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Áine Moriarty

IFTA’S MYSTERY PLOT

Date: October 16, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

EARLIER THIS year (see The Phoenix, 8/2/19) Goldhawk noted a potential lacuna in the diaries of the nation’s celebs with the non-appearance on the calendar of this year’s IFTAs ceremony – Áine Moriarty and Deirdre Hopkins’s annual gong-fest for our deserving film and TV luvvies. Last year, the film and TV awards ceremonies took place… Read more »

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Patrick Dorgan

LEGAL LIGHTS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Wigs on the Green

LAW SOCIETY president Patrick Dorgan will be hoping that the bad vibes engendered by some of his ‘filthy’ trainees last week will be eclipsed by the society’s upcoming charitable event. Dorgan recently reminded his colleagues that “the solicitors’ profession has long supported the fight against homelessness”, as he urged law firms’ managing partners and business… Read more »

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William Frazer

WILLIE FRAZER’S ‘VICTIMHOOD’

Date: October 16, 2019 - Hush Hush

Justice Minster Charlie Flanagan’s praise for Loyalist killer Willie Frazer, now deceased, looks a little misjudged. Flanagan’s posthumous eulogy to Frazer was posted on twitter after the death of the ultra-loyalist arms distributor last June, with the minister speaking of Frazer’s “unstinting campaigning for victims”. But the BBC Spotlight programme recently made clear what everyone… Read more »

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Stephanie Preissner

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 16, 2019 - The Hot Air Brigade

Is it just me, or has anyone else wondered where do we go when we die? Stephanie Preissner asks the big questions no one else has considered, Sunday Independent, ‘Life’ magazine I believed it. John Banville’s reaction to hearing that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Irish Times, submitted by reader… Read more »

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Arlene Foster

ARLENE, THERESA AND BORIS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Northwind

With the obvious exception of Garda Commissioner Drew Harris OBE (€200,000+ pa), a policeman’s lot is not a happy one. But being a copper is a feather bed containing 77 virgins when compared with the lot of a DUP leader. Ask Arlene Foster. Some years ago, there were Republican mutterings about a border poll, which… Read more »

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EAMON RYAN’S MEDIA CRUSADE

Date: October 16, 2019 - Last Refuge

WHO KNEW what champions of free speech and the media the main Dáil parties are, as exemplified by their leaders’ bold call to Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp radio stations to drop the ban on journalists from the Irish Times and the Currency website? Most Oireachtas members have refused to either support an RTÉ licence fee increase… Read more »

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Marian Harkin

BLUESHIRT SURGERY IN SLIGO AND CAVAN

Date: October 16, 2019 - Last Refuge

THE SPECTRE of former MEP Marian Harkin haunts Fine Gael in Sligo-Leitrim, where the already nervous party members believe that her possible entry to the general election would put paid to the sole seat currently held there by Tony McLoughlin. Even if Harkin (65) does not run, FG could be in trouble as without McLoughlin… Read more »

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Terence Flanagan

FG’S PRODIGAL SON, FLANAGAN

Date: October 16, 2019 - Last Refuge

GOD LOVES a trier and former Dublin North-East Fine Gael poll topper in the 2011 general election, Terence Flanagan, might well believe that his Catholic crusade against abortion entitles him to God’s support in his quest to return to the Dáil – or at least a place on the Dublin Bay North (DBN) general election… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

SINN FÉIN DAMAGE LIMITATION

Date: October 16, 2019 - Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN’S local election plunge to 9.5% from 16% in 2014 (and 13.9% in the 2016 general election) is far more significant than its cack-handed presidential disaster. Privately, neither Mary Lou McDonald nor any SF TD or activist will deny that the upcoming general election can only be described as a damage limitation exercise. Gone… Read more »

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John Banville

AND THE WINNER IS…

Date: October 16, 2019 - Fit to Print?

“WHY WOULD I not believe it?” was the plaintive cry of non-Nobel prize-winner John Banville, quoted in the Irish Times last weekend. Banville later emphasised that the joke was on the Swedish Academy rather than him in an effort to diminish his alacrity in believing the faintly ridiculous proposition that he had won the Nobel… Read more »

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ULICK O’CONNOR’S SPECIAL SEAT

Date: October 16, 2019 - Fit to Print?

ARGUMENTATIVE, hot-tempered and sometimes even threatening, writer and critic Ulick O’Connor was Goldhawk’s favourite rebel contrarian – even when being verbally abused by him. O’Connor’s literary and other works have been well chronicled by the mainstream media, but little mention has been made of the battles he fought against powerful bureaucracies in the establishment as… Read more »

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WHAT’S A HYBRID CAR?

Date: October 16, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

Earlier this month, RTÉ’s website ran a scoop, headlined, ‘Toyota to drop petrol versions of Corolla and C-HR’. Motoring editor Donal Byrne explained that the Japanese manufacturing giant expects 92% of its cars to be “fully hybrid by the end of next year”. Toyota Ireland’s CEO, Steve Tormey, called it “a brave move given the… Read more »

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CALM REBELLION

Date: October 16, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

“Gardaí we love you, we’re doing this for your children too.” This was the surreal chant emanating from the Extinction Rebels during a recent sit-in at Leinster House. Some gardaí were reportedly close to tears. It was a long, long way from Jobstown. There is probably nothing in the Templemore training manual on how to… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS 3721

Date: October 16, 2019 - Bog Cuttings

‘TRAPPED IN BALLYPHEHANE’ A MAN who found the road closed during last year’s Cork City marathon became agitated at the though of being “trapped in Ballyphehane”.Gordon Forde (47) of Hillside, Ard Na Greinne, Banduff Road, Cork, pleaded guilty to threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour. Sergeant John Kelleher told the court that the road was closed… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

ANGELA MOORE’S SEAT

Date: October 16, 2019 - High Society

THERE IS a new face on the board of the Ireland Funds here. Virginia-based Angela Moore has just been appointed a director and joins the Alan Foy-chaired board. The most recent new face on the Ireland Funds board before Moore was Peter Rooney, the D4-based nephew of former US ambassador to Ireland and Ireland Funds… Read more »

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David Raethorne

DAVID RAETHORNE’S ‘FABULOUS’ HOUSE

Date: October 16, 2019 - High Society

THE INDO went to town in its property supplement last week, gushing about Brentwood House in Dundrum, Co Dublin, which is on the market with an asking price of E4m. This turns out to be the abode of low-profile moneybags David Raethorne and his wife, Susan Claffey. Headlined ‘The real Dundrum Castle’, the article took… Read more »

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Charles Byrnes

BYRNES BASHES THE BOOKIES

Date: October 16, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THE BOOKIES at Roscommon were caught on the hop recently by Charles Byrnes as the fearless punter carried off another successful coup via his runner, The Big Galloper. The horse had only shown glimpses of ability in nine previous starts; a second placing in a bumper at Limerick 18 months ago was his most prominent… Read more »

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David Dunne

DAVID DUNNE’S ANXIOUS WAIT

Date: October 16, 2019 - Sport of Kings

NORTH COUNTY Dublin trainer David Dunne could be facing a hefty fine and or a ban if the findings of an ongoing investigation into a positive test for anabolic steroids in one of his horses holds up. It was reported in the Sunday Times that the Dunne-trained Druim Samhraidh had tested positive for the steroid… Read more »

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Colin Keane

KEANE VS O’BRIEN

Date: October 16, 2019 - Sport of Kings

UNLIKE THE flat trainers’ championship, which has been won more or less every year this century by Aidan O’Brien, the flat jockeys’ championship has seen some tremendous duals over the years and this year’s title again looks likely to go down to the wire. The two fighting it out are Colin Keane and Donnacha O’Brien,… Read more »

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Robbie Colgan

ROBBIE COLGAN’S REPRIMAND

Date: October 16, 2019 - Sport of Kings

ROBBIE COLGAN obviously felt hard done by over a five-day ban handed to him at Listowel last month. This followed his second-place finish on the Tony Martin-trained Bigger And Better, having come from a very unpromising position early in the home straight. Colgan appealed the ban, which the race-day stewards deemed appropriate given their belief… Read more »

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LABHRÁS Ó MURCHÚ’S NARROW ESCAPE

Date: October 16, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

ALTHOUGH MINISTER for Culture Josepha Madigan was happy to boast after the Budget of a €5m hike in funding to €80m for the Arts Council, closer examination of the announcement showed that this included “€3.75m reallocated from within the department’s existing vote”. Apparently, this will “strengthen the breadth and reach of the Arts Council’s role,… Read more »

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Kathleen Holohan

TAXING MATTERS AT VISUAL IN CARLOW

Date: October 16, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

WHAT ON earth is going on at VISUAL, the multi-million euro contemporary arts centre in Carlow? The board has lost eight directors and there has been no chief executive appointed since Ann Mulrooney departed for the Science Gallery Dublin almost a year ago. It also turns out there is a tax issue raising concerns. Things… Read more »

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RECOVERING – RICHARD SADLIER (GILL BOOKS)

Date: October 16, 2019 - BooksReviews

ELEVEN YEARS ago, The Phoenix published a ‘Young Blood’ profile of former footballer Richie Sadlier, who impressed with his ambition, confidence and ability to take on – and defeat – a terrifying figure like Roy Keane. It turns out that during all of that time – from his first, injury-enforced retirement from football to his… Read more »

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Kevin Toland

ARYZTA’S SLOW RECOVERY REFLECTED IN SHARE PRICE

Date: October 16, 2019 - Moneybags

IT HAS never been explained why former Aryzta CEO Owen Killian bought a minority 47.8% stake in French frozen foods retailer Picard, for a huge €447m in August 2015, given that this acquisition made no strategic sense for the group, which has no retailing skills or knowledge. The deal proved to be sorely ill-advised, with… Read more »

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Denis Francis

PETRONEFT SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE WORST

Date: October 16, 2019 - Moneybags

THE RESIGNATION last November of the founder of PetroNeft Resources, Denis Francis, was merely another negative development for a company in way over its head and the situation now looks very bleak. It has been losing money since it was formed in 2004, when Francis paid $5m to acquire the 5,000sq km licence over Block… Read more »

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William Prior

WILLIAM PRIOR’S CHARITY PROBLEM

Date: October 16, 2019 - Briefcases

PROVIDING FINANCIAL advice to individuals struggling with debt and lack of credit lines has become a growth business since the economic collapse of 2008. One such organisation is Laois-based Phoenix Project New Beginnings, which turns out to have more than its fair share of serious financial problems, including issues with the taxman. Having initially attracted… Read more »

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LAR CORRIGAN’S APPEAL

Date: October 16, 2019 - Briefcases

WEXFORD businessman Lar Corrigan’s scrap with Deloitte accountant Ken Fennell looks to have finally wound down in the Four Goldmines. The toxic row had been rattling since 2015, when receivers were appointed by KBC Bank to a number of supermarket properties owned by Lar’s brother, Hugh Corrigan. Once upon a time, Hugh Corrigan operated a… Read more »

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JOHN WALSH’S FOXROCK ASSETS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for Foxrock developer John Walsh and his wife Bronagh Walsh, who recently suffered a setback in the Four Goldmines after a scrap over their posh Westminster Road gaff. John Walsh was formerly a well-known player with fingers in numerous pies across the country and abroad. Through a company called Marydean Ltd, he… Read more »

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IRELAND FUND DONORS

Date: October 16, 2019 - Briefcases

WITH A new face on the board of the Ireland Funds (see p18), it is interesting to see that the charity has been upping its spending. The Ireland Funds is now chaired by ex-NCB suit Alan Foy, the chief executive of software company Blueface. Also on board is top legal eagle Emer Gilvarry, Gary McGann… Read more »

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Mark Kennelly

ENDA KENNY’S CADDY

Date: October 3, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATS TO Mark Kennelly, former chief of staff to Enda Kenny during his reign as taoiseach, who has landed the plum post of Golf Ireland CEO in a hotly contested, “extensive” competition, which saw Mark drive down the fairway and come in well under par. But it is Kennelly’s assumed skills on the 19th hole… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

SAUDIS BACK IRELAND AT UN

Date: October 3, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

FOREIGN MINISTER Simon ‘Covetous’ Coveney and Iveagh House mandarins will have been pleased at receiving Saudi Arabia’s support last week for the government’s aching desire to win a seat on the UN security council. But this short-term diplomatic success may prove damaging in the long run given the pointed pat on the back Ireland received… Read more »

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John Arkins

PROFILE: JOHN ARKINS

Date: October 3, 2019 - Pillars of Society

THE IRISH film and TV business is a glamorous one to outsiders and Leo Varadkar milked his Hollywood visit – ‘to double’ the E1bn Irish audio-visual sector – for all its worth last week. But the industry is also heavily dependent on the taxpayer. About €100m a year is injected from the public coffers by… Read more »

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Paddy Holohan

YOUNG BLOOD: PADDY HOLOHAN

Date: October 3, 2019 - The Young Bloods

As if being a vocal Republican and former professional mixed martial artist wasn’t enough to unnerve the chattering classes, Sinn Féin councillor Paddy Holohan (31) proved to be a popular and headline-grabbing addition to his party with a star performance in May’s local elections. Could he eventually succeed sitting Dublin South West (DSW) TD Seán… Read more »

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Marty Whelan

MARTY WHELAN’S JERUSALEM JUNKET

Date: October 3, 2019 - Fit to Print?

VIEWERS OF RTÉ’s coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest final in May will have heard presenter Marty Whelan speak of a “visit to Jerusalem earlier in the week”, noting “it was quite spectacular to be at the Wall” and “get a sense” of the city. The Western Wall is in Jerusalem’s Old City in Israeli-occupied,… Read more »

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Katherine Zappone

ZAPPER FOR UN?

Date: October 3, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

KATHERINE ZAPPONE’S appointment as the government’s “special envoy” in the urgent quest for a UN security council seat is a strange one, even allowing for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney’s usual willingness to indulge Zapper. Isn’t the securing of the prestigious prize of a security council seat Coveney’s job, along with his jealous… Read more »

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Diarmuid Wilson

SENATOR WILSON VS LADY KILBRACKEN

Date: October 3, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

A FEUD between Fianna Fáil senator Diarmuid Wilson and Lady Kilbracken is now the subject of an inquiry by party leader Micheál Martin, with recriminations and allegations echoing around Co Cavan and beyond. The quarrel began with country and western singer Eamonn Jackson (real name Eamonn Mulvanney), whose puppy farm was found by the ISPCA… Read more »

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