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Jason Morris

THE QUEUE FOR DUNDALK

Date: October 31, 2019 - Sport of Kings

HAVING TAKEN remedial steps to improve the racing surface ahead of the winter season, Dundalk Racecourse again finds itself in the crosshairs, albeit through no fault of its own. It seems the track has now become a victim of its own popularity, with trainers grumbling about oversubscription in certain races. At a recent meeting, there… Read more »

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John Magnier has been thrust into the spotlight thanks to a legal dispute over the 750-acre Barne Estate in Tipperary, while Moya Doherty had a problem with her neighbour.

COOLMORE’S CONTRASTING FORTUNES

Date: October 31, 2019 - Sport of Kings

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S quest to win Australia’s richest race will have to wait another year after his crack sprinter, Ten Sovereigns, trailed in last of the 12 runners in The Everest – the €8.5m race recently run at Randwick in Sydney. It was far from doom and gloom for John Magnier’s Coolmore operation, however. With Ryan… Read more »

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John Gosden

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S FIREPOWER

Date: October 31, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THIS YEAR Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s Godolphin has been enjoying a significant resurgence. And alongside this operation are all the huge British-based racing outfits such as Juddmonte, Shadwell and King Power, as well as numerous ‘old money’ owner-breeders. How embarrassing was it then for British racing that 11 of the 12 Group 1 Vertem Futurity… Read more »

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Pat Kelly

COSTLY ‘COSTLY DIAMOND’

Date: October 31, 2019 - Sport of Kings

TRAINER Pat Kelly’s record in taking on the stewards took a dent when his appeal over a running and riding incident didn’t go entirely his way. Kelly and jockey Paul Cawley, were found guilty of breaking Rule 212(A) when Costly Diamond ran at Listowel in September, resulting in Kelly being fined €2,000 and Cawley being… Read more »

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Sinead O'Connor

SINÉAD O’CONNOR’S TAX BILL

Date: October 31, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

IT HAS been hard to avoid Sinéad O’Connor (aka Shuhada’ Davitt) recently and her media outings have successfully generated huge interest in her return to the stage after a four-year hiatus. O’Connor has been talking about everything from her sex life to a narrow escape from Prince, but she hasn’t quite found time to mention… Read more »

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Jillian van Turnhout

ALL ABOARD AT ARTS COUNCIL

Date: October 31, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THE LONG-overdue appointment of new Arts Council directors is to be welcomed. The incoming trio includes Claudine McMahon, Vodafone Ireland’s head of, er, talent, who can boast a two-year stint at Walt Disney Studios. Also now on board at Merrion Square is Melatu Uche Okorie, described as “a creative writing workshop facilitator for children and… Read more »

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John Arkins

JOHN ARKINS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Date: October 31, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

HALLOWEEN MAY not be the most auspicious date on which to close submissions for the audit by the Work Relations Commission (WRC) of the “Independent Film & Television Drama Production Sector” – the latest chapter in the glamorous industry’s decade of fraught industrial relations first reported by Goldhawk (see The Phoenix, 4/10/19). Some of the… Read more »

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Stephen Vernon

GREEN REIT BONANZA FAR FROM A DONE DEAL

Date: October 31, 2019 - Moneybags

THE IMMINENT exit from the market of Green REIT represents an eye-watering killing for founders Steve Vernon and Pat Gunne, who will have taken out no less than €92m and €28m, respectively, since 2013. The proposed deal doesn’t reflect well on the company’s board, which could have adopted a different strategy. Meanwhile, Paschal Donohoe may… Read more »

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Anne Heraty

BOOMING CPL CAN’T RECRUIT BIG SHAREHOLDERS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Moneybags

ANNE HERATY and her husband, Paul Carroll, are the dominant shareholders in the CPL recruitment group, with a combined 35% shareholding, which gives them an overwhelming influence in the company. Moreover, this huge stake has depressed interest from institutional shareholders, none of whom have a declarable stake. While CPL’s trading performance is seriously impressive, there… Read more »

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EUGENE MCCOOL’S COURTROOM SAGA

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

THERE WAS more High Court heartache recently for Goldhawk’s old pal Eugene McCool in the seemingly endless U11m scrap between his company, McCool Controls and Engineering Services Ltd (MCES), and UK firm Honeywell Control Systems Ltd. Last week, Judge Garrett Simons refused yet another application by MCES to have McCool, its 100% shareholder, substituted in… Read more »

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Habib Gheewala

HABIB GHEEWALA’S IRISH ASSETS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting property companies where Goldman Sachs-backed vulture fund Beltany Property Finance DAC has just appointed receivers. Stars and Stripes Ltd and Beckland Ltd turn out to be controlled by low-key Foxrock businessman and landlord Habib Hussain Gheewala, who has built up an impressive property portfolio since arriving on Irish shores… Read more »

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PAUL KIMMAGE’S QUESTIONS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

IT IS hard to understand why former Ireland rugby captain Jamie Heaslip and his ghost writer, the ubiquitous Matt Cooper, have been giving the outside shoulder to sports hack Paul Kimmage. Given that the dogged Sindo reporter is not one to fall off the tackle, it looks like this story could run and run. Poor… Read more »

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Phil Geraghty

PHIL GERAGHTY’S BUM NOTE

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

THE MUSIC might be about to stop at one of Limerick nightclub impresario Phil Geraghty’s companies. The taxman has filed a petition with the High Court to have Savage Management Ltd wound up on foot of an unpaid tax bill. Back in the bad old days of the crash, Geraghty was one of the few… Read more »

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ANGELA OMAN’S APPEAL

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

SPARE A thought for Angela Oman, who has spent a fair few bob on legal costs over the last couple of years to no avail. Back in the good times, James Oman – whose day job was running the high-profile Oman Antiques Gallery on Capel Street, D2 with his wife, Angela – developed a substantial… Read more »

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Mark Wright

MARK WRIGHT STEPS DOWN

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

THERE HAVE been some predictable developments following on from the lodging of legal proceedings featuring members of the Wright family in Howth (see The Phoenix, 9/8/19). The case was lodged in the Four Goldmines in September by assorted companies associated with the Wright fish dynasty, where the matriarch is former Aer Lingus air hostess Bernie… Read more »

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David Nucifora

CONFUSION AT CLONGOWES

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

CLONGOWES WOOD COLLEGE alumni have always and unashamedly prided themselves on providing “leaders in the areas of business, sport, politics and the arts”, and of “becoming men for others”. Naturally, then, they arranged for Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) performance director David Nucifora to address the annual Clongowes Union Business Lunch in the Conrad Hotel,… Read more »

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JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S NEW UNIT

Date: October 31, 2019 - Hush Hush

THERE ARE some harsh findings in the spending review on the Pálás cinema in Galway just published (see p6). Not surprisingly, the original promoters of the troubled project – Solas Picture Palace – get a real kicking, but there is nowhere for the Department of Culture itself to hide. It stumped up a huge chunk… Read more »

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‘SINDO’ BLUSTER

Date: October 31, 2019 - Fit to Print?

THE REACTION of the Sunday Independent to Boris Johnson’s abandonment of his hard line on Brexit, the north and his former ‘allies’ (the DUP) varied from denial to bluster to speechless. Eoghan Harris and Dan O’Brien had been leading a militant charge against the government line on the backstop, with Harris warning of a “green… Read more »

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‘IRISH TIMES’ CLIMATE ISSUE

Date: October 31, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

The ubiquitous ‘energy security’ bogeyman was enlisted for a recent survey by the Irish Offshore Operators’ Association, which asked was “finding more Irish natural gas more secure than importing from Britain post-Brexit”. Unsurprisingly, this very leading question provoked a majority to favour drilling for more gas. One would expect better from the Irish Times, but… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

JOHN GIVEN’S HOUSE

Date: October 31, 2019 - High Society

FORMER Goodbody solicitor John Given has parachuted into Philip Lee law firm as a senior partner. He is one of the more interesting legal eagles on the circuit and one of the better off. Given made a killing as founding chairman of the controversial Malin Corp life sciences investment vehicle, having immediately before that been… Read more »

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SWAN DIVE

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

CARLOW businessmen John, Niall and Alex Swan have a very important date with insolvency specialist PJ Lynch next week in the Four Goldmines. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that Lynch is looking to have the three former directors of Swan Fruit Ltd disqualified for various alleged breaches of the Companies Act (see The Phoenix, 22/2/19)…. Read more »

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Emily O'Reilly

€40BN ARMAMENTS STROKE

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

A SPEECH last year by then TD Mick Wallace and a short paragraph in the Sunday Times, of all places, are the only references Goldhawk can find on the most audacious, multi-billion-euro stroke pulled by the arms industry and its political supporters. A ruling on a complaint to European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly gives a flavour… Read more »

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Conor McGregor

McGREGOR SPLITS MEDIA AWARDS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Fit to Print?

THE Newsbrands Journalism Awards judging process has proceeded with the usual behind-the-scenes bickering and lobbying. Already the Irish Mirror’s editor-in-chief, John ‘Jumbo’ Kierans, has notched up a first-round victory over the Star concerning the Mirror’s scoop about claims of Conor McGregor and a love child. In late September the overall judging panel received the sub-panels’… Read more »

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John FitzGerald

PROFILE: JOHN FITZGERALD

Date: October 16, 2019 - Pillars of Society

ONE OF Ireland’s pre-eminent economists, with a gargantuan academic and professional CV that includes membership of the Central Bank Commission and the Economic and Social Research (ESRI), Professor John FitzGerald has been at the centre of the main issues facing Ireland in recent decades. His latest mission is to save Ireland and the planet, being… Read more »

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David Gibney

YOUNG BLOOD: DAVE GIBNEY

Date: October 16, 2019 - The Young Bloods

With the spectre of an upcoming general election haunting the body politic, efforts are being made to reboot the Right 2 Change (R2C) electoral alliance. One of the chief architects of the 2016 pact between Sinn Féin, independent socialist TDs like Clare Daly and Richard Boyd Barrett’s People Before Profit (PBP) was David Gibney (39),… Read more »

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Pippa O’Connor

PIPPA O’CONNOR’S BEST LIFE

Date: October 16, 2019 - High Society

IT HAS been a busy few weeks for ubiquitous model-turned-blogger-turned-designer Pippa O’Connor, social media sensation and wife of TV presenter Brian Ormond. She has been energetically plugging her latest book and, Goldhawk can reveal, is also putting in place a brand new business. Ormond recently celebrated his 40th birthday with a knees-up for 200 guests… Read more »

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William Jones

WILLIAM JONES VS JOHN MAGNIER

Date: October 16, 2019 - Wigs on the Green

SPARE A thought for Goldhawk’s favourite ex-employee of John Magnier’s all-powerful Coolmore Stud operation – the irrepressible William Jones. Having set out to challenge the global bloodstock giant, he has ended up in very heavy ground and it looks like his race could now be run. Fans of Goldhawk will recall (see The Phoenix, 4/12/15)… Read more »

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Rachel Moran

RACHEL MORAN’S REACTIONS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

FORMER PROSTITUTE Gayle Dalton would have expected a reaction from high-profile, media-friendly anti-sex-work campaigner Rachel Moran after challenging the latter’s account of her past in various tweets. Moran has been quick to hit back when her views are challenged. Earlier this week, Moran marched into the Circuit Court seeking an injunction to prevent Dalton from… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar and Jimmy Fallon

LEO’S HOLLYWOOD LUVVIETHON

Date: October 16, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

WITH LAST month’s coast-to-coast luvviethon in the US – which saw Leo Varadkar hobnobbing with Jimmy Fallon and NBC/Universal in New York and then pressing the film and TV studio flesh – the juiciest supporting cast roles went to very familiar faces. While a few currently ‘hot’ artistes were rustled up for Varadkar’s photo ops… Read more »

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Jamie Heaslip

JAMIE HEASLIP’S TACTICS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Briefcases

FORMER Irish rugby captain Jamie Heaslip is everywhere at the moment. When he’s not appearing on RTÉ’s Rugby World Cup panel, the Newbridge native is doing the media rounds in aid of his recently released autobiography, All In. Readers of his book – a memoir of his years on the field – probably shouldn’t expect… Read more »

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Danielle Meagher

DANIELLE MEAGHER’S TARGETS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Briefcases

ALTHOUGH SHE is now based in sunny California, Danielle Meagher (formerly ‘Dr Botox’) continues to create waves this side of the Atlantic. Now known as Danielle Collins, the dentist-turned-beautician-turned-actor is involved in a couple of legal spats, in both Dublin and Belfast. Earlier this year, Danielle found herself on the end of a judgment for… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 21

Date: October 16, 2019 -

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VLAD’S PLANS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THOSE who believe Leo Varadkar is not even considering an early election should revisit his recent taunts about the Fianna Fáil frontbench. Vlad compared the FF amateurs to Fine Gael’s opposite numbers in cabinet, singling out ‘super ministers’ Simon Coveney and Paschal Donohoe. FF’s Brexit spokeswoman, Lisa Chambers, marks Coveney and it takes two men,… Read more »

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LIAM LYNCH’S LOSSES

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE NEWS that Enda O’Coineen is about to purchase Irish Tatler magazine from Irish Central Media (ISM) suggests that Liam Lynch and Niall O’Dowd could be making a swift exit from the Irish market at a hefty cost. ISM was set up in November 2017 when New York-based Lynch’s operation bought out Norah and Ciaran… Read more »

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Jackie Cahill

RTÉ VS OIREACHTAS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

A MOST interesting and possibly expensive conflict between RTÉ’s Prime Time Investigates programme and members of an Oireachtas committee will play out in the High Court unless somebody blinks in a forthcoming libel case being taken by a well-known greyhound trainer against the station. Much of PT’s special on the greyhound industry focused on the… Read more »

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Michael Noonan

FG GONE TO DOGS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

How embarrassing that the first greyhound to be traced under the Irish Greyhound Board’s (IGB) new ‘care line’ is still registered to an Oireachtas syndicate of Fine Gael senators and TDs, including former finance minster Michael Noonan. Swift Starlet, a former winner, is registered to the Oir Syndicate, but has not been listed on the track… Read more »

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