FALSE START

Date: February 13, 2020 - Sport of Kings

PHILIP FENTON has been working hard to rebuild his training career after spending three years on the sidelines serving a ban for possessing animal steroids – and he could do with a change of luck if a recent episode is anything to go by. Fenton’s highest-rated horse, Atlantic Shore, was due to contest a beginners’… Read more »

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Charles Byrnes

BYRNES GETS BURNED

Date: February 13, 2020 - Sport of Kings

AS SOMEONE partial to pulling off the odd monster gamble, Charles Byrnes’s horses are often the subject of extra scrutiny by race-day stewards. Those on duty at Naas recently came down heavy on Byrnes’s runner, Kendancer. The former French-trained flat winner was having his second start for Byrnes and his ninth-place finish in the maiden… Read more »

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NOT QUITE A DUNNE DEAL

Date: February 13, 2020 - Sport of Kings

WHEN TRAINER David Dunne received a €3,000 fine (including €1,000 towards Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s costs) after his 2019 Ballinrobe winner Druim Samhraidh tested positive for the anabolic steroid boldenone, there was little sympathy. The general consensus was that there is zero tolerance by the authorities when it comes to steroids. So it was quite… Read more »

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Liz Doyle IRTA

CHRIS GORDON’S HIGH-PROFILE CASE

Date: February 13, 2020 - Sport of Kings

AFTER THE Association Of Irish Racehorse Owners saw it doing battle with a lawsuit brought about by Jimmy Gough (see The Phoenix, 6/9/19), the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA) is the latest racing body to be faced with another high-profile case. Chris Gordon, a retired Garda superintendent and head of security for the Irish Horseracing… Read more »

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Muireann O’Connell

THE LINE-OUT – VIRGIN MEDIA ONE

Date: February 13, 2020 - ReviewsTV

VIRGIN MEDIA has been making a lot of noise out of its exclusive (men’s) Six Nations rugby coverage and inevitably added one of those fun shows to “get you in the mood”. It turns out to be more All-Ireland League than Champions Cup, but there is enough on display to entertain the average fan. The… Read more »

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SCREEN IRELAND AUDITIONS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

THE CLOSING date has now passed for those interested in joining the board of the National Museum of Ireland (see The Phoenix, 31/1/20) and it will be interesting to see if any of the vacancies are filled before the change in government. In the case of the NMI, there are two empty seats as a… Read more »

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Áine Moriarty

ÁINE MORIARTY’S FIVE-YEAR PLAN

Date: February 13, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

FANS OF Goldhawk were previously alerted to the disappearance from the 2019 red-carpet calendar of the annual IFTA awards ceremony (see The Phoenix, 31/5/19). The academy – run by Áine Moriarty – had made no announcement about the 2019 no-show but instead, in late 2018, noted that IFTA was developing a five-year plan for 2019… Read more »

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Stephen Glancey

QUESTION MARK OVER C&C AFTER GLANCEY’S EXIT

Date: February 13, 2020 - Moneybags

STEPHEN GLANCEY surprised the market last month when C&C announced on January 16 that he was to step down as CEO “with immediate effect”. The ex-Scottish & Newcastle executive was primarily responsible for the game-changing decision to act on the €500m collapse of the UK Conviviality Brands group by picking up its big English Matthew… Read more »

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Cathal Friel

OPEN ORPHAN’S STOCK MARKET PRESCRIPTION

Date: February 13, 2020 - Moneybags

CATHAL FRIEL has been putting together a group of companies in the clinical research organisation sector. Rather than competing with the multi-billion euro Icon group (which grew out of Austin Darragh’s Institute of Clinical Pharmacology), Open Orphan is instead focused on offering a clinical services business targeting the so-called orphan drug sector. Although it is… Read more »

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MCKILLEN’S ISLE OF MAN FUSION

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

IT IS interesting to see that 73 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, a protected structure purchased by developer and hospitality tycoon Patrick McKillen Jnr, has quietly changed ownership. McKillen purchased No 73 from Arthur Molloy of Molloy & Sherry Logistics for E10m in July 2019. The vehicle he set up to complete the purchase, Goldwing… Read more »

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DROPPED STITCH FOR JIM WALLACE

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a petition by Revenue to wind up Wexford textile firm JW Fashions Ltd, which listed local tailor Jim Wallace (cousin of Wexford-born MEP Mick Wallace) as a director until his departure two months ago. Wallace has been at the helm of garment business Acorn Fashions for the last 30 years. The business specialises… Read more »

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FEELEY’S HARD FEELINGS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

Accountant John Feeley, the recently appointed CEO of troubled company Maximum Media (MM), has a lot on his plate. Morale among the ranks is low in the wake of a recent round of layoffs that took out almost 10% of the firm’s staff and sources told Goldhawk that further departures are imminent. Meanwhile, figures just… Read more »

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FASTNET SLOWS DOWN

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

CORK-BASED Fastnet Mussels Ltd, which lists John Murphy and Shane Murphy as its directors, was once considered one of the largest shellfish producers and processors in the state. Its fish produce was sold through a number of supermarket chains in Britain and France. These days, however, things are going less swimmingly for the company. The… Read more »

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TAX CASES NOT THEIR FORTE

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

More tax trouble for Wexford café owner Annino Forte. A judgment for no less than €2.7m was registered against him by the Revenue last month. Revenue first applied for this summary judgment against Forte in 2017, along with a judgment for €2.5m against his son, Goldhawk’s old pal Corrado Forte. This was after the taxman… Read more »

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Pat Crean

PAT CREAN’S PLAN

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

Fresh-faced developer Pat Crean has lobbed in a planning application for the demolition of properties at Dublin’s Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. The south docks waterfront site was the subject of a high-profile High Court battle between Crean and property kingpin Johnny Ronan (see The Phoenix, 13/07/17). Crean and his company, Balark Investments Ltd (part of… Read more »

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ADIOS TO RIOS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

RIOS PROPERTIES (Cork) Limited, a company that lists Cork-based Denis O’Sullivan and James Rigby as directors, fell into liquidation last month, with accountant Finbarr Buckley of Buckley Scriven O’Regan appointed to wind up the company. Rigby, whose listed address is in Hertfordshire in the UK, is Rios’s majority shareholder. He set up the company with… Read more »

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IN THE SWAMP

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

Ireland’s fashionistas were no doubt devastated last month at the revelation that indigenous clothing brand Swamp, owned by husband-and-wife team Kieran Coogan and Donna Coogan, had ceased trading after more than 30 years in business. This led to the closure of two stores in Cork, as well as outlets in Tralee, Waterford, Limerick, Galway and… Read more »

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CALLING UP CUSACKS’ DEBTS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

THE LIQUIDATION of Navco Ltd, the company behind Navan’s Newgrange Hotel in Co Meath, is gathering pace. PWC liquidator Michael O’Regan, who was appointed in April 2019, has asked creditors to submit the particulars of their debts to him before March 19. Accounts for 2017 show that Navco had been operating at a loss for… Read more »

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Vol 38 No 03

Date: February 13, 2020 -

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HUGH GETS HOT AND BOTHERED

Date: February 13, 2020 - Briefcases

JOE.ie reporter Carl Kinsella got more than he bargained for when he took at pop at the Twitter habits of certain Irish journalists. Using Indo pol corr Hugh O’Connell as an example, Kinsella took to Twitter to deride the practice of over-hyping pedestrian statements from election candidates – complete with the liberal use of the… Read more »

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COVENEY LURKS

Date: February 13, 2020 - Last Refuge

TÁNAISTE and foreign minister Simon Coveney recently spoke in disarming, even endearing terms about how close he was to his leader, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. He also made no bones about what a bad result the general election was for their party. Continuing the maxim of keeping your enemies close, Vlad projected his chummy relationship with… Read more »

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