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GALWAY RADICALS

GALWAY RADICALS

Date: August 8, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

FOLLLOWING THE recent attack on the Galway Maryam Mosque, the president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Ireland, Dr M A Malik, pointedly remarked that “radicalisation is not only limited to one group … radicals can be found in any community”. Perhaps the cleric was too polite to spell it out but the obsession in… Read more »

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HEATHER’S HOUSE

Date: August 8, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

SPARE a thought for Mark Thornburgh, who stumped up over E170,000 to help his sister Heather Perrin – the only Irish judge ever to be jailed – and her hubby Albert, to hold on to their impressive family home in Malahide. Bankruptcy official Chris Lehane has thrown a costly spanner in the works. Former solicitor… Read more »

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Corrado Forte’s latest headache

Corrado Forte’s latest headache

Date: August 7, 2019 - Briefcases

MORE woe for Wexford businessman Corrado Forte, who has just had two tax judgments registered against him for a total of over €92,000. Forte has had a lot on his plate for the past few years, as fans of Goldhawk will be well aware. In 2017, the Revenue secured judgment against him for €2.5m and… Read more »

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Kitty Holland

‘MACHO BOYS CLUB’ AT THE ‘IRISH TIMES’

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MOST shocking news likely to be (not) reported in the Irish Times for years is the document drawn up by women in the paper’s newsroom and which alleges a catalogue of sexist behaviour, bullying and discrimination. The incendiary document was researched by social affairs correspondent Kitty Holland; Newsbrands Ireland journalist of the year 2018,… Read more »

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Declan Cregan

DECLAN CREGAN’S US TROOP MOVEMENTS

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERESTING TO see that US customs and border pre-clearance at Shannon Airport is being expanded to include corporate jets from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The service (which allows passengers remain on board their comfy jets during the pre-clearance process) is provided exclusively by an Irish limited company, US Alliance Flight Support Ltd (US Alliance),… Read more »

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Paul Kehoe

PROFILE: PAUL KEHOE

Date: July 25, 2019 - Pillars of Society

PAUL KEHOE, minister with special responsibility for defence and former Fine Gael chief whip, has become one of the latest government whipping boys in another sense, ie as the target for unprecedented anger in the pauperised ranks of the Defence Forces. But Kehoe’s problems are not confined to his ministerial brief and, as the electorate… Read more »

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Lisa Duffy

YOUNG BLOOD: LISA DUFFY

Date: July 25, 2019 - The Young Bloods

From tiny boutique owner to red carpet designer and Instagram influencer, fashionista Lisa Duffy (39) has been one of the more compelling Irish success stories of the social media era. But has the sudden collapse of two companies in her Cari’s Closet group put an asterisk next to her brand? On all fronts, it’s been… Read more »

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Paul Marchant Galen Weston

TIME FOR WESTONS TO SPIN OUT PENNEYS/PRIMARK

Date: July 25, 2019 - Moneybags

THE LATE Arthur Ryan was a retailing genius who founded the Penneys/Primark retail clothing giant, which today trades out of 364 stores occupying 15 million sq ft of retail space, heading for sales of £8bn this year. Based on impressive trading margins approaching 12%, this is set to deliver operating profits of close to £1bn…. Read more »

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KEVIN MYERS’S LIBEL WRIT

Date: July 25, 2019 - Fit to Print?

THE BROODING Kevin Myers, sacked from the Sunday Times for penning an anti-semitic jibe about BBC Jewish journalists, has re-entered the public arena with a libel writ against the Sunday Business Post. If it results in a High Court hearing, this will provide the most stimulating argumentation and cross-examination. Myers was recently included in a… Read more »

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Anna Kirwan and Ian Madigan

MADIGAN’S FANTASY

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

FORMER LEINSTER and Ireland out-half Ian Madigan has been having a tough time of late, but there has now been some good news on both the business and personal fronts. This week the Blackrock College boy announced his engagement to make-up artist Anna Kirwan, while his company, Fantasy Rugger Ltd, has attracted some new funding…. Read more »

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Johnnie Cooke

JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW BACKER

Date: July 25, 2019 - High Society

RESTAURATEUR Johnnie Cooke is expanding his empire again, this time with the opening of Juanito’s on trendy Drury Street, D2. Apparently, it is an “LA Soulfood restaurant” featuring “tastes from Central America merged with Asian flavours backed by seriously hot Latin music”. You get the picture. Of more interest, however, is the fact that Cooke… Read more »

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Rachael Naughton

RACHAEL NAUGHTON’S ‘RETREATS’

Date: July 25, 2019 - High Society

RACHAEL NAUGHTON, daughter of Martin and Carmel Naughton of Glen Dimplex fame, has stepped down from the board of the Irish Undergraduate Awards Company (IUA), which was subsequently listed for striking off by the Companies Office. The good news is that order has been restored. Meanwhile, Rachael is keeping busy with other interests. The IUA… Read more »

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Paula Tiernan

PAULA TIERNAN’S PAST

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

IRATE CIRCUIT Court judge Jacqueline Linnane claimed earlier this month that some solicitors should be more selective with the clients they take on. This followed her dismissal of five insurance claims by plaintiffs who had been represented by Dundalk legal firm P Tiernan & Co, where one Paula Tiernan is the principal. Her name may… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 15

Date: July 25, 2019 -

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DAVID COLEMAN’S JUDGMENT

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK’S old friend, legal eagle David Coleman, has suffered a setback at the hands of one of those dreadful vulture funds. The high-profile solicitor, who made his name acting in multi-party actions such as the Hepatitis C litigation, has been hit for a whopping €3.4m by Feniton Property Finance (affiliated to US giant CarVal). Coleman… Read more »

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Ellen O’Malley Dunlop

VLAD CULLS NO-HOPE CANDIDATES

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH NO obvious signs of mutiny after the de-selection of one or more general election candidates, Fine Gael’s director of organisation and director of elections, Paschal Donohoe, is intent on a further round of blood letting. There is much speculation about the potential political assassination of two non-performing female candidates in Dublin, namely Ellen O’Malley… Read more »

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Jeremy Corbyn

ARJUM WAJID’S ERROR

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS were seriously embarrassed at the blunder by NUJ executive member Arjum Wajid, who had been the target of Irish NUJ executive member Ronan Brady and Dublin NUJ head office worker George Kiely for alleged anti-semitism. Following an Israeli air strike that killed a Palestinian woman and her 18-month-old child in Gaza last August,… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ANTI-RUSSIAN campaign in the so-called ‘Irish’ edition of the Sunday Times is reaching Cold War proportions and reflects the obsessions of Whitehall rather than the Irish government. A front page lead story in the ST this month berated tánaiste and foreign minister Simon Coveney in a story headlined, “Coveney backs Russian trade in face… Read more »

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Patricia Ryan

PATRICIA RYAN’S PROMOTION

Date: July 25, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE RECENT handover of the presidency of the Circuit Court from Judge Raymond Groarke to Judge Patricia Ryan was met with high spirits by legal eagles and court staff as noted, with respectful amusement, by the national media. As the Irish Times reported, a chorus of, “Oh Ray, Oh Ray, Oh Ray” rang out from… Read more »

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Christy Kinahan

DANSKE TAKEN TO CLEANERS AGAIN

Date: July 25, 2019 - Hush Hush

Just when Danish banking giant Danske Bank thought the heat over the money-laundering scandal at its Estonia operations (see The Phoenix, 21/9/18) was beginning to cool, it has been hit by another furore, this time in Denmark itself. Last month Danish television’s TV2 network revealed the Danish Fraud Squad had raided a number of premises… Read more »

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GUNTHER FALKENTHAL’S TAX BILL

Date: July 25, 2019 - Hush Hush

INTERESTING to see the dreaded taxman registering a judgment against number cruncher Gunther Falkenthal. The German accountant should be familiar to fans of Goldhawk. Last month the Revenue Commissioners hit Falkenthal for €128,000, which is not the kind of trouble that accountants should find themselves in. Recently, he has been out of the headlines, but… Read more »

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Imelda May

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: July 25, 2019 - The Hot Air Brigade

‘Hallowed’ featured May within the “sensory space” of an illuminated, reflective cube in the festival’s woodland, where she wrote both within and on the fractured glass wall. Billed as an exploration of the singer’s recent transformation, her management said, “She [opened] up her private world, offering a unique honest reflection of the artist through a… Read more »

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Simon Byrne

‘TAKING ON’ THE UVF

Date: July 25, 2019 - Northwind

The north’s ‘culture wars’ continue, but at a manageable level. Fundamentally, the problem is that there is no overarching legislation about the display of flags and emblems or the construction of bonfires – all indispensable manifestations of Unionism. A Stormont committee has been examining the matter for three years at a cost of £750,000, but… Read more »

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Maria Bailey

CHOPPING MARIA BAILEY

Date: July 25, 2019 - Last Refuge

FOLLOWING recent adverse developments, Maria Bailey has lost her role as chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, but the axe could fall even further. Leo Varadkar has been agonising about taking the almost unanimous advice of close cabinet colleagues and parliamentary party members to take her off the Dún Laoghaire general election ticket. He… Read more »

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Richard Boyd-Barrett

TARGETING RICHARD BOYD BARRETT

Date: July 25, 2019 - Last Refuge

With colourful political drama in Dún Laoghaire dominating headlines, the real political news has been submerged – namely, the rise of the Green Party and the serious threat to People Before Profit (PBP) Richard Boyd Barrett’s Dáil seat. In the three local areas that largely make up the Dún Laoghaire Dáil constituency – Blackrock, Dún… Read more »

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Michelle Mulherin

MICHELLE’S MAYO MADNESS

Date: July 25, 2019 - Last Refuge

FINE GAEL farming members, a mainstay of the party for generations, are not enamoured of their Galway West TD, the fragrant Hildegarde Naughton, but they do rather like their party’s Mayo senator, Michelle Mulherin. Hildegarde is chair of the Oireachtas joint committee on climate action and she has delivered much progressive rhetoric and support for… Read more »

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Juliet O'Connell

FALLING STAR DEIRDRE KINGSTON

Date: July 25, 2019 - Last Refuge

THE REAL political drama in Kingstown involving Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey, as well as other high-profile candidates (see p10), was eclipsed briefly last week by the most contrived, politically correct storyline for some time. Labour’s Dún Laoghaire Dáil candidate, Cllr Deirdre Kingston – described by the Irish Independent as “a Labour rising star” and… Read more »

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Julie O'Leary

GENDER IMBALANCE IN CORK FG

Date: July 25, 2019 - Last Refuge

LEO VARADKAR and Fine Gael general secretary Tom Curran have a serious gender problem in Cork City and County with not a single woman being selected to run in the general election in Rebel Cork. Julie O’Leary had been added to the FG ticket in Cork North-Central, but her abysmal performance in the local elections… Read more »

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Cliff Richard

CLIFF RICHARD FOR HIGH COURT

Date: July 25, 2019 - Fit to Print?

AN UNPRECEDENTED action being taken by John Browne (brother of Dana Rosemary Scallon), who was acquitted of all charges of child abuse in an English court in 2014, is that of malicious prosecution against Independent News & Media and the Irish Independent’s then journalist, Greg Harkin. Brown is also suing another sister, Susan Stein, as… Read more »

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Paddy Agnew

WHEN IN ROME…

Date: July 25, 2019 - Fit to Print?

IRISH TIMES management’s triumphal declaration of victory over its 28-year-long Rome correspondent, Paddy Agnew, last February may have been a bit premature, judging by a recent letter to IT freelancers from managing editor Cliff Taylor. When the newspaper ran a coach and horses through his wages and conditions, Agnew failed in his unfair dismissal case… Read more »

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Phil Hogan

BIG PHIL’S ‘FAKE NEWS’

Date: July 25, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

Since the removal of EU milk quotas in 2015, Ireland’s dairy herd has grown by more than a quarter, sending carbon emissions – as well as water and air pollution – from the sector skyrocketing. This has happened despite heroic spin about ‘efficiency’ from agriculture minister Michael Creed and co. Much of this glut of… Read more »

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FICKLE FARMERS

Date: July 25, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

The howls of outrage from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at the recent Mercosur trade deal with South America included its slogan, “One burned every minute”. This relates to the shocking destruction of an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch every 60 seconds for cattle grazing and ranching. The IFA’s touching new-found… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: July 25, 2019 - Bog Cuttings

‘FUCKING EEJITS’ A BALLYROAN woman who was drunkenly falling over and abusing gardaí by calling them “fucking eejits” was convicted and fined in Portlaoise District Court. Linda O’Donnell, 20 The Cross of Newtown, Ballyroan was charged with being intoxicated in a public space and threatening and abusive behaviour. The gardaí were dealing with an assault… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

DENIS BROSNAN’S WRITE-OFF

Date: July 25, 2019 - High Society

FORMER Kerry Foods boss Denis Brosnan has had a myriad of interests since he went his own way in 2003. One constant down the decades, however, has been horse racing, but the Brosnan bloodstock business took something of a tumble last year. These days, Brosnan focuses much of his energy on his role as chairman… Read more »

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Anne O'Donoghue

O’DONOGHUE DELIVERS FIRST REPORT

Date: July 25, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THE CASH-STRAPPED Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) is advertising for a general manager at one of the handful of properties for which it is responsible – Fota House in Cork. The 2018 annual report has also just been published – the first for chief executive Anne O’Donoghue – but the figures are less than encouraging. Fota… Read more »

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NGI SEEKS NEW FACES

Date: July 25, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

TWO SEATS on the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) board are up for grabs and would-be directors have until August 15 to apply for selection by Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan. The two new vacancies arise following the expiry of the terms of Margaret Glynn and Suzanne McDougald, both appointed in 2014. A third 2014… Read more »

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