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Micheál Martin

ARAMARK DROPS OUT

Date: January 30, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

Activists in Trinity College Dublin are basking in the afterglow of a victory in their fight against the on-campus presence of US food services giant Aramark, which owns posh food and clothes brand Avoca. It also operates a number of cafés in Trinners and other colleges, like the University of Limerick and UCD (see The… Read more »

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Jeffrey Donaldson

BAHRAIN AND THE DUP

Date: January 30, 2020 - Foreign Frolics

THE TWO death sentences on civil rights activists in Bahrain would be a further embarrassment to the DUP if the Irish and British media showed a real interest in human rights in the Gulf state. The Court of Appeal upheld the original sentence against Mohamed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa a fortnight ago. Human rights groups… Read more »

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NOEL CORCORAN’S HUMANITARIAN FUND

Date: January 30, 2020 - Foreign Frolics

GOLDHAWK spotted an entity with the impressive name of The United Development Humanitarian Fund being added to the Companies Office strike-off list. This turns out to be an operation established by one Noel Corcoran, who would be best known to fans of Goldhawk as the closest financial advisor for many years to one Tony O’Reilly… Read more »

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Sarah Louise Mulligan

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE 3802

Date: January 30, 2020 - The Hot Air Brigade

Hello my fellow citizen, this is my first time running in, The General Election but it’s now time to bring about change & if your sick & tired of the Politicians we have in Dáil Éireann and you believe, we need to drain the swamp. Sarah Louise Mulligan election leaflet The sun, beginning its descent,… Read more »

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Naomi Long

THE HOLY GROUND

Date: January 30, 2020 - Northwind

The north leaves the EU on 31 January but, as with everything else about the north, it’s more complicated than that. First, the north will follow EU rules on agricultural products, animal and plant standards, and much else. Secondly, if Britain diverges from EU standards after 2021, as British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid… Read more »

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Pa Daly

HOWLIN’S KERRY BLUES

Date: January 30, 2020 - Last Refuge

REPEATED REPORTS that Brendan Howlin and Labour expect to take 14 or 15 seats at the election can best be judged by the complete collapse of the party in what was once its main stronghold, Kerry. The party cannot find a candidate to run in the constituency that has fielded a candidate in every election… Read more »

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Regina Doherty

GREY BLUESHIRT STAFF BROWNED OFF

Date: January 30, 2020 - Last Refuge

THE Fine Gael boo-boo on pensions has angered not only grey voters – that most prolific cohort – but also grey grafters among the Fine Gael staff in Leinster House. Party chiefs recently decided, in a rather untimely pre-election present, to tell their staff that they must retire at 65. Unlike public servants and many… Read more »

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Tim Lombard

COVENEY’S CAPTAIN IN ELECTION ROW

Date: January 30, 2020 - Last Refuge

WITH Fine Gael heading for electoral defeat, the locus of the party leadership is likely to move rapidly from Dublin to Cork with traditional, rural Blueshirts preparing to replace the ‘Dublin posh boys’. But a fractious disagreement about general election candidate selection in FG’s Cork South-West (CSW) organisation has resulted in a schism in Simon… Read more »

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Betty Purcell

MARKING PAUL’S CARDS

Date: January 30, 2020 - Fit to Print?

A CLARIFICATION in the Irish Times noted recently that its article about foreign investment in Israel “involved a visit to Israel… organised and funded by the Europe Israel Press Association” (EIPA). This was not some pedantic addendum to an oversight by the paper of reference, but surrender to Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) spokesperson Betty… Read more »

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‘FRIENDLY’ SPIES

Date: January 30, 2020 - Fit to Print?

AN INTRIGUING story appeared in the Irish Times before Christmas headlined, “Cabinet warned about threat from foreign spies”. The story referred to a defence policy review that warned of spies from “hostile states” whose activity could threaten not only national security but also Ireland’s “overall economic development”. The ‘hostile states’ are not named, according to… Read more »

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Donald Clarke

ADVERTISING SNAKE BITES

Date: January 30, 2020 - Fit to Print?

IN AN unusual departure for the Irish Times, the newspaper devoted two full-coloured broadsheet pages (pages two and three in front of the news section) to an advertisement for Sky One’s uplifting sci-fi drama, COBRA. This must have cost the high-brow Sky TV drama department the best part of €40,000, a welcome boost to the… Read more »

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Phil Hogan

CLIMATE ELECTION?

Date: January 30, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, surely this was to be climate election? Surveys show a majority of voters want climate action to be a priority. Journalists are less demanding. Some media debates have been climate-free zones. In the first leaders’ debate on Virgin Media, Pat Kenny’s only foray into the global… Read more »

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GAS MAN PHIL HOGAN

Date: January 30, 2020 - Fowl Emissions

As Blueshirt ministers do their best to sound concerned about the climate crisis, former colleague Phil Hogan is refreshingly devoid of such virtue-signalling. Speaking in Washington, the EU’s new trade commissioner – a former Fine Gael environment minister – said the dramatic rise in US fracked gas exports to Europe was a “win-win” that was “delivering results”…. Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS 3802

Date: January 30, 2020 - Bog Cuttings

DOG ATE PENALTY NOTICE A solicitor proffered a familiar excuse for his client’s failure to pay a fixed-charge penalty notice during a hearing at Cahersiveen District Court. Defendant John Kennedy was found in an inebriated state by gardaí at the Square, Killorglin on May 26 last – his 28th birthday. He had been escorted from… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

FIONA McHUGH’S OTHER INVESTOR

Date: January 30, 2020 - High Society

WITH THE denizens of leafy Dublin 6 still mourning the passing of their beloved Fallon & Byrne supermarket – sorry, food hall – and wondering where to now source quality couscous, at least they can drown their sorrows in Lenehans Bar & Grill just up the road. This is the venue opened by the face… Read more »

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Adrian Blanc

ADRIAN BLANC’S FOXROCK PILE

Date: January 30, 2020 - High Society

IF THE last couple of years were bad ones for Foxrock-based suit Adrian Blanc (also known as Adrian Le Blanc), 2020 hasn’t got off to a better start, with the High Court rejecting an appeal by him and his wife, Lucille Blanc. As a result, an order for possession by Bank of Ireland (BoI) of… Read more »

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Josepha Madigan

IN AND OUT AT THE ARTS COUNCIL

Date: January 30, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

SOME ITEMS in the recent Arts Council minutes caught Goldhawk’s eye. For example, it was noted, “There is still uncertainty over the allowable use of €1.5m of the [2020] grant voted.” The Council confirmed that this sum related to the mooted transfer of responsibility for traditional arts from the department to Merrion Square, which in… Read more »

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Siún Ní Raghallaigh

VARADKAR’S PLOT SPOILER

Date: January 30, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

THE UPWARDS trajectory continues for Troy Studios in Limerick, where Siún Ní Raghallaigh, chief executive and shareholder, has proved adept at squeezing public cash out of various sources. Some comments earlier this week by Leo Varadkar, however, may signal an unwelcome plot twist. Limerick City and County Council spent almost €8m buying the former Dell… Read more »

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Blake Lively

BLAKE LIVELY’S RHYTHM SECTION

Date: January 30, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

FANS OF The Phoenix who like their Nordic-Noir detective series may have watched the last episode of Wisting on BBC4 last week, but only those who watched through to the end credits of the Norwegian show will have spotted the surprising credit, “Produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish film industry provided… Read more »

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Eleanor McEvoy

NEW TUNE FOR THE NCH

Date: January 30, 2020 - Behind the Scenes

IT WILL be interesting to see if culture minister Josepha Madigan looks to make a few board appointments before the new government is in place. One of the national cultural institutions where some vacancies are to be filled is the National Concert Hall (NCH), where the closing date for expressions of interest was earlier this… Read more »

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Suzanne Jackson

THE STYLE COUNSELLORS – (RTÉ 1)

Date: January 30, 2020 - ReviewsTV

THE LATEST home-produced makeover series is presented by Suzanne Jackson and Eileen Smith – described by RTÉ as “two social media sensations”. At the start of each programme, the 35-year-old fashion blogger and octogenarian Instagrammer inform viewers that “some people don’t know how to dress”. To illustrate this, they strike a dramatic pose while sharing… Read more »

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Amer Abdulaziz

PHOENIX RISES

Date: January 30, 2020 - Sport of Kings

DESPITE EXPLOSIVE allegations late last year of money laundering and using the proceeds of a crypto-currency Ponzi scheme to fund the investment of tens of millions of euro into bloodstock and racehorse purchases, it has been more or less business as usual for Phoenix Thoroughbreds. In the frontline of significant press coverage, the company’s thick-skinned… Read more »

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Brian Hughes

BRIAN HUGHES’S OPPORTUNITY

Date: January 30, 2020 - Sport of Kings

THE SAYING ‘one man’s loss is another man’s gain’ can often ring true in jump racing and the recent injury suffered by reigning champion jockey Richard Johnson is a case in point. Johnson’s setback very much leaves the door open for a changing of the guard among the top brass. Remarkably, there have only been… Read more »

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MICK O’LEARY’S RATING PROBLEM

Date: January 30, 2020 - Sport of Kings

WITH THE Cheltenham Festival looming, the thorny issue of Irish-trained horses being allotted higher handicap marks in Britain compared to Ireland has again raised its head. Questions were asked a few years ago when the British handicapper gave Presenting Percy a mark six pounds higher than his Irish rating – although that didn’t stop him… Read more »

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John Magnier

JOHN MAGNIER’S FRENCH FANCY

Date: January 30, 2020 - Sport of Kings

COOLMORE STUD is known to be relentless in its pursuit of dominance in the breeding world and the latest acquisition by John Magnier and his squad of heavy hitters is the result of a partnership with Peter Brant, which sees Coolmore landing a 50% share in Brant’s top-class colt, Sottsass. The horse won last year’s… Read more »

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Ian Ireland

IAN IRELAND IMPRESSES AT DONEGAL INVESTMENTS

Date: January 30, 2020 - Moneybags

IAN IRELAND, a Denis Brosnan acolyte at Kerry Group, has been running Donegal Creameries – now called the Donegal Investment Group (DIG) – for 15 years. In that time, he has transformed the group in a truly impressive manner, untypical of the typical Irish senior executive. The company is now poised for growth in the… Read more »

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John O'Connor

KOLLECT TAPS SCANDINAVIAN MARKET

Date: January 30, 2020 - Moneybags

WATERFORD entrepreneur John O’Connor pulled off a neat trick in raising €2.5m by offering shares in his Kollect waste operation at €1.33 on the tiny Nasdaq First North market in Stockholm, valuing the whole business for just over €7m. This is quite extraordinary given how small the company is compared to the other waste collection… Read more »

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Charles Caldwell

DOMINO’S DOUGH KNOTS IN A TWIST

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

THE TAXMAN placed a tall order with Domino’s this month. It successfully quashed an appeal by the pizza chain’s Irish franchisee, Karshan (Midlands) Ltd, over the question of whether it should treat its drivers as PAYE workers or as self-employed. Good thing the company and its owners, Belfast brothers Aidan and Charles Caldwell, have more… Read more »

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Frank Hynes

HYNES DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

THE INEVITABLE has arrived for embattled jewellery merchant Frank Hynes (see The Phoenix, 13/12/19). His business, Hynes Jewellers (Wexford) Ltd, was wound up by the taxman earlier this month. Revenue has appointed Dublin accountant Myles Kirby to oversee the liquidation, while judge Miriam O’Regan gave the company directors 21 days to file a statement of… Read more »

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ALAN SMYTH’S WEEDS

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

THE WEEDS have appeared for Kildare-based landscape gardening consultant Alan Smyth, who had a judgment for €185,000 registered against him by the taxman earlier this month. The former civil engineer, once a fixture at Dublin’s Bloom festival, was previously listed on Revenue’s 2018 tax defaulters list, having racked up €390,000 (including interest and penalties) in… Read more »

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Colm Wu

NUMBER 88 NOT SO LUCKY FOR WU

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

A BAD start to the Chinese New Year for Chinese businessman Guoqing Wu (known here as Colm Wu). The taxman came along to spoil celebrations when a judgement for €88,000 was registered against one of the businessman’s firms, Bo Vision Holding Company Ltd. Chinese culture regards the number 88 as particularly auspicious and lucky –… Read more »

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FETHERSTON’S CLEAR OUT

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

MICHAEL FETHERSTON, the low-profile operator of the TLC nursing homes group, has featured heavily in the headlines recently. The moneybags will soon finalise the purchase of deluxe golf resort the K Club from Michael Smurfit for an eye-watering U70m and is also due to sell off his chain of nursing groups to the French-headquartered Orpea… Read more »

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Julia Marciniak

MARCINIAK MAKES HER MARK

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

THE DUST is not going to settle for troubled upmarket grocer Fallon & Byrne any time soon. Even though a recent cash injection from the company’s remaining investors is welcome, a cabal of disgruntled employees may prove troublesome – particularly now that unions are involved. Fallon & Byrne suddenly vacated its Rathmines premises at the… Read more »

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WASTE NOT, WANT LOTS

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

THINGS ARE tense in the town of Tullamore, Co Offaly, where local businessmen Brian Colgan and Brendan Guinan have elevated an ongoing dispute to the High Court. Guinan, through his company GHL Logistics Ltd (GHL, trading as Guinan Haulage), subcontracted Colgan to haul bottom ash and scrap metal from an Indaver waste management site in… Read more »

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BRIAN CONROY’S RECEIVERS

Date: January 30, 2020 - Briefcases

BANK OF IRELAND has appointed receivers Abdullahi Jambo and Richard Keith Roe, of Eddisons Commercial Ltd in Leeds, in relation to a €1m mortgage charged on one of the properties acquired by M&F Finance Ltd, a company owned by Irish financier Brian Conroy and his wealth management firm BCWM. The charge in question relates to… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

VLAD’S FALSE START

Date: January 16, 2020 - Affairs of the Nation

LEO VARADKAR met his election target date, but the manner of its announcement was belated and cack-handed. Fine Gael’s delicate political choreography came undone a week ago as plans to call the election last weekend had to be aborted due to adverse political and PR conditions. Storm ‘Charlie’ had a lot to do with it,… Read more »

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