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Shane Ross

SHANE ROSS’S RECORD

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

MANY YEARS after he had honed it to a fine art, Sindo columnist Shane Ross was back puffing up his former boss, Tony O’Reilly, in his weekly column last weekend, with a gushing tribute headlined: “A Titan and treasured family man”. His was of course only one of many such tributes from former employees to… Read more »

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Dunran Demesne Martin Kelly

MARTIN KELLY’S €8M MANSION

Date: May 30, 2024 - High Society

LOADED TYPES looking for a secluded but glamorous property within striking distance of Dublin will have noted the recent advertising for a cool €8m of Dunran Demesne (aka Dunran Castle), which sits on 100 acres outside Ashford in Co Wicklow. The sprawling estate is owned by Martin Kelly – the face of former men’s fashion… Read more »

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Malachy Steenson

STEENSON MELTDOWN

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

PROMINENT ANTI-IMMIGRATION activist Malachy Steenson is standing as an Independent candidate in Dublin’s North Inner City local electoral area and the Dublin EU Parliament election. The cut and thrust of the campaign seems to have got to Steenson and on May 19 he had somewhat of a meltdown on his X account, publicly haranguing Sinn… Read more »

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John Nagle

JOHN NAGLE CARPETED

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ONE-TIME bankrupt John ‘Payzone’ Nagle has just run into yet another spot of bother, this time courtesy of the dreaded taxman. Nagle was one of the poster boys of the boom times until his payments transmission and terminals company, Alphyra (later Payzone), got disconnected by the crash and the investors all ended up screwed…. Read more »

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Bruce Arnold

BRUCE ARNOLD’S OBITUARY

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE TIMES of London published a lovingly crafted obituary of Bruce Arnold this week under the headline: “Writer who needled the Irish establishment”. But did it accidentally unmask the man who for long was suspected by malevolent forces in the service of Aawrish Teeshock, Squire Hockey, of being a British agent? The obit indulged in… Read more »

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VOL 42 NO 11

Date: May 30, 2024 -

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Micheál Martin

MARTIN’S BACK CHANNEL RHETORIC

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

A FORTUITOUSLY timed declaration of recognition for Palestinian statehood – shortly before the EU and local elections – was explained last week by foreign minister Micheál Martin’s favourite newspaper, the Irish Times, as down to Martin’s “back-channel diplomacy”. As an example of rapid revisionism there can be no better example – unless one recalls the… Read more »

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Doireann Garrihy

HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES AT 2FM

Date: May 30, 2024 - Briefcases

RTÉ 2FM alumnus Doireann Garrihy has spent the past few months calmly putting in place the arrangements for her future business endeavours. It began in June 2023, when she and sister Ailbhe transferred their 100% ownership of Dublin Bay Ferry Services Limited back to mum and dad, Eugene and Clare Garrihy. Fans of 2FM will… Read more »

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Sean Clancy

CLANCY STANDS NEUTRALITY ON HEAD

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE TOP BRASS may not be able to put a ship to sea and may soon have to bring back press gangs to replace voluntary recruitment to the armed forces but they know how to manipulate the media and public opinion. For months Irish ministers, as well as military and foreign policy chiefs, have been… Read more »

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Thomas Pringle NWSC

SIMON PAYS

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LIQUIDATOR is now in place at the homelessness charity, North West Simon Community (NWSC), which ran out of moolah less than two years after a meeting with the housing department to plead its case. Donegal TD Thomas Pringle was in the chair here and had been vocal about the need for support for the… Read more »

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Iain Livingstone Operation Denton

OPERATION DENTON RE-VISITED

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

OPERATION DENTON is examining the decades-long homicidal rampage of the UVF’s infamous Glenanne Gang. Its members operated in the mid-Ulster area during the three decades of the Troubles and were responsible for multiple atrocities, including the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings. There is a considerable body of evidence that points to the fact the gang… Read more »

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Mary Kenny

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: May 30, 2024 - The Hot Air Brigade

Providence bestowed many gifts on Tony O’Reilly: stunning good looks, outstanding sporting talent, business acumen, charm, intelligence and wit (with a flair for mimicry that would put Oliver Callan in the shade). Mary Kenny, Sunday Independent Vicki Notaro: the debut author tipped as the new Jackie Collins. The Sunday Times has high praise for the… Read more »

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Rishi Sunak

A SINKING SHIP

Date: May 30, 2024 - Northwind

Downing Street’s press officers made a mess of what will be the last visit of Rishi Sunak to Belfast on his frenetic, gaffe-ridden tour of the UK the day after he announced a snap general election. His press people insisted on dividing the media into ‘national’ and ‘regional’, the latter including RTÉ and the Irish… Read more »

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Lisa Chambers Niall Blaney

FF TRIO DEVOUR EACH OTHER

Date: May 30, 2024 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL’S car-crash EU campaign in the Midlands North-West constituency is beginning to attract large crowds to candidates’ press conferences and photo shoots in the hope that there will be ever more spectacular fireworks. But the fratricidal displays by Barry Cowen, Niall Blaney and Lisa Chambers are not simply a product of the usual competitive… Read more »

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Pippa Hackett

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Date: May 30, 2024 - Last Refuge

The decision by the Electoral Commission to make Laois and Offaly two three-seat constituencies at the next general election is a significant problem for Green Party senator and junior minister Pippa Hackett. She lives on a farm not far from the village of Geashill in Offaly, which is only a few miles from the county… Read more »

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John Stephens Bertie Ahern

BERTIE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

Date: May 30, 2024 - Last Refuge

VOTERS IN the Cabra-Glasnevin local election area will have been surprised (pleasantly, one hopes) to see Bertie Ahern canvassing for aspiring councillor John Stephens, who is running on a two-candidate ticket for Fianna Fáil. But despite the involvement of the most experienced living vote getter in Irish politics, there is little harmony and no dual… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: May 30, 2024 - Bog Cuttings

ROAD RAGE Drogheda District Court heard the case of a man who was charged with engaging in abusive and threatening behaviour towards gardaí. David Hickey (49), of Bridge Park, Nobber, was accused of committing the public order offences by Junction 10 of the M1 motorway on February 7. The court heard that a Garda patrol… Read more »

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COOLMORE CREW’S CASH

Date: May 30, 2024 - High Society

ASSORTED IRISH racehorse owners featured prominently on the recent UK Sunday Times ‘Rich List’ and those with Coolmore connections were to the forefront. Some other familiar runner and riders featured too. Bahamas-based currency trader Joe Lewis ranked highest of those listed at 38th, with a guesstimated fortune of £5.3bn. The rather secretive Lewis – the… Read more »

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Lisa Jordan Zip Yard

KEEPING IT ZIPPED AT ‘VIP’

Date: May 30, 2024 - High Society

THE USUAL suspects (sorry, “the country’s best dressed fashionistas”) were out in force at the Irish InterContinental Hotel in D4 last month for the VIP Style Awards, with the judges giving the thumbs-up to Katja Mia, Bonnie Ryan, Doireann Garrihy and Lisa Jordan. The latter’s Best Dressed on the Night win featured a slightly awkward… Read more »

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Maura McGrath Linda Coogan Byrne

ARTS COUNCIL ARRIVALS

Date: May 30, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

AT LONG last, the membership of the Arts Council, which has a budget this year of €134m, is back to its full complement for the first time in over a year. The new chairwoman is HR consultant (and, until recently, chair of the National Concert Hall) Maura McGrath. She is joined by NCAD emeritus professor… Read more »

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ELAINE GERAGHTY’S CONCERNS

Date: May 30, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to see the latest lobbying campaign kicking off for Irish movie and TV producers. Hardly had the ink dried on the EU Commission’s thumbs-up for Michael McGrath’s generous package for offshore productions – one that increases the tax break cap per film or TV series to €125m – than assorted movers… Read more »

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Kia Joorabchian

KIA’S CHANGING ROSTER

Date: May 30, 2024 - Sport of Kings

OWNED IN partnership by Amo Racing and Giselle De Aguiar, Bucanero Fuerto galloped to success in the Naas Group 3 Goffs Lacken Stakes for dairy farmer and part-time trainer Adrian Murray and his more than capable assistant, Robson Aguiar. Remarkably, it was the Wootton Bassett colt’s third group race success in less than 10 months… Read more »

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MICHAEL H BURKE’S BLOODSTOCK

Date: May 30, 2024 - Sport of Kings

MICHAEL JAMES Burke, son of Chanelle Pharma founder Michael Hilary Burke and brother-in-law of Tony (Sir Anthony) McCoy, has been accused, in an English court case, of involvement in an international money-laundering scam, a claim that he strenuously denies. His Dubai-based real estate and travel concierge business has been implicated in the Southwark Crown Court… Read more »

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Ken Murphy

TIME FOR KEN MURPHY TO TAKE TESCO OUT OF EASTERN EUROPE

Date: May 30, 2024 - Moneybags

DUBLIN-BASED Cork native Ken Murphy has one of the biggest retailing jobs in Britain, heading up the £62bn Tesco behemoth. Founded by Jack Cohen over 100 years ago in 1919, the business now dominates the British grocery market. While the UK and Ireland markets have been delivering the goods, an exit from eastern Europe should… Read more »

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Cathal Friel

CATHAL FRIEL’S EGT LOOKS TASTY FOR RISK TAKERS

Date: May 30, 2024 - Moneybags

AT A time when there are fewer and fewer flotations on this side of the Atlantic, Cathal Friel, the CEO and founder of small Dublin finance house Raglan Capital, stands out as one of the few active participants in the market. He is certainly proactive – as well as Raglan Capital facilitating IPOs, Friel is… Read more »

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Andy Noonan

ANDY NOONAN’S BARBECUE

Date: May 30, 2024 - Briefcases

Big Grill food festival, run by barbecue boy Andy Noonan, kicks off in August in Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, with tickets costing €30 a head (or €65 if you want to access the, er, exclusive covered area with “posh toilets”). This is the 10th year of the beano and Noonan has recently expanded into east London,… Read more »

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Vanessa Greenwood

THE GREENWOODS’ FAILED RECIPE

Date: May 30, 2024 - Briefcases

THE LIQUIDATOR of Cooks Academy Ltd (CAL) has just filed his penultimate report into the winding up of the eponymous cookery school established by Vanessa and Tim Greenwood. It is clear that there are no left overs for the unsecured creditors here. CAL was established at the height of the boom in 2006 when there… Read more »

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GO HARVEY, GO!

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE MUST have been high fives in the commercial department at Mediahuis last week when free-spending Harvey Norman managed to take a lofty second place out of the 150 companies deemed by the Sindo to have made it on to its list of ‘Ireland’s Best Employers 2024’. The Aussie furniture, electrical and computer retailer has… Read more »

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ANTON SAVAGE’S CLIENTS

Date: May 30, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

NEWSTALK WEEKEND presenter Anton Savage pitched into the 2FM crisis of its departing stars – Jennifer Zamparelli, Doireann Garrihy and the 2 Johnnies – with enthusiasm, and then some, last Saturday and Sunday. So voluble did Anton become he felt it necessary to tell listeners that they would be wrong to think that Newstalk and… Read more »

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Sue Gray

STARMER AND SUE GRAY’S ENEMIES

Date: May 16, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LIKELY advent of Labour leader Keir Starmer and his chief of staff, Sue Gray, at the helm of the British government is already causing ripples in Whitehall and Northern Ireland Office (NIO) circles, both of which have experience of Gray’s modus operandi as a watchdog for the permanent government and the deep state in… Read more »

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Alan Moloney

PROFILE: ALAN MOLONEY

Date: May 16, 2024 - Pillars of Society

BACK IN 2016, film and TV producer Alan Moloney of Parallel Films; James Morris, founder of Windmill Lane and former Screen Ireland chairman; and US producer Gary Levinsohn of Saving Private Ryan fame put together a proposal for a huge film and TV studio complex on a 20-acre site on the Poolbeg peninsula in Dublin…. Read more »

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John McGahon

YOUNG BLOOD: JOHN MCGAHON

Date: May 16, 2024 - The Young Bloods

WITH A third of Fine Gael TDs announcing that they will not be seeking a return to the Dáil at the next general election, including Louth’s Fergus O’Dowd, there is a search for a candidate who can take his seat and Dundalk-based senator John McGahon thinks he’s the man for the job. John is the… Read more »

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Stella Creasy Justice Humphreys

RWANDA WARNING IGNORED

Date: May 16, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE DRAMATIC and forceful actions being taken by the current Government to address the refugee crisis, however unsympathetic they are to refugees, indicate a serious issue being tackled by a serious Government. As it happens, in Belfast’s High Court this week Mr Justice Humphreys made a ruling that may or may not have eased the… Read more »

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Nuala Jackson

BANK OF IRELAND’S ‘EXCEPTION’

Date: May 16, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

LATER THIS month, Judge Nuala Jackson will deliver a ruling in the High Court on a matter than could have significant implications for Bank of Ireland (BoI). At issue is whether a cache of documents that the bank is claiming are covered by legal privilege can be released on the grounds that the privilege has… Read more »

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CARELESS TCD

Date: May 16, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

FOR THE embattled dons of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), one PR disaster – being forced by its students to divest from Israeli companies on a UN investment blacklist – was unfortunate. Two, and it’s beginning to look like carelessness. First, TCD climbed down after sustained student protests – and loss of income at its lucrative… Read more »

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JAMES KELLY’S CRYPTO CHALLENGE

Date: May 16, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE FIRST report from the liquidator of James Kelly’s collapsed crypto-trading operation, Gigabyte Investment Ltd (GIL), reveals that there is plenty of investigating to be done before this winding up is completed. GIL was founded three years ago by then 21-year-old Kelly (grandson of developer Paddy Kelly) and his UCD pal, Sam Molloy, while foreign… Read more »

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