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Michelle O'Neill

‘DISSIDENT’ ATTACKS ON SF

Date: February 27, 2020 - Hush Hush

GIVEN THE requirement to paint Sinn Féin rallies as somehow sinister and threatening, little attention has been given to the more substantial threats to SF members in the north. But mixed signals from police intelligence sources in Belfast regarding an imminent dissident republican attack on SF members carry the whiff of spookery about them. After… Read more »

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JOHN DRENNAN’S GRIPT GIG

Date: February 27, 2020 - Hush Hush

GOLDHAWK NOTICED that former Sindo columnist turned Renua spin doctor John Drennan has joined John McGuirk’s Gript media. His freshman offering for the right-wing Irish website is, unsurprisingly, an analysis of the rise in public support for Sinn Féin. The columnist claims the current “strange air of barely suppressed mass hysteria” and “evolution of anti-Semitism… Read more »

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THE HOT AIR BRIGADE 3804

Date: February 27, 2020 - The Hot Air Brigade

Paul Hewson’s top three moments have to include encouraging Dylan to record the 1989 album Oh Mercy, his own band’s The Joshua Tree and, as of last Tuesday night, serving Johnny Sexton dinner bumps his humanitarian efforts in Africa. “I am your waiter,” Bono told Sexton. “So sir, [sauce] with your rice?” Gavin Cummiskey reflects… Read more »

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Sue Gray

WHO REALLY RUNS THE NORTH?

Date: February 27, 2020 - Northwind

When is devolved government not devolved government? Answer: when the central government exercises powers that were supposed to be devolved, ignoring the objections of the so-called devolved government. Another answer, of course, applies to the north, where the administration isn’t a government at all, but a glorified county council with no pretensions to take on… Read more »

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CATHERINE MURPHY’S ODD BEHAVIOUR

Date: February 27, 2020 - Last Refuge

HOW STRANGE that Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy would even consider running for the post of Ceann Comhairle, given that her party – now six strong TDs post election – is poised to compete for the role as the new voice of the Left. In her statement saying she had decided not to contest the… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

MARTIN’S MASTERFUL SCREW-UP

Date: February 27, 2020 - Last Refuge

PUTATIVE TALKS between Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin may now be the main political agenda, but Martin’s negotiating position, as well as his own leadership, has been seriously weakened. The memory of the immediate aftermath of the election count and the four days that followed may be erased but, in that period, Martin undermined his… Read more »

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Mick Barry

FAR-LEFT COALITION SPLITS

Date: February 27, 2020 - Last Refuge

COALITION SHADOW boxing between the three big parties is child’s play compared to the ongoing battle for ascendancy between the two Trotskyist factions in Solidarity-People Before Profit (PBP). Solidarity is the Socialist Party (SP) and PBP is the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP), both in disguise, and the fragile balance of power between them has been… Read more »

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PHELIM MCALEER’S OLD COLLEAGUE

Date: February 27, 2020 - Fit to Print?

JOURNALISTS PHELIM McAleer and his partner, Anne McElhinney, have homed in on the Harvey Weinstein trial with daily podcasts, according to an obliging snippet in the Sunday Times. The article describes the couple, in an off-hand way, as “conservative”, but it helpfully refers to their other work as climate change deniers and in support of… Read more »

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Theresa May

RUSSIAN AGENTS ON IRISH LAND AND SEA

Date: February 27, 2020 - Fit to Print?

SUNDAY TIMES intelligence sources have stimulated yet another Russian scare and the paper recently exposed a dastardly plot by Russian agents operating in Ireland to tap or sabotage fibre-optic cables between the US and Europe. The article by the ST’s crime corr, John Mooney, cited Irish security services’ fears about the Russian agents activities, but… Read more »

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Éamon Ó Cuív

ELECTRIC AVENUE

Date: February 27, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

The outgoing government’s promise to fill the nation’s roads with electric vehicles (EVs) will not solve the climate crisis or ease traffic congestion, but it does have the benefit of allowing road-building enthusiasts to give their arguments a green retrofit. Roads can be eco-friendly because the cars on them will be fossil-free. Eventually. Take the… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS 3804

Date: February 27, 2020 - Bog Cuttings

‘FUCK off and mind your own business’ A Kerry man was given a month in jail for swearing at gardaí and throwing himself on the floor of the emergency department at University Hospital Kerry. Paddy Coffey, of Flat 2, No 11 Upper Castle Street, Tralee, believed he was unwell and became irritated with staff after… Read more »

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MARIA WALSH’S VOTES

Date: February 27, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

“A kick in the teeth to Kerry people,” was how Michael Healy-Rae described MEP Maria Walsh’s decision to vote against the Shannon LNG terminal to import fracked gas. Healy-Rae implied that, if the Kingdom makes you Rose of Tralee (Walsh took the crown in 2014), you have a duty of loyalty to the county –… Read more »

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Jamie Oliver

JAMIE’S OFFSHORE RECIPE

Date: February 27, 2020 - High Society

THERE WAS mixed news on the restaurant front this month. Following a spate of high-profile closures in January, Derry and Sallyanne Clarke announced they will close their highly regarded L’Ecrivain on Dublin’s Upper Baggot Street next summer. Ahead of that, however, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his Irish partner, Gerry Fitzpatrick, are set to open… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

ALI BARKER’S EXIT

Date: February 27, 2020 - High Society

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED a surprising menu change at restaurateur Ali Barker’s business. In 2018, Barker and separated husband Owen Owens featured in a high-profile spat in the Four Goldmines that was happily settled before the costs got too high. The couple appeared to have lived the high life, boasting a “substantial home” in Greystones, a €1.6m… Read more »

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MR JANET JACKSON’S IRISH INVESTMENTS

Date: February 27, 2020 - High Society

INTERESTING TO see the Sunday Times reporting that the latest international personality to sue Facebook in Dublin is Qatari moneybags Wissam Al Mana, who is probably most famous in this part of the world for having been married to pop star Janet Jackson. He also happens to have a few business interests in this country…. Read more »

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Ahmed Zayat

AMERICAN PHAROAH’S FOALS

Date: February 27, 2020 - Sport of Kings

A HIGH-profile lawsuit in the US, in which Ahmed Zayat – former owner of Triple Crown hero American Pharoah – is being sued for $23m by New York lenders MGG Investments, has taken an interesting turn. The plaintiffs increased the scope of the lawsuit to include some Irish bloodstock entities. Both Coolmore Stud and Yeomanstown… Read more »

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LUKE MCMAHON’S PUNT

Date: February 27, 2020 - Sport of Kings

PROFESSIONAL PUNTER and lucky owner Luke McMahon is readying himself for a major gamble at Cheltenham next month, without actually betting on a horse. McMahon is planning on supplementing his own horse, Cilaos Emery, for the Champion Hurdle at a cost of £40,000. The Willie Mullins-trained gelding looked a potential dark horse for the Queen… Read more »

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Mark Brosnan

MARK BROSNAN’S BETTING PROBLEM

Date: February 27, 2020 - Sport of Kings

THE NEWS that betting-exchange company Matchbook has had its UK licence temporarily suspended by the Gambling Commission may not attract much attention. The fact that the suspension was imposed in the aftermath of high-stakes litigation with a group of loaded South American punters adds intrigue to the news. Matchbook is operated by Cork-based technology company… Read more »

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Andrew Hughes

THISTLE BLOODSTOCK FEELS STING

Date: February 27, 2020 - Sport of Kings

NOT MANY people would be willing to have a light shone on the fact that they gave away an injured racehorse to a horse dealer to have it put down, but that is precisely what manager Andrew Hughes and Dubai-based Jimmy Long, owner of Thistle Bloodstock, achieved recently as a result of obtaining a temporary… Read more »

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ACTRESS – ANNE ENRIGHT (JONATHAN CAPE)

Date: February 27, 2020 - BooksReviews

ANNE ENRIGHT’S surprisingly laboured seventh novel tells the story of Norah FitzMaurice, a middle-aged novelist trying to make sense of her famous mother’s life. Katherine O’Dell is yet another domineering matriarchal figure. While there is plenty of Enright’s fluid style on show here, there is also evidence of the dead hand of too much research… Read more »

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Jihad Jane

FUNDING ‘JIHAD JANE’

Date: February 27, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

MACDARA KELLEHER and Morgan Bushe have become major players in the film business in recent years with their tie-in to Troy Studios, where Kelleher’s dad, John, is a director. The latest offering from their Fastnet Films group is Jihad Jane. The much-hyped Jihad Jane is a feature documentary for the cinema produced by Bushe and… Read more »

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John Banville

JOHN BANVILLE’S BLACK BOOK

Date: February 27, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

HAVING ADMIRED the wily John Banville’s hype offensive for his latest buke, The Secret Guests, Goldhawk could not resist giving it the once over – and what a rewarding experience it proved. The front cover announces that “danger waits in the shadows” – and thankfully it’s not a cruel Nobel Prize hoax. Banville, in fact,… Read more »

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Brendan McAtamney

URGENT ACTION REQUIRED AT UDG

Date: February 27, 2020 - Moneybags

IT HAS been difficult in recent years to make sense of the accounts of UDG Healthcare. Ever since the previous CEO, Liam Fitzgerald, sold off the group’s United Drug Irish and UK distribution business in 2016, shareholders have struggled to get a fix on the group. What has not been made clear, is that things… Read more »

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Ivan Menezes

MENEZES FAILS TO JUSTIFY £12M DIAGEO PACKAGE

Date: February 27, 2020 - Moneybags

ONE OF the biggest successes the Diageo group has had over the last 20 years is its Guinness Storehouse project, which has grown visitor numbers by a factor of six to 1.8 million from 2002 to last year. This has been so successful that Diageo has decided to turn this division into a major operation… Read more »

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Decobake

COYLE’S BAD JUDGMENT

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

EMBATTLED BUSINESSMAN Paul Coyle has refused to relent in his efforts to halt the liquidation of his company, Decobake Ltd. The cake decoration business, which previously operated on Dublin’s Bachelor’s Walk, was served with a winding-up petition in June 2017 over its failure to pay a Dublin City Council (DCC) rates bill of more than… Read more »

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Ronan Sullivan

RONAN SULLIVAN’S ROTTEN SPOILS

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

THE HIGH COURT has appointed Joe Walsh as examiner to Vernon Stores Ltd (trading as Vernon Catering), the long-established Dublin family fruit-and-veg business headed up by Ronan Sullivan. Vernon Stores was first incorporated in 1980 as a greengrocer based on Clontarf’s Vernon Road. It has since grown into a substantial wholesaler that supplies restaurants and… Read more »

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Declan Murphy

BONOBO’S NO-GO SMOKING ZONE

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

THE OWNERS of hipster haunt Bonobo in Smithfield, D7 – Shane Clifford, Hugh O’Farrell and Declan Murphy – have been hit with a setback regarding their bar’s outdoor smoking/dining area. Dublin City Council (DCC) has refused to grant retention permission for the unauthorised usage. Bonobo opened in April last year in the spot once occupied… Read more »

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RAVI’S HOT DISH

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

THE HEAT is being turned up at D4 Indian restaurant Ravi’s Kitchen. A meeting of creditors is to be held this week for Vanshav Ltd, the company behind the upmarket Ballsbridge eatery, where Ravi Shukla and Mamta Shukla are listed as shareholders and directors. The 2018 accounts for Vanshav show accumulated losses of almost €200,000,… Read more »

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ANY PORTER IN A STORM

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

TROUBLE IS brewing for Seamus Porter and his home building business Seamus Porter Siteworks Ltd (SPS). Vulture fund Cerberus has appointed Mazars’ Tom O’Brien as a receiver to the firm, which had to be restored to the Companies Registration Office (CRO) by the High Court. In 2010, Porter borrowed from Ulster Bank to facilitate the… Read more »

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SIMON PARLE’S SHED

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

WEXFORD PROPERTY developer Simon Parle, of Foulksmills in Co Wexford, has moved into a promising new area of real estate – converting sheds into living accommodation. But not everyone is impressed with this wheeze. In a planning application submitted to Wexford County Council (WCC), Parle had argued that, due to “financial circumstances and the need… Read more »

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DUBLIN AIRPORT TURBULENCE

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

ER Travel Limited (known as Easirent.com), a car rental firm that has been locked in a High Court spat with Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) for almost a year, suffered a setback last week. Judge Max Barrett granted DAA security for costs in the amount of €170,000, which ER Travel will now have to cough up… Read more »

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PHILIP MCGLADE’S LASER LAMENTS

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

THE ADVERTISING Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has upheld a number of complaints made about advertisements from two different businesses owned by Dublin businessman Philip McGlade. The gripes relate to laser hair removal ads on the Thérapie Clinic website that featured misleading claims about the price and effectiveness of the service. Similarly, another complaint noted… Read more »

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MIZOW’S D2 MISHAP

Date: February 27, 2020 - Briefcases

WHAT NOW for Aussie-born, Dublin-based developer Paul Mizow, who will no longer be able to lease his D2 townhouses on William McGlade’s short-term letting platform HipHipStay? An application to retain the use of 14-18 Grattan Court East as luxury vacation lets – submitted to Dublin City Council on Mizow’s behalf in the name of McGlade’s… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

MICHEÁL MARTIN IN DEEP TROUBLE

Date: February 13, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

THE GENERAL election drama is only beginning and the desolation of Fianna Fáil TDs is turning from shock and trauma to anger with their leader, Micheál Martin, whose position is rapidly coming under serious threat. Senior frontbencher Jim O’Callaghan has taken the bare look off Fianna Fáil’s disastrous election result by placing a contrived onus… Read more »

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Kathryn Byrne

KATHRYN BYRNE’S BAD PR

Date: February 13, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see in Stubbs Gazette that a judgment was registered against high-profile public relations outfit Limelight Communications, where Fianna Fáiler Kathryn Byrne calls the shots. It is unlikely that new Dublin Bay South Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews shed a tear. Byrne will be familiar to fans of Goldhawk courtesy of her… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

PROFILE: MARY LOU MCDONALD

Date: February 13, 2020 - Pillars of Society

SINCE BECOMING Sinn Féin president two years ago, Mary Lou McDonald has endured opprobrium and adulation from party members in almost equal measure. Two electoral disasters for SF have now been followed by unexpected triumph, despite a last-ditch smear campaign centring on its reaction to the murder 13 years ago of South Armagh man Paul… Read more »

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