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KEEPING TABS ON BYRNES

Date: June 27, 2019 - Sport of Kings

CHARLES BYRNES showed recently that he hadn’t lost the Midas touch when it comes to pulling off a gamble, with his Mr Smith doing the business in a modest flat handicap at Carlisle. The eight year old was having his first run in two years and some punters may remember Mr Smith as being the… Read more »

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Ronan Whelan

RONAN WHELAN’S WHIP

Date: June 27, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THE LATEST high-profile jockey to fall foul of the new whip rules is Ronan Whelan after three consecutive breaches led to a referral to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board HQ. Whelan had been in action at the Curragh earlier in the month and picked up a two-day ban for his over-zealous use on board the… Read more »

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Kevin Rafter

KEVIN RAFTER’S BAPTISM

Date: June 27, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

LAST WEEK, the new chair of the Arts Council, Kevin Rafter, oversaw his first meeting of the board – a bruising two-day annual session reviewing policy and working through all the laborious recommendations for “arts grant funding” to organisations for 2020. (This precedes the more serious business of dishing out the “strategic funding” for the… Read more »

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Désirée Finnegan

SCREEN IRELAND’S DISTRIBUTORS

Date: June 27, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

FINANCIAL hand-outs in Screen Ireland’s 2017 annual report will no doubt be of interest to incoming boss Désirée Finnegan, who replaces James Hickey. Distribution support should catch her eye given Finnegan’s background as a senior exec in the distribution trade with Warner Brothers in London. The Irish film agency spent €464,000 supporting the distribution of… Read more »

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Richard Hannon

HANNON’S VACCINE PROBLEM

Date: June 27, 2019 - Sport of Kings

LEADING UK trainer Richard Hannon felt the full wrath of the stringent Irish passport and vaccination regulations recently. Hannon sent two runners over to a Curragh meeting in June and, unfortunately for him and his owners, both were unable to take part as their vaccinations did not conform with Rule 91 provisions. Hannon was also… Read more »

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Yvette Monahan

YVETTE MONAHAN’S MOOLAH

Date: June 27, 2019 - High Society

THERE WAS a creditors’ meeting held in the offices of Outlook Accounts in Tallaght last week, which featured the winding up of a little-known company called Tabellero Ltd. It had been locked in litigation with members of the mega-wealthy Monahan family, including well-known photographer Yvette Monahan, who was shortlisted for last year’s Zurich Portrait Prize… Read more »

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Brendan McDonagh

NAMA’S 10 TERRIBLE YEARS

Date: June 27, 2019 - Moneybags

NAMA is a complex organisation, but one of its most significant aspects has been its role in the housing crisis that currently exists in the country. Last month’s annual report announcement was accompanied by much back slapping, but there is no cause whatsoever for celebration when it comes to analysing the decade-long Nama debacle. Nama… Read more »

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Richard Conroy

TROUBLE BREWING AT KARELIAN DIAMONDS

Date: June 27, 2019 - Moneybags

AT THE age of 86, Dick Conroy is running two mineral exploration companies – Karelian Diamonds and Conroy Gold and Natural Resources. Both of these have been the subject of dissident shareholder activity, with Karelian currently in the sights. It seems likely that, as with the Conroy Gold standoff in 2017, this battle will prove… Read more »

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Lorraine Keane and Peter Devlin

PETER DEVLIN’S ROOMS

Date: June 27, 2019 - Briefcases

INTERESTING to see that No 44 Belgrave Square in Monkstown, south County Dublin, is on the market with a hefty €2.65m price tag. This is the abode of TV presenter and Sindo favourite Lorraine Keane and musician-cum-radio presenter Peter Devlin. The property was purchased back in 2003 when prices were shooting up, so it is… Read more »

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Martin Shortt

MARTIN SHORTT’S ‘CREDIBILITY PROBLEM’

Date: June 27, 2019 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for Meath auctioneer Martin Shortt, who was recently given short shrift by Judge Seamus Noonan in the High Court. As a result, Danske Bank secured judgment against Shortt and his wife, Pauline Shortt, for €1.5m on foot of personal guarantees given in relation to the borrowings of their Kildare pub company Blackwood… Read more »

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Deirdre Foley

DEIRDRE FOLEY’S SUMMER SCHEDULE

Date: June 27, 2019 - Briefcases

AS A result of an adjournment last week, property speculator extraordinaire Deirdre Foley will have to wait another couple of weeks to hear the outcome of a potentially significant judicial review. Meanwhile, the high flyer has just wound up her D2 Property Management company, but a disastrous sister company remains on life support – for… Read more »

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PADDY STACK WHACKED

Date: June 27, 2019 - Briefcases

MORE woe for Royal County builder Paddy Stack and his wife Mary Stack, who have just been slapped with matching judgments for €46,000 by the Revenue. The Kildalkey, Co Meath couple have been on the taxman’s naughty list since 2012, when the Revenue wound up their construction company, Carriganour Ltd. That outfit had enjoyed some… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

SIMON COVENEY’S OPTICS

Date: June 27, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE TÁNAISTE and foreign minister, Simon Coveney, hinted in the Dáil last November that he had an indirect input into the master plan for the Middle East being presented in Bahrain by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, this week. Covetous referred to his “good relationship” with Jason Greenblatt, Kushner’s point man on the initiative, when… Read more »

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DAVID WALSH NAILED

Date: June 27, 2019 - Hush Hush

THE JUDICIARY has finally nailed barrack room lawyer David Walsh, a former haulage contractor who is now serving a fortnight’s jail sentence for contempt originally imposed over three years ago. In the Waterford Circuit Court, Walsh had the temerity to insist that he should act for his sister, Feana Walsh, whose home the Bank of… Read more »

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Richard Bruton

FOOL’S GOLD

Date: June 27, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

Surprisingly, there still seems to be parts of Ireland’s natural environment that have yet to be exploited for monetary gain. But fear not – the government is determined to put a stop to this shameful waste of resources. That much is clear from the wording of scores of new prospecting licences being handed out like cupcakes… Read more »

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NUDGE, NUDGE

Date: June 27, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

Richard Bruton’s much-hyped climate action plan will “nudge” us to change our behaviour, according to Leo Varadkar. It’s a word that doesn’t quite convey a sense of emergency. Countries at war do not nudge their factories to switch production to munitions. If this is really an emergency, the Blueshirts might have to get over their… Read more »

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Kate O'Connell

KATE O’CONNELL AND MARIA BAILEY

Date: June 27, 2019 - Last Refuge

THE SPECIAL relationship between VBFs Fine Gael TDs Maria Bailey and Kate O’Connell appears to have been challenged due to the unfortunate misunderstanding and media sensationalism generated by Bailey’s compo claim. In the week leading up to that motorway pile-up interview that Bailey gave to RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke, researchers for Newstalk’s The Pat Kenny Show… Read more »

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BANNING THE ‘DAILY MAIL’

Date: June 27, 2019 - Fit to Print?

HIGH ANXIETY has surrounded coverage by mainstream and social media of the Ana Kriégel murder trial, mostly for good reasons. But reaction to trial judge Justice Paul McDermott’s initial blanket ban on media coverage – followed by his retreat to a limited ban on just one media title – was a little paranoid. Interestingly, while… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

SEAMUS FITZPATRICK’S BUSY SCHEDULE

Date: June 27, 2019 - High Society

THESE ARE busy time for moneybags Seamus Fitzpatrick, who is fighting on two fronts. It was reported earlier this month that Fitzpatrick had lobbed in a planning objection to the big Glenveagh Homes development on the site of the former Chester Beatty Library on leafy Shrewsbury Road, D4. The company is building seven luxury (ie… Read more »

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JASPER COYLE’S TAX BILL

Date: June 27, 2019 - Briefcases

DUBLIN tax accountant Jasper Coyle could do with taking some of his own advice. Goldhawk spotted that the Revenue had recently whacked the Sandymount number cruncher with a hefty €488,000 judgment. Coyle has an impressive CV, having spent the best part of 50 years in the industry. He is a member of the Irish Taxation… Read more »

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PEGASUS PEOPLE

Date: June 27, 2019 - Briefcases

AN INTERESTING aspect of the winding up of a company called Taballero Ltd – following on from the securing of a €2.35m judgment by Yvette and John Monahan – is the role played by Pegasus Corporate Services. Taballero borrowed €2.35m from the Monahan siblings to fund a loan to a linked company called Griffin Point… Read more »

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Mary McAleese

MARY McALEESE’S GULF GIG

Date: June 12, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE MARY Robinson took significant flak earlier this year for her intervention in a feudal Emirate royal family row, another former Irish president, Mary McAleese, has developed ties to the region courtesy of her involvement in the Bussola Institute. This Brussels-based think tank and lobbying operation was set up to promote ties between the EU… Read more »

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Deirdre Conroy

CONROY’S CLAIM

Date: June 12, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

NOT SURPRISINGLY, there has been increased media focus on all politicians’ compensation claims since the Maria Bailey affair. This should ensure there is a healthy public appetite for a High Court case being taken by newly elected Fianna Fáil councillor and barrister Deirdre Conroy. The FFer had a fall on a press junket to a… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

PROFILE: MARY LOU MCDONALD

Date: June 12, 2019 - Pillars of Society

MEDIA COMMENT on the dangers facing Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership of Sinn Féin after the recent elections was predictable. However, and unusually, the political correspondents – normally so utterly uninformed about SF politics – have actually underestimated just how embattled McDonald’s leadership is. There is war inside the party and, while Mary Lou is not… Read more »

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Saoirse McHugh

YOUNG BLOOD: SAOIRSE McHUGH

Date: June 12, 2019 - The Young Bloods

Saoirse McHugh, the 28-year-old genetic scientist from Achill Island, stormed into public consciousness with an impressive display in the Midlands North West constituency European election debate. And the possibility of a Dáil seat for the Greens in inhospitable Mayo is now being seriously canvassed. In the television debate, McHugh took on the perceived racism of… Read more »

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David McWilliams

DAVID MCWILLIAMS’S ADVICE

Date: June 12, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ANNUAL Dalkey Book Festival gets under way this weekend with its founder, the one and only David McWilliams, sharing the spotlight with the likes of Stephen Fry and David Puttnam. Hopefully, the floppy-haired economist will not be distracted by the growing shadow of floundering rock star fund manager and one-time idol of McWilliams, Neil… Read more »

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Ian Bailey

LEGAL AMBUSH FOR IAN BAILEY?

Date: June 12, 2019 - Wigs on the Green

IAN BAILEY’S predictable conviction, in absentia, by a vengeful French judicial system will proceed to the more difficult process of a third attempt to extradite him to France to serve his 25-year sentence. The Supreme Court has so far been vigilant in defence of Bailey’s rights, mindful perhaps of the manner in which sections of… Read more »

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Jennifer Zamparelli

JENNIFER ZAMPARELLI’S REVIEW

Date: June 12, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THE NEW look 2FM has been attracting mixed reviews following its makeover, but one of the players, former Breakfast Republic co-presenter Jennifer Zamparelli, might want to tune out the comments. Back in March, when Zamparelli was named as 2FM’s key star to attract young listeners to the station, the Indo claimed that handing the 37… Read more »

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TCD GRADUATE’S HOLOCAUST STORY

Date: June 12, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

A bizarre story is emerging from Germany about an Irish-based historian and blogger who has found herself in a spot of bother over her research. German national Marie Sophie Hingst, who obtained her doctorate from Trinity College Dublin, has been accused by German publication Der Spiegel of fabricating the stories of Jewish relatives who, she… Read more »

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Drew Harris

DREW HARRIS’S GONG

Date: June 12, 2019 - Hush Hush

The AWARD of a Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) to Garda commissioner Drew Harris brought zero adverse comment in the Irish media, but it raises questions nonetheless. Firstly, there is the extraordinary ‘Glenanne gang’ ruling against Harris at Belfast High Court in July 2017. Mr Justice Treacy ruled that Harris was guilty of an “extreme… abuse… Read more »

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Michael O'Leary

O’LEARY UNSCATHED BY RYANAIR’S PROFIT TAILSPIN

Date: June 12, 2019 - Moneybags

ANNOUNCING RYANAIR’S results for the year to March 2019, Mick O’Leary tried to minimise the negatives while advising that earnings had fallen a very hefty 29% from €1.45bn to just on €1bn. These are not the full figures as they exclude the impact of Laudamotion (Lauda), the Austrian airline set up by Nicki Lauda, which… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 12

Date: June 12, 2019 -

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Emmanuel Macron

MALI: VARADKAR HUMOURS MACRON

Date: June 12, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

CYNICAL DEFENDERS of Irish neutrality will likely argue that the announcement last weekend of the Army Ranger Wing’s deployment to Mali – described by the UN as its most dangerous mission – was carefully timed. And it was, but there is another agenda at play here – the vanity project of securing a seat on… Read more »

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Frank Clarke

GO TO JAIL – AGAIN!

Date: June 12, 2019 - Wigs on the Green

THAT MOST tenacious barrack room lawyer and former haulage contractor, David Walsh, is still at large after fighting an order to jail him for criminal contempt through the Circuit Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court (three times) since 2016. In Waterford Circuit Court in May 2016, Walsh had attempted to act for… Read more »

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Emily Hourican

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: June 12, 2019 - The Hot Air Brigade

I don’t think it’s a bad thing – being an outsider is not the same as being an outcast. It isn’t, for me, a feeling of isolation or loneliness. Emily Hourican plugging her new book The Outsiders – a category in which she places herself alongside, er, Albert Camus, Sunday Independent I find it very… Read more »

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Gerry Adams

ADAMS LAYS DOWN THE NEW LINE

Date: June 12, 2019 - Bird's Eye View

In his blog, Léargas, on 6 June Gerry Adams posted what now will be in effect the definitive Sinn Féin policy on a border poll. It was detailed and closely argued, referring to various official statistics, polls, lectures and statements by unionist politicians like Peter Robinson, the former DUP leader. Adams placed the onus firmly… Read more »

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