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Ed Moloney

MOUNTBATTEN: CASE FOR THE DEFENCE

Date: September 5, 2019 - Fit to Print?

THERE HAS been little media comment about reports, backed up by interviews with abused victims, that Lord Louis Mountbatten – great-uncle and mentor to Prince Charles – abused boys from the notorious Kincora boys’ home in Belfast in the 1970s. The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves is authored by established (and establishment) writer Andrew Lownie,… Read more »

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‘SUNDAY TIMES’ AND WOMEN

Date: September 5, 2019 - Fit to Print?

SUNDAY TIMES associate editor John Burns has leaped to the defence of his male colleagues at the Irish Times and has regurgitated their denial that a male bias is shown by the overwhelming preponderance of men on the IT’s front page. “Arid bean counting” is how Burns describes the women’s statistical methodology, even though there… Read more »

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Wes Edens

GARDEN OF EDENS

Date: September 5, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

US billionaire Wes Edens has an “affinity for the underdog”, according to the Wall Street Journal. Edens is founder and CEO of New Fortress Energy, which last year bought Shannon LNG, the giant terminal proposed for north Kerry to import US fracked gas. His reputation as an underdog aficionado stems from his investment in beleaguered… Read more »

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NOW THAT’S GAS!

Date: September 5, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

A criticism often levelled at big fossil fuel infrastructure projects is that the “receiving community” (ie the locals) get little or no share in the financial spoils. Happily, this is not the case with Shannon LNG. It was recently revealed that two Kerrymen are due a $26.6m windfall as part of a deal with New… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: September 5, 2019 - Bog Cuttings

WORTH HER WEIGHT IN BEER JULIA GALVIN is one of the most sought-after contestants for the World Wife Carrying competitions. She was invited to take part in China’s National Wife Carrying Championships. She discovered the weird and wonderful sport of wife carrying in 2002 and that year featured on The Late Late Show looking for… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

JOHN MAGNIER’S ADVERTS

Date: September 5, 2019 - High Society

FIGURES JUST filed for Primus Advertising and Marketing add another few bob to the wealth of John Magnier, although just what he’s worth is far from clear, which is just the way he likes it. Primus is one of a variety of companies controlled by Magnier that operate in and around the bloodstock sector. It… Read more »

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JP McManus

JP’S POOR PUNT

Date: September 5, 2019 - Sport of Kings

WHEN COOLMORE wonder sire Galileo began his 2014 covering season, his list of mares would have resembled a who’s who of the racing and bloodstock industry. One name on the list, however, was a mare called Castlecrossings and her inclusion as a mate for Galileo was a strange one. Castlecrossings was a national hunt mare… Read more »

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Denis Hogan

DENIS HOGAN’S TOUGH BREAK

Date: September 5, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THE UPWARDLY mobile Tipperary trainer Denis Hogan has become the first trainer for many years to have a horse disqualified due to anabolic steroids in its system. However, Hogan has been exonerated from any wrongdoing after an investigation concluded that the horse was administered a drug containing the steroid nandrolone in error while in the… Read more »

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AND THEY’RE OFF… ALREADY?

Date: September 5, 2019 - Sport of Kings

AFTER AN unexplained weighing scales incident in early August, which saw the winner of a race disqualified over a matter of ounces, Sligo racecourse found itself under scrutiny after a race was sent off four minutes early. Normally, in such an incidence the race is declared void but, on this occasion, no horse was favoured… Read more »

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Gordon Elliot

ELLIOTT’S TICKING CLOCK

Date: September 5, 2019 - Sport of Kings

IT IS that time of year when the Gordon Elliott versus Willie Mullins narrative starts to get an airing. Time could be running out for the former to grab the title, given Mick O’Leary’s dismounting from the sales ring. As was the plot two seasons ago, Elliott is making hay while the sun shines and… Read more »

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Colin Hunt

AIB IS UNDERVALUED BY MARKET

Date: September 5, 2019 - Moneybags

WITH BANK of Ireland (BoI) aiming to be the “national champion bank”, it is difficult to know where this puts AIB, which has recently installed Colin Hunt as CEO. What is clear is that, when it comes to the competition between the two pillar banks, AIB is streets ahead and its shares have been significantly… Read more »

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Donal Murphy

DCC’S HIGH SHARE RATING HARD TO JUSTIFY

Date: September 5, 2019 - Moneybags

SINCE HE took charge in July 2017, Donal Murphy has partly reduced the breadth of DCC’s operations as it retreats somewhat from its claimed status as a conglomerate. Nevertheless, the group is still hampered by distracting low-profit businesses in healthcare and technology. It is time for Murphy to focus on the big picture if he… Read more »

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Fergal Murtagh

FERGAL MURTAGH’S HOUSE HEADACHES

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

SPARE A thought for Fergal Murtagh – son of Kingspan co-founder Brendan Murtagh – who has just had a €220,000 judgment registered against him by AIB. The bank took Murtagh to the Four Goldmines in 2016 over borrowings secured against his plush home on the exclusive Headford Demesne in Kells, Co Meath. After he failed… Read more »

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Ian Keogh

IAN KEOGH’S SHRINKING EMPIRE

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

NEXT WEEK a creditors’ meeting will be held in the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght, to appoint a liquidator to Total Bars Entertainment Ltd. This is one of a number of pub companies incorporated by well-known publican Ian Keogh, who has been finding the going pretty tough over the last 12 months or so. Keogh has been… Read more »

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MYLES CROFTON’S LATEST SETBACKS

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

BOOM-ERA developer Myles Crofton might be in the process of kick-starting his comeback, but the legacy of the crash still looms large. Documents recently filed with the Companies Office reveal that a receiver was appointed last year to one of the Blackrock businessman’s entities on foot of loans secured against a number of development properties… Read more »

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Francesca De Cataldo

STRIKING OFF FRANCESCA DE CATALDO

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’S favourite Italian import, Francesca De Cataldo, could end up saying ‘arrivederci’ to her interior design company, Sundogs Rock Productions Ltd. The firm is listed for striking off the Companies Register for failure to file accounts and an annual return. Readers will recall De Cataldo from her long-running scrap with Killiney-based solicitor Val Timon. Around… Read more »

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Niall McFadden

DECLAN CASSIDY’S HERITAGE WOES

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK recently came across a company called Heritage Luxury Holdings Ltd, which has just called in the liquidator. Incorporated just last year, Heritage never filed any accounts and details of its activities are thin on the ground, but the entity’s sole shareholder is busy Dublin accountant Declan Cassidy. During the boom, Cassidy was involved in… Read more »

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Sam Allardyce

CHECKING THE PULSE

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

A STRUGGLING company called Pulse Fusion F6 Ltd has been hit for a €12,000 rates judgment by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. This is not the first time this interesting company has been in a spot of bother and in 2017 it had a run-in with Revenue. Despite its low profile, F6 Tech (the trading name)… Read more »

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Désirée Finnegan

BREXIT’S NO-DEAL HORROR PLOT

Date: September 5, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THE LIKELY ‘no-deal’ Brexit scenario is a horror plot for the Irish film and TV industry, since a high proportion of the players depend on production decisions green-lit in the UK and the US, with budgets denominated in dollars or sterling. It is surprising that there has not been a whisper from industry wheeler-dealers and… Read more »

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NOT IN THE PINK

Date: September 5, 2019 - Briefcases

THE EXOTIC-sounding Pink Sands Property Investments Ltd has just been listed for striking off the Companies Register. This could be of interest to the dreaded taxman, who registered a judgment for €17,000 against the company earlier this year. The Pink Sands name evokes images of sunny climes, which is apt given the links of the… Read more »

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ARTS COUNCIL VACANCIES

Date: September 5, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

MINISTER FOR Culture Josepha Madigan is finally to get around to filling those empty Arts Council seats, given that the closing date for applications for three posts was Tuesday. The vacancies arose back at the start of 2019 as a result of the ending of the terms of Miriam Dunne, Monica Spencer and Joan Sheehy,… Read more »

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Lara Marlowe

NÓRA QUOIRIN: THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Date: August 22, 2019 - Fit to Print?

IN AN effort to get ahead of the news, an Irish Times front-page splash on Nóra Quoirin last week said, “Suspicions grow that 15-year-old was kidnapped and murdered”. This came the day after its front-page headline said, ”Further investigation in Quoirin case hinges on postmortem result”. Next day’s ‘kidnap and murder’ story –published despite the… Read more »

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Kitty Holland

‘IRISH TIMES’ WOMEN: THERMIDOR!

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

INCENDIARY OUTRAGE has been the reaction of some Irish Times male hacks to the document supported by most of their female colleagues conveying the impression that the newspaper office is more like a rugby locker room than a women’s refuge. The fall-out has seen Barry O’Halloran offer his resignation as NUJ father-of-chapel (union branch rep);… Read more »

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Helen Dixon

PROFILE: HELEN DIXON

Date: August 22, 2019 - Pillars of Society

THE DATA protection commissioner’s withering rebuke of the roll out of the public services card (PSC) is a major embarrassment for ministers, notably Regina Doherty, who have steadfastly dismissed concerns about the scheme. Helen Dixon’s ruling that the government acted flagrantly outside the law marks a major scalp for Dixon at a time when questions… Read more »

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ROSE OF TRALEE FESTIVAL’S RED INK

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH THE 60th Rose of Tralee hooley kicking off this weekend, the build-up has been marred somewhat by the decision of the Irish greyhound Board (IGB) to (reluctantly) pull the plug on its sponsorship deal with the festival. This is not the sort of hit the festival can afford. The IGB pulled out of sponsoring… Read more »

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Michael O'Leary

WHY IS MICK O’LEARY STILL IN THE COCKPIT?

Date: August 22, 2019 - Moneybags

IT IS a reflection of his overwhelming influence in Ryanair that the end of the runway is not yet in sight for Mick O’Leary. His original modus operandi was based solely around breaking up the duopoly Aer Lingus and British Airways held in the 1980s, but this is no longer relevant. Ryanair is now the… Read more »

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Boris Johnson

IT’S THE ‘SUN’ WOT WON IT

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

RUPERT MURDOCH’S News Corp has probably done more for project Brexit than Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and David Cameron put together. Now it looks as though the Dirty Digger has decided to whip his Irish satraps into line and the Irish Daily Sun has suddenly changed its line on Brexit and the backstop. Up until… Read more »

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Mary-Jane O'Regan

MICHAEL MULCAHY’S INSPIRING WOMEN

Date: August 22, 2019 - High Society

THE CROWDED calendar of women-in-business awards just got a little more crowded with the arrival of Michael ‘RSVP’ Mulcahy’s Graham Norton Gin Inspiring Awards 2019. And it looks like everyone is in with a shout. There is an unusually broad array of nominees, suggesting that getting on to the list was easier done than said…. Read more »

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Eugene Downes

EUGENE DOWNES’S LOW-HANGING FRUIT

Date: August 22, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

WITH THE 2019 Kilkenny Arts Festival (KAF) having just finished, it was the first outing for the new director, Olga Barry. Her predecessor, Eugene Downes, meanwhile, is getting to grips with the brand new job of cultural director at the Department of Foreign Affairs (which has yet to officially announce the new appointment). Given the… Read more »

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Robert Nairac

CAPTAIN NAIRAC’S ACTIVITIES

Date: August 22, 2019 - Hush Hush

Last week, the head of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) Geoff Knupfer was busy pouring cold water on a widely reported story that Captain Robert Nairac’s body had finally been found in a forest in County Louth. But Knupfer, a former Manchester Special Branch commander, had made it clear beforehand… Read more »

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Barry Connell

BARRY CONNELL’S NEW ROLE

Date: August 22, 2019 - Sport of Kings

BARRY CONNELL has decided to take matters into his own hands and take out a training licence. The former stockbroker has tried his hand at being an amateur jockey and an owner, so he may as well go the whole hog and start training his horses. He previously tried outsourcing them to different trainers before,… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 17

Vol 37 No 17

Date: August 22, 2019 -

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BRIAN MCDONAGH’S ‘FRONT’ COMPANY

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

GRANJA LTD, a company linked to Brian McDonagh – the man at the centre of efforts to stop a proposal by Apple (since abandoned) to develop a €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway – has been quietly wound up. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that Granja described itself as the owner of an investment… Read more »

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Finian McGrath

SHANE ROSS’S RHINOCEROS

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

DESPITE BREXIT, Leo Varadkar’s and Micheál Martin’s unofficial negotiators continue to court the Greens, Labour and the Social Democrats with sweet talk of a broad coalition after an election. Both parties may be overlooking the rhinoceros in the room. The political and media analysis has been that either FF or FG with around 55 seats… Read more »

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Betty Purcell

EMILY AND BETTY AND ORLAGH

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

IT WILL be interesting to see if three members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) – the current chief commissioner and two past members – are reappointed to the board. Justice minister Charlie Flanagan faced a revolt from the commissioners when he dispensed with the previous method of appointments, which had involved… Read more »

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FUNDING THE HARE KRISHNAS

Date: August 22, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE FOOD Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has been busy in recent weeks, most notably forcing the shut down of spring water production at the troubled Celtic Pure plant in Monaghan. More surprisingly, it has been upsetting the Hare Krishnas. Last month the established Govindas restaurant on Dublin’s Middle Abbey Street was served with a… Read more »

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