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CORRECTION – MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

Date: September 19, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

IN The Phoenix edition of August 23 last, it was incorrectly stated that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg had funded the Irish pro-tobacco group Retailers Against Smuggling and also that he had donated a total of $20m to pro-tobacco groups globally. We are happy to correct this untrue statement and to point out that… Read more »

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Lucinda Creighton

LUCINDA’S EU APOSTASY

Date: September 19, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

LUCINDA CREIGHTON’S take on Brexit and the backstop is strange indeed coming from a former minister for Europe who immersed herself in the EU apparatus as a minister for some years. She also threw herself into the EU political network as a young Fine Gael activist. Now she is publicly advising that her close pal,… Read more »

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John Halligan

CIA-FUNDED SCARE STORIES

Date: September 19, 2019 - Hush Hush

THE RECYCLING of propaganda by western spook ‘think-tanks’ presented as objective truths is reaching epidemic proportions in the media, with the ‘Aarish’ edition of the Sunday Times in particular behaving like cheer leaders for Whitehall and the US State Department. A recent front-page splash and special feature inside the newspaper castigated the Irish government for… Read more »

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David Quinn

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: September 19, 2019 - The Hot Air Brigade

The spontaneous healing of Marion Carroll confronts us with the literally awesome possibility that something miraculous might have taken place in Knock 30 years ago. This raises questions of incalculably greater and more timeless importance than whether a country called the United Kingdom leaves an organisation called the European Union this year or next. David… Read more »

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Claire Hanna

ANTI-BREXIT (DIS)UNITY

Date: September 19, 2019 - Northwind

On September 12, Sinn Féin’s northern leader, Michelle O’Neill, issued a statement calling for co-operation between Remain supporting parties in the north to oust DUP MPs in the imminent British general election. She said there was “a unique opportunity to show Dublin, London, Europe and the world [sic] that the DUP do not speak for… Read more »

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Declan Bree

BLUESHIRT’S RURAL REALITY

Date: September 19, 2019 - Last Refuge

THINGS ARE going from bad to worse for Fine Gael in rural Ireland. According to the latest analysis, Sligo-Leitrim (where the party took two seats out of three in the old Sligo-North Leitrim constituency in 2011) could end up with no FG seat at all in the new four-seat constituency. A recent party poll showed… Read more »

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PRESIDENT’S LATITUDE

Date: September 19, 2019 - Last Refuge

YET AGAIN President Michael D Higgins has incurred the displeasure of a po-faced media for allegedly ‘pushing the boundaries’ of his office and breaching the constitution with radical (and popular) statements. But despite his image as a dotty if highly educated eccentric, Higgins is no daw and he understands the political and constitutional rules that… Read more »

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David Stanton

MICHAEL CREED’S BACK YARD

Date: September 19, 2019 - Last Refuge

AGRICULTURE MINISTER Michael Creed has issues of national importance to deal with (those bolshie beef farmers, see profile, p14), but he also has a tricky general election coming up in his Cork North-West (CNW) constituency. However, the view is that a rather contrived deal, whereby his general election running mate – Cork County councillor John… Read more »

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THE CURRENCY’S CAST

Date: September 19, 2019 - Fit to Print?

HAVING FAILED to buy the Sunday Business Post (see The Phoenix, 3/5/19) Ian Kehoe and Tom Lyons – formerly editor and acting editor, respectively – seem intent on eclipsing their old newspaper with The Currency, an online-only outlet. The duo has assembled working capital, but not from moneybags Pete Smyth, founder of investment firm Broadlake…. Read more »

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Gerry Adams

BBC TV ‘TROUBLES’

Date: September 19, 2019 - Fit to Print?

THE BBC NI series Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History, which began last week, received a lyrical welcome from Máiría Cahill in the Sunday Independent. Cahill quoted Jennifer O’Leary and other programmers who spoke of their research into events during the Troubles that few wished to talk about. Cahill also declared her own interest… Read more »

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David Horgan

CLIMATE DENIERS

Date: September 19, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

In the rich annals of human stupidity, it is unlikely that the phenomenon of organised climate denial will ever be surpassed for sheer bloody-mindedness. Yes, 2019 has seen an unprecedented series of catastrophic wildfires sweep the globe. Yes, the entire Amazon rainforest is fast approaching a critical tipping point towards collapse. Yes, biodiversity is in… Read more »

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RICHARD BRUTON’S SINK

Date: September 19, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

It may have been the excitement of the National Ploughing Championships, but climate action minister Richard Bruton rushed out a press release from the event that was, to put it mildly, puzzling. Discussing the need for resilience in the era of climate change, he said, “Agriculture is Ireland’s largest single source of greenhouse gas, but… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: September 19, 2019 - Bog Cuttings

ARRESTED TO SCORE POINTS A THIEF who stole a cancer charity collection box told the court that the crime was committed in order to be arrested so he could gain points for an online game. Andrea Zecchin, of Derramore Way, Cookstown, robbed the Marie Curie charity box from a pub in Cookstown. The police were… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

SAMMY LESLIE’S ITALIAN DISH

Date: September 19, 2019 - High Society

SAMANTHA LESLIE, the chatelaine of Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, has received some rare good financial news, relating to a charity she set up. Castle Leslie is the sprawling estate and hotel where the debts have piled up. The restoration and redevelopment of the castle and demesne has proved an expensive business, judging by the… Read more »

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Neven Maguire

NEVEN’S MAGUIRE’S INGREDIENTS

Date: September 19, 2019 - High Society

THE UBIQUITOUS Neven Maguire’s latest television dish kicked off last week on RTÉ One. And the second season of Neven’s Spanish Food Trials got its share of plugs both on the airwaves and from his fans in the print media Sindo. In return, the wily Neven is an accomplished name dropper when it comes to… Read more »

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Sarah Lynch

GOOD TIMES AT THE GATE

Date: September 19, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THERE HAS been a cast change at the Abbey where its head of producing, Sarah Lynch, has decided to exit stage left after barely two years at the national theatre. She is heading up the street to the Gate, where Selina Cartmell apparently can do no wrong. Lynch is a well-known figure in Irish theatre,… Read more »

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RUTH MCGOWAN’S SPONSOR

Date: September 19, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

WHILE THE Dublin Theatre Festival is yet to kick off, Ruth McGowan’s Dublin Fringe Festival is just winding up its 25th hooley. She will be hoping to have sold a few more tickets than last year. The 2018 festival – funded by the Arts Council to the tune of €390,000, as is this year’s gig… Read more »

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John Cronin

JOHN CRONIN’S NEW ROLE

Date: September 19, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THERE IS a new cast member at the Dublin Theatre Festival (which kicks off next week) in the form of high-flying legal eagle John Cronin of McCann Fitzgerald. No doubt, the Arts Council will be hoping his arrival helps to ensure that the financial wobble a couple of years ago is not repeated. The 2018… Read more »

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Paul Cawley

PRESENTING PAT KELLY

Date: September 19, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THE ENIGMATIC Pat Kelly – best known as the trainer of the Philip Reynolds-owned dual Cheltenham Festival winner Presenting Percy – fell foul of the Listowel stewards during the harvest festival. Kelly, whose attitude to the media is well known, was slapped with a €2,000 fine after his aptly named runner Costly Diamond was deemed… Read more »

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Jessica Harrington

BHA BLOOD WORK

Date: September 19, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THE BRITISH Horseracing Authority (BHA) has clearly stepped up its campaign to antagonise Irish trainers. Following several pre-race grillings of Charles Byrnes and Denis Hogan in recent months, focusing on their instructions to their jockeys, the BHA recently took a blood sample from a Jessica Harrington-trained runner at Salisbury just 35 minutes before the horse’s… Read more »

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FRANK FAHY FALTERS

Date: September 19, 2019 - Sport of Kings

MEDIA-SHY builder and property developer Frank Fahy hasn’t been spoilt with immediate success after taking the decision to get involved in a serious way in the racing and bloodstock game. Fahy’s purchase of Gerrardstown House Stud in Dunshaughlin a few years ago signalled his intent to start building up a portfolio of broodmares and he… Read more »

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SETBACK FOR UNCLE SAM

Date: September 19, 2019 - Sport of Kings

COOLMORE STUD’S latest poster-boy stallion, Justify, has found himself at the centre of an American doping scandal after it was reported in the New York Times that the horse, subsequently acquired by Coolmore, failed a drugs test after winning a race in California that qualified him for last year’s Kentucky Derby. This is now a… Read more »

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Kirill Golovanov

OVOCA BIO WORTH DOUBLE ITS CURRENT SHARE PRICE

Date: September 19, 2019 - Moneybags

OVOCA BIO is one of the more unusual companies on the Irish Stock Exchange. Not only has it had a rather bizarre history, but it is now capitalised at less than the value of its liquid assets. The current share price of 13 cent represents a near 50% discount on the value of the assets… Read more »

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Pat McCann

UNBALANCED DALATA HOTELS’ BEDROOM PROBLEM

Date: September 19, 2019 - Moneybags

BREXIT HAS been causing concern in the tourism sector, given that the Brits account for over 40% of current tourist visitors to the Republic. It is not just the technical difficulties that could depress the figures, but also the affect on tourism of a general slowdown in the UK economy and its knock-on weakening of… Read more »

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Myles Kirby

ANTHONY J FITZPATRICK VS MYLES KIRBY

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

LIMERICK LIQUIDATOR Anthony J Fitzpatrick suffered another setback in the latest round of his bust-up with Dublin liquidator Myles Kirby. A Court of Appeal judgment reveals that Fitzpatrick lost his appeal against a 2017 finding by Judge Mary Faherty that he had breached an order of the High Court. The row relates to the long-running… Read more »

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Paul McKeon

PAUL MCKEON’S TOUGH RACE

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

ACCOUNTANT AND entrepreneur Paul McKeon has a number of irons in the fire. The horseracing fan is currently chairman of a health clinic search website called WhatClinic, which has been haemorrhaging money in recent years, requiring plenty of transfusions of moolah. McKeon is a serious backer of the sport of kings and owns a number… Read more »

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CORRADO FORTE’S APPEAL

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

MORE ON Wexford Town businessman Corrado Forte, who had tax judgments totalling over €92,000 registered against him during the summer (see The Phoenix, 9/8/19). Goldhawk spotted a recently published judgment, which reveals that he also lost his appeal against an eye-watering 2017 Revenue judgment. In 2017, the taxman secured summary judgments against former Cappucino’s Restaurant… Read more »

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Richard Barrett

BARTRA CAPITAL’S ‘NICHE’ LIVING

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

BETWEEN public scepticism and pernickety planners, Richard Barrett’s Bartra Capital is having a hard time getting its ‘co-living’ concept off the ground in south Dublin. The former Treasury Holdings boss has just suffered another major setback in the heart of housing minister Eoghan Murphy’s constituency, where the council has refused permission for one of Bartra’s… Read more »

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Pearse Phelan

PEARSE PHELAN’S FAULTY PRESCRIPTION

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

SURELY THE most interesting name on the latest list of tax defaulters is Mediserve Homecare Ltd, which was identified as agreeing a settlement for an impressive €858,000 as a result of underdeclaration of corporation tax, PAYE, PRSI, USC and VAT. The company is controlled by Goldhawk’s old friend Pearse Phelan, a doctor whose business ventures… Read more »

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HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT’S DEMISE

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

THERE WAS a setback this month for Cork property company Hazelwood Development Ltd, which was wound up at a creditors’ meeting in Youghal. The company is somewhat typical of ventures established during the boom to take advantage of the property mania. Hazelwood was set up in 2003 to develop a housing scheme in Middleton, with… Read more »

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DISCIPLINING JAMES DORNEY

Date: September 19, 2019 - Briefcases

CORK legal eagle James Dorney has been grounded by the Law Society’s Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal. The solicitor has been suspended from practice arising from a number of findings of misconduct. Dorney first fell foul of the Law Society in 2017 for failing to provide an accountant’s report for the financial year. For that offence, he… Read more »

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Maria Bailey

MARIA BAILEY FOR THE CHOP

Date: September 5, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT A confusing series of leaks there has been about Maria Bailey and the Fine Gael general election ticket in Dún Laoghaire in the last week. Cui Bono? Richard Bruton’s recent elder-lemon statement appeared at first sight to be an indirect, unofficial leadership edict to lay off poor Maria. This would reflect a recent surge… Read more »

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Mary McAleese

MARY MCALEESE’S LATEST GIG

Date: September 5, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT IS it with Trinity College Dublin, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the preference for chancellors named Mary? Last month, the Irish Times reported that Mary McAleese is set to be nominated as the successor to Mary Robinson for the role of chancellor at the university. No doubt, provost Paddy Prendergast is on side… Read more »

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Paul O'Neill

PROFILE – PAUL O’NEILL

Date: September 5, 2019 - Pillars of Society

PHOENIX READERS will have been entertained by the anguished debate in which Irish Times journalists have become embroiled over alleged sexism at the “macho”, male-dominated newspaper (see edition, 23/8/19). But while editor Paul O’Neill must deal with the fall-out from these claims of most un-Irish Times behaviour, he will be more concerned at the latest… Read more »

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Roderic O'Gorman

YOUNG BLOODS – RODERIC O’GORMAN

Date: September 5, 2019 - The Young Bloods

Can Roderic O’Gorman ride the green wave all the way to Leinster House? To do so, the Green Party councillor will have to win a seat in Dublin West, where he has fought and lost no less than three general elections and two by-elections since 2007. But the wind is changing in his constituency as… Read more »

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Diarmuid Martin

DERMO DENIED RED HAT – AGAIN

Date: September 5, 2019 - Bird's Eye View

AN unprecedented public insight into the arcane world of how Rome deals with ageing Church leaders was provided by the normally taciturn papal nuncio, 62-year-old Nigerian-born Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo. Pope Francis’s ambassador in Dublin reportedly told a Catholic gathering recently that there would be “no vacancy” soon in Dublin for the most prestigious, but… Read more »

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