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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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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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Tapaas Chakravarti

CATCHING UP WITH PETER PAN

Date: October 31, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

A RECEIVER has just been appointed to the Irish end of a multi-million euro Indian animation outfit that is behind international TV shows such as Jungle Book, Peter Pan and Robin Hood. It looks like there are big bucks involved. DQ Entertainment (Ireland) was set up in Galway in 2008 and directors include India-based Tapaas… Read more »

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John McMichael

LOYALIST THREATS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Hush Hush

THERE IS something ironic about PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne’s unprecedented political intervention last week, with his warnings about loyalist violence in the wake of Brexit. This was preceded by an anonymous loyalist threat to bomb Limerick in the event of a Green Brexit. Byrne has spent his career outside the north, but many of… Read more »

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Cathy Kelly

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 31, 2019 - The Hot Air Brigade

While Agatha Christie is known as the queen of crime, Cathy Kelly has built a reputation as the queen of romance. Pavel Barter, Sunday Times O’Connell’s ‘fusion’ bears little resemblance to the anaemic faux-Asian faffing around of almost two decades ago; this is of an entirely different order, visceral, even sanguinary cuisine. Big booming flavours… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

AUGUSTINE POLICY

Date: October 31, 2019 - Northwind

The taoiseach told Today FM in a recent phone-in that he’d like to see a united Ireland in his lifetime, “but it must be a warm place for unionists and British people”. If he had substituted “and” for the word “but”, it would have been a positive development. That “but” is his sneaky get out… Read more »

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MARIAN HARKIN TO RESCUE FG?

Date: October 31, 2019 - Last Refuge

FORMER MEP Marian Harkin will either save Fine Gael in Sligo-Leitrim or sink them, with feelers going out to her from a desperate FG that has so far failed to persuade its retiring TD, Tony McLoughlin, to stand again. FG private polls show Left Independent Declan Bree within striking distance of the fourth seat (out… Read more »

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Richard Boyd Barrett

BOYD BARRETT AND CO FACING WIPE-OUT

Date: October 31, 2019 - Last Refuge

IF SINN FÉIN is worried about dropping six or more of its 23 Dáil seats at the general election, the Trotskyist Solidarity/People Before Profit (PBP) should be worried about a possible wipe-out of their combined six seats total. The Shinners lost half their councillors in the local elections (158 down to 77) but Sol-PBP went… Read more »

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Samantha McCaughren

INM’S BELGIAN BEER INTERVIEWS

Date: October 31, 2019 - Fit to Print?

SUNDAY INDEPENDENT editor Cormac Bourke’s “new role” as editor of the Irish Independent was announced in the Sindo recently, with Cormac quoted as looking forward to the “new challenge”. The Sindo published a (nearly) exhaustive list of Bourke’s editorial roles, which include various editorial roles at the Indo and other non-INM titles. All of which… Read more »

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Barry Egan

JOURNO AWARDS EGO FEST

Date: October 31, 2019 - Fit to Print?

DIGITAL-SAVVY hacks got into the Newsbrands Journalism Awards website some weeks ago (the gong circus is to be held in the Mansion House in a fortnight) and accessed the articles submitted – intended for shortlist judges’ eyes only. The security breach enabled some journalists to scrutinise competitors’ articles, however the really creative work was contained… Read more »

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Date: October 31, 2019 - Bog Cuttings

Lunged at ALL-IRELAND STAR A DRUNKEN man picked on a garda who has five All-Ireland senior football medals to his name, solicitor Pat Enright told Listowel District Court. When Jeff Connolly, 21 Rathoonane, Tralee, lunged at Garda Tom O’Sullivan in Ballyduff, it proved to be “an unequal battle since [O’Sullivan] was probably able to handle… Read more »

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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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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’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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