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Willie Mullins

SUPREME SHAMBLES

Date: November 14, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THE SUPREME Horse Racing Club debacle still shows no sign of being sorted out and more fuel was added to the fire with the news that the legality of the sale of the high-profile syndicate’s former horse, Listen Dear, is being disputed. Listen Dear trainer Willie Mullins was instructed by Supreme’s management to sell the… Read more »

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Luke Comer

LUKE COMER LOADS UP

Date: November 14, 2019 - Sport of Kings

NEXT YEAR could be a fruitful one on the track for Luke Comer if a shopping spree at Tattersalls is anything to go by. At the recent Autumn Horses in Training Sale in Newmarket, Comer spent £946,000 on 20 horses and, unlike at previous auctions where Comer had been known to hoover up dozens of… Read more »

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BANAHAN’S EVENTFUL EVENING

Date: November 14, 2019 - Sport of Kings

JOE BANAHAN, Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) starter, had an evening to forget at Dundalk recently after a few issues with the starting stalls, one of which could have had a more serious outcome. When Banahan mounted his starting rostrum for the opening race as stall handlers were completing the loading process, the stalls unexpectedly… Read more »

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Davy Russell

DAVY RUSSELL GIGGINSTOWN BLUES

Date: November 14, 2019 - Sport of Kings

There appears to have been a juggling of the ranks by the Gigginstown team of Mick and Eddie O’Leary, with Davy Russell losing out. While never officially reappointed as number one rider, Russell was the favoured pilot in a squad that included the likes of Jack Kennedy, Rachael Blackmore, Sean Flanagan and Keith Donoghue among… Read more »

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Vogue Williams

VOGUE’S IRISH CHAMELEON

Date: November 14, 2019 - High Society

IT HAS been increasingly hard to avoid Vogue Williams/Spencer lately, with her reality TV series on E4 and an appearance on The Ray D’Arcy Show earlier this month. She also got plenty of coverage for the ‘revelation’ that she is looking for a big pad in Dublin, which happened to coincide with Vogue putting her… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

HAMDAN’S HORSES

Date: November 14, 2019 - High Society

THEY DON’T call it the sport of kings for nothing. Take Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum of Dubai, brother of the rather more famous and certainly more controversial Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum. His day job is as deputy ruler in the tainted Dubai regime, but in Ireland he is best known for Derrinstown Stud in Co… Read more »

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Jamie Myerscough

JAMIE MYERSCOUGH’S RESTRUCTURING

Date: November 14, 2019 - High Society

THERE IS still no sign of Jamie Myerscough getting his figures into shape. Meanwhile, his mother Jane (daughter of the late Vincent O’Brien and married to former auctioneer Philip Myerscough) has unsaddled from the horse charity where she was a director for 12 years. In the past, Jamie has generated oodles of publicity for his… Read more »

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Orlaith McBride

ORLAITH MCBRIDE’S NEW JOB

Date: November 14, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

CONGRATULATIONS to outgoing Arts Council director Orlaith McBride, who has landed the I100,000 pa job of director of the National Archives of Ireland (NAI). Although her qualifications for the role are not immediately obvious, she is undoubtedly suited to it. Possibly the most striking aspect of McBride’s CV when she landed the top job in… Read more »

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THE GLOBALIST: PETER SUTHERLAND – JOHN WALSH (WILLIAM COLLINS)

Date: November 14, 2019 - BooksReviews

Peter Sutherland was “possibly the most influential Irish person ever to have lived”, says this book, a smidge hyperbolically but with some justification. However, as it doesn’t pause to observe, he was never elected by anyone anywhere – unlike ‘influencers’ such as Dev, Mary Robinson and Gerry Adams. He didn’t leverage his influence from mass-culture,… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

MARTIN IN LAST-CHANCE SALOON

Date: November 14, 2019 - Pillars of Society

The year of our Lord 2020 will be make or break for the man his chief rival calls the Priest. But if Micheál Martin is to avoid what once seemed his pre-ordained place as the first Fianna Fáil leader never to be taoiseach, he may need divine intervention. His almost nine-year tenure at the helm… Read more »

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SUDDEN EXIT AT ARTS COUNCIL

Date: November 14, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

IT LOOKS like we will have to wait a while longer to have a full Arts Council following the sudden resignation of one of the new appointees. As fans of Goldhawk will be aware, there has been a definite lack of urgency on culture minister Josepha Madigan’s part when it comes to filling vacancies at… Read more »

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ANTHONY CAFFERKEY’S BAD INVESTMENT

Date: November 14, 2019 - Briefcases

A TROUBLED Kildare property company called Cafferkey Investments Ltd (CIL), which has called in the liquidator, rang a bell with Goldhawk. It turns out to be owned by the family of low-key Leixlip builder Anthony Cafferkey, who readers will recall had the misfortune of being landed with an eye-watering tax judgment in 2012 (see The… Read more »

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NO SO EMUSING

Date: November 14, 2019 - Briefcases

ONE of Emuse group’s creditors has lost patience with the ailing technology business. The taxman has just registered a judgment for a measly €3,400 against a group entity called Emuse Technologies Ltd (ETL), the cause of many a headache for chief executive Patrick Rainsford in recent times. ETL is a D2 tech company that makes… Read more »

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CON CREEDON’S MEDICAL MATTER

Date: November 14, 2019 - Briefcases

THE TAXMAN has just registered a judgment for €43,000 against a medical accreditation company based in Sandymount, D4. This represents more bad news for the hapless principals here, Con and Hollie Creedon. The Creedons arrived on the scene in late 2015, when founder Eoin Ryan sold out to Hollie and Rachael Creedon, who are the… Read more »

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ANNUAL 2019

Date: November 14, 2019 -

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Dermot Desmond

DERMOT DESMOND AND THE DATALEX DISASTER

Date: November 14, 2019 - Moneybags

THE COMPANY that has provided the most entertainment to market watchers this year is without a doubt Datalex, the deeply troubled airline booking software provider. The turbulence surrounding the company since January has only grown stronger and it is unclear if it can pull out of its current tailspin. The passenger with the most to… Read more »

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Timmy Dooley

DOOLEY: TO PURGATORY OR HELL?

Date: November 14, 2019 - Last Refuge

THE REAL fall out for Fianna Fáil frontbenchers Timmy ‘Dolittle’ Dooley and Niall Collins must await the result of Fine Gael TD Noel Rock’s complaint to the Committee on Members’ Interests. Relegation from the frontbench or even a downgrading in a reshuffle is not in itself that serious, but it would indicate who is likely… Read more »

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DRINKAWARE’S STRATEGY

Date: November 14, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

NEWS THAT a ban on alcohol advertising within 200 metres of a school or crèche from later this month will have been clocked by the good people in Drinkaware, the alcohol industry-funded group that campaigns for educational measures to persuade consumers to drink responsibly – as opposed to nanny-state measures to curb advertising and promotion… Read more »

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Peter Clohessy

WINDING UP PETER CLOHESSY

Date: November 14, 2019 - Briefcases

THE Taxman has put in a late tackle on a pub company once linked to bankrupt former Ireland and Munster rugby player Peter Clohessy. A petition to wind up Crokers Bar and Restaurant Ltd (CBRL) has just been filed in the High Court by the Revenue, but it turns out that the entity has already… Read more »

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ALL IN – JAMIE HEASLIP (GILL AND MACMILLAN)

Date: October 31, 2019 - BooksReviews

“I REALISED I had a problem in my relationship with the media and that I contributed to that, and I couldn’t just blame individual reporters or the media in general for not giving me a fair shake.” Jamie Heaslip knows he has an image problem, but he’s not sure why. At times, he almost seems… Read more »

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Niall Collins

COLLINS, DOOLEY: FF FALL-OUT

Date: October 31, 2019 - Last Refuge

THE POLITICAL hit on frontbenchers Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins may be temporary as far as Fianna Fáil is concerned. However, Micheál Martin will be worried about the direct transfer of his party’s lost vote (3%) to Fine Gael (up 4%) in the Red C weekend poll. But the damage inflicted on the two lads… Read more »

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Richard Oakley

PROFILE – RICHIE OAKLEY

Date: October 31, 2019 - Pillars of Society

THE LATEST in a long line of Sunday Business Post editors is Richie Oakley, late of the now-defunct Times Ireland, which crashed and burned in May. Previous Post editors were invariably journalists with a strong business record and a catalogue of news reports and investigations of their own before taking the top job. Oakley, however,… Read more »

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Ciaran O'Carroll

YOUNG BLOOD – CIARÁN O’CARROLL

Date: October 31, 2019 - The Young Bloods

With the arrival from the UK and Europe of Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests on Irish shores, 32-year-old scientist and marketing executive Dr Ciarán O’Carroll is becoming one of the more familiar faces of the publicity-hungry movement. From where has the group come and what, if any, impact will O’Carroll and his comrades have on Irish… Read more »

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Alan Barrett

WHO FEARS TO SPEAK OF BORDER POLL?

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

CONCERNED NOISES are emanating from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), the only entity in the southern establishment that has clocked the political dynamics pushing the north towards a possible border poll and a united Ireland (see p3). The ESRI has admonished not only the government in recent days, it has also effectively set… Read more »

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Imelda Munster

SINN FÉIN GONE TO THE DOGS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Last Refuge

Sinn Féin’s business spokesperson, Imelda Munster, certainly reveals an aptitude for business, but the Louth TD has also found herself in the firing line over the party’s dramatic U-turn on funding for the Irish greyhound industry. Greyhound welfare campaigners accuse the Shinners of hypocrisy for holding a fundraising night at Dundalk Greyhound Stadium while demanding… Read more »

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Pierre le Brocquy

PIERRE LE BROCQUY’S GRIPE

Date: October 31, 2019 - High Society

THE ROW over RTÉ’s decision to offload some artworks, most famously two by Louis le Brocquy, rumbles on. It is not surprising to see Louis’ son and former agent, Pierre le Brocquy, wade in last week when he claimed RTÉ had promised never to sell the works. Indeed, he told the Oirish Mail on Sunday,… Read more »

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Mark Ruffalo

RYAN WOBBLES ALREADY

Date: October 31, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

After years as a fringe resistance movement in Kerry and Clare, the battle against Shannon LNG has suddenly gone implausibly mainstream, with a Hollywood star and the pope entering the fray. Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Incredible Hulk in the Avengers movies, has been suitably angry, telling climate action minister Richard Bruton that importing US… Read more »

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Jess Ryan

JESS RYAN’S BEAUTY BUSINESS

Date: October 31, 2019 - High Society

EARLIER THIS year one of Ireland’s top retailers, Arthur Ryan – the power behind Penneys/Primark – passed away. His daughter, the glamorous Jess Ryan, has been forging her own path in business in recent years, although so far there is no sign that she will be delivering the kind of gigantic profits that daddy was… Read more »

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John Malone

JOHN MALONE’S HOTEL RATES

Date: October 31, 2019 - Briefcases

THE HIGH Court has just issued a ruling that looks set to have significant implications for low-paid workers. The case involved staff in a Dublin 2 hotel that is controlled by Colorado-based billionaire John Malone of Liberty Global fame, owner of Humewood Castle in Co Wicklow as well as Virgin Media. Malone picked up a… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 22

Date: October 31, 2019 -

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MARY ROBINSON’S SHRINE

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE HAVE been some changes to the board of The Victoria House Foundation, the legal entity set up to progress the Mary Robinson shrine in Ballina, Co Mayo – aka the Mary Robinson Centre (MRC). Meanwhile, the funding situation looks challenging. Two former high-profile academics have resigned from the Emer Gilvarry-chaired board – ex-Trinity College… Read more »

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Patrick Dorgan

LAW SOCIETY ROW: LIBEL THREATS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE NORMALLY sedate AGM of the Mayo Solicitors’ Bar Association (the Mayo branch of the Law Society) was enlivened this year when a row about donations to a charity for legal eagles provoked loud recrimination and even threats to sue society president Patrick Dorgan. Dorgan and director general Ken Murphy attended the meeting of their… Read more »

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Andrew Deeks

UCD REVOLT OVER NEWMAN BOYCOTT

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

UCD’S CRASS decision to boycott the canonisation of its founder, John Henry Newman, was reversed, the university said, because the government had reconsidered its own decision to ignore the event and had belatedly delegated education minister Joe McHugh to attend the event in Rome. The rationale for UCD’s reversal was almost as inane as its… Read more »

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Karl Brophy

RED FLAG AGGRO

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

The recent release of Environmental Protection Agency data for 2018, revealing spiralling agri emissions, seemed like an odd day to unveil a new campaign promoting the most emissions-intensive forms of agriculture. Warring farm groups and meat factories have declared a temporary truce and formed an uneasy alliance with such as the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA),… Read more »

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LIMERICK STUDENTS GO LOGO LOCO

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

Branding fever is once again gripping the University of Limerick (UL), where students are up in arms about a controversial new logo. At the time of writing, nearly 1,900 people had signed an online petition calling for the college to “repeal” the redesign of its logo and brand identity, which was unveiled late last month…. Read more »

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Ed Guiney and Andrew Love

REVIEWING GALWAY’S €10M CINEMA HORROR

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

FANS OF Goldhawk are well acquainted with the historical horror-show behind Galway’s bijou Pálás cinema, originally promoted by Lelia Doolan’s Solas Galway Picture Palace group and very heavily backed by the taxpayer through assorted agencies (See The Phoenix, 6/10/17). A spending review has now been quietly published by the Department of Culture and while many… Read more »

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