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Siún Ní Raghallaigh

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S UPLIFTING TIMES

Date: July 25, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

JUST AS culture minister Josepha Madigan was emerging unscathed from swing-gate, a happy distraction arrived in the form of a nihil obstat from the EC competition directorate for even more state moolah for the nation’s film moguls. Cue breathless PR from Madigan and Pascal Donohoe, but not too much detail of the Revenue’s ‘film regulations’…. Read more »

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Cristina Patino

CRISTINA PATINO’S WINNING STRATEGY

Date: July 25, 2019 - Sport of Kings

FANS OF Goldhawk may not have been too surprised by the debut victory of the Ger Lyons-trained Brunelle in a maiden at Leopardstown on July 18. The result has raised eyebrows given that the winner cost just €800 as a yearling. The win offers hope to owners and trainers operating on restricted budgets that a… Read more »

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Rich Ricci

RICH GETTING RICHER

Date: July 25, 2019 - Sport of Kings

FLAMBOYANT OWNER Rich Ricci had an up-and-down year last year and there were times when people were predicting his days as a free-spending owner were limited, especially after business setbacks, such as the Betbright voided bets debacle. Instead, he came out of the Betbright story with his reputation intact and finished his racing season on… Read more »

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NEW CURRAGH RACE CARD

Date: July 25, 2019 - Sport of Kings

NEWS THAT the Curragh racecourse board will be seeking to install a new chief executive to oversee the operation of the (very) expensively refurbished facility will no doubt grasp the attention of plenty of current and wannabe racecourse managers. An opportunity like this doesn’t come around often. Clearly, outgoing CEO Derek McGrath has done all… Read more »

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Henry Beeby

VINDICATION FOR BEEBY

Date: July 25, 2019 - Sport of Kings

GOFFS CHIEF executive Henry Beeby has finally managed to dispense with online pest Jim Carney, but he had to head to the High Court to do so. Wicklow-based Carney had been a persistent thorn in Beeby’s side, conducting an anti-Goffs Twitter campaign that wrongly accused Beeby and the company of underhand activities regarding the sale… Read more »

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Francesca McDonagh

FRANCESCA MCDONAGH’S PROBLEMS AT BANK OF IRELAND

Date: July 25, 2019 - Moneybags

THE CHIEF executive of Bank of Ireland (BoI), Francesca McDonagh, has overseen a total clear-out of all the top management inside the bank since she was appointed in October 2017. This is pretty drastic stuff and the relatively inexperienced CEO will need all her wits about her in the wake of such a shake up…. Read more »

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Hugh Scully

HUGH SCULLY SINGS FOR HIS SUPPER

Date: July 25, 2019 - Briefcases

FORMER DJ Hugh Scully is no stranger to soft-focus plugs in the media for his music venture, Dublin Vinyl. So Goldhawk wasn’t too surprised to see the Dublin entrepreneur pop up recently alongside his business partner, Donagh Molloy, in the Irish Times to announce their latest attempts to fund the company behind their vinyl pressing… Read more »

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HALES NOT SO HEARTY

Date: July 25, 2019 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for husband-and-wife duo John and Mary Hale, who had another tough day out in the Four Goldmines recently. A vulture fund moved one step closer to having the Dublin couple declared bankrupt on foot of a E1.9m debt after a High Court judge struck out their motion to have the bankruptcy proceedings… Read more »

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Ian Lucey

IAN LUCEY’S LATEST GLITCH

Date: July 25, 2019 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’S favourite tech investor, Ian Lucey, is dealing with some major bugs at one of his companies. Already locked in a High Court battle with developer Philip Gannon, Lucey Technology Ltd (LTL) has just had yet another judgment registered against it by a creditor, this time by the dreaded taxman. LTL is Lucey’s investment vehicle,… Read more »

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John Farrell

JOHN FARRELL’S SUPER MISS BLUES

Date: July 25, 2019 - Moneybags

DISGRUNTLED creditors of trendy Dublin 2 restaurants Super Miss Sue and Luna have cooked up some trouble for the directors and shareholders. A group of former employees and suppliers have successfully applied to the High Court to have John Healy, of Kirby Healy Chartered Accountants, replace Portmarnock number cruncher Patric Black as liquidator of Super… Read more »

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John Murphy

JOHN MURPHY’S PAIN MANAGEMENT

Date: July 25, 2019 - Briefcases

A VISIT to the dentist is a harrowing experience for many, although Dr John Murphy of Vevay Dental in Bray, Co Wicklow, has a reputation for calming patients down. He may have needed to take some of his own medicine last month, however, when AIB moved to register some painful judgments against the dentist, who… Read more »

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Declan Cregan

DECLAN CREGAN’S ‘TAX EFFICIENT EXIT’

Date: July 25, 2019 - Briefcases

ON PAGE 5 of this issue, Goldhawk takes a look at the intriguing tie-in at Shannon Airport between Declan Cregan’s company, US Air Flight Support Ltd (US Alliance), and the US military, the CIA and other US agencies. Although in business since 2008, a significant restructuring took place last year involving the arrival on the… Read more »

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JOHN SWAN’S DEFENCE

Date: July 25, 2019 - Briefcases

MORE ON Carlow wholesaler Swan Fruit Ltd, where liquidator PJ Lynch is trying to have former directors John, Niall and Alex Swan disqualified in the High Court. The matter was back in the Four Goldmines this week, where the court heard that the three Swan boys are now to enter a defence in the proceedings,… Read more »

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Phil Hogan

BIG PHIL’S PAYBACK FROM LEO

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ANGST-RIDDEN debate on the EU deal with South American trading block Mercosur is one thing, and it may be that the government can minimise the fall-out among its farming base over time. But the re-appointment as EU commissioner of Big Phil Hogan is another matter and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has scored another own goal… Read more »

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Sarah O'Shea

SARAH O’SHEA’S FOOTBALL SKILLS

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

IF ALL goes according to plan on July 20, then the subsequent annual general meeting of the FAI could see a brand new 12-person board elected, including four independent directors and with a significantly enhanced gender balance. This explains why the name of legal eagle and sports consultant Sarah O’Shea has now surfaced as a… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

PROFILE: MICHEÁL MARTIN

Date: July 11, 2019 - Pillars of Society

SUDDENLY, after three years of being widely mocked as Leo Varadkar’s pussycat and pilloried by his own members for refusing to fight the Blueshirts, Micheál Martin appears to be vindicated. The polls are beginning to show Fianna Fáil edging ahead of Fine Gael and a real poll – the local elections – reflected that lead…. Read more »

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Sean McLoughlin

YOUNG BLOODS: SEÁN MCLOUGHLIN

Date: July 11, 2019 - The Young Bloods

Millionaire Internet entrepreneur Seán McLoughlin (29), better known to his fans as Jacksepticeye, appears to be one of the most successful young Irish businessmen of recent times. Thanks to his YouTube channel, the Offaly man has built a global brand with a monstrous reach that most traditional businesses could only dream of. Exactly how did… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

MARY LOU RESHUFFLES SF DÁIL TEAM

Date: July 11, 2019 - Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN’S post-election revamp will see the restructure of various layers of the party, but already Mary Lou McDonald’s Dáil reshuffle involves a refocus on those TDs that need strengthening and greater exposure if they are to retain their seats. Bright stars Pearse Doherty, Eoin Ó Broin and Louise O’Reilly (finance, housing and health, respectively)… Read more »

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Cynthia Chua

CYNTHIA CHUA’S VIBRATIONS

Date: July 11, 2019 - High Society

IT’S INTERESTING to see that the colourful and loaded Cynthia Chua – who has recently been extolling the virtues of “perfuming your vejayjay” and giving “vulva facials” – has just registered her home address at the Deepwell mansion in Blackrock south County Dublin, five years after acquiring the impressive pile along with her hubby, renewable… Read more »

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Dermot Desmond

DERMOT DESMOND’S JET LAG

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

SURPRISING to see three companies associated with Dermot Desmond’s former investment in a Swiss private jet hire operation being listed for striking off the Companies Register. His involvement in the jet business previously resulted in some unwelcome publicity for the billionaire. Back in 2007, Dermo acquired a 67.7% stake in the Swiss-based ExecuJet operation, aiming… Read more »

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Pat Quirke

PAT QUIRKE’S RESIGNATION

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THREE MONTHS on from Tipperary farmer Pat Quirke’s high-profile conviction for murder, the company he set up to run his business has just filed accounts showing the bottom line was looking good last year. Quirke, however, has now stepped down as a director. Pat Quirke set up Breansha Farms Ltd in March 2014, the year… Read more »

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Eugene Downes

EUGENE DOWNES’S NEW GIG

Date: July 11, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

GOOD NEWS for fans of Irish cultural promotion abroad. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has finally offered the new position of cultural director to the successful candidate, barely six months after advertising the job. However, the department is not yet saying who got the nod officially, with the position to become active… Read more »

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Michael O'Leary

O’LEARY’S FLAT AMBITIONS

Date: July 11, 2019 - Sport of Kings

WHILE MONEYBAGS Mick O’Leary begins winding down his extensive portfolio of national hunt horses, he is taking the opposite approach to his nascent flat-breeding enterprise. O’Leary has long claimed to be a die-hard jumps fan and has openly shown disdain for flat racing, yet an advertisement he placed recently in some industry papers seeking a… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 14

Date: July 11, 2019 -

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JUST NOT CRICKET

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

IT’S JUST not cricket. As England’s lions bestride the sward at Lords in the Cricket World Cup, it must be recorded, with no little sadness, that Irish parliamentarians spurned Blighty’s gracious offer to play in the parallel contest, the Cricket Parliamentary World Cup. The tournament involves England, six other Commonwealth countries and Afghanistan. The churlish… Read more »

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Emmet O’Neill

EMMETT O’NEILL’S STRATEGY

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

REPORTS last week that former Topaz chief executive Emmett O’Neill is looking to sell his Lovin Media group won’t have surprised Phoenix readers. Denis O’Brien’s nephew, O’Neill, is the largest shareholder in LD Lovin Dublin Ltd and has been eager to improve the fortunes of the once-troubled company, clearly gearing up for a sale over… Read more »

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Alan Lloyd

STRIKING OFF ALAN LLOYD

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK spotted a legal notice last month published by the Law Society of Ireland’s Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proclaiming that Alan Lloyd had been struck off the Roll of Solicitors by order of the High Court. Lloyd, formerly of AM Maloney & Co in Tullamore, caused quite a stir last year when it was suggested that… Read more »

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Enda O'Coineen

‘POST’ BACKS RTÉ

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

COMING JUST days after The Phoenix broke the story about Sunday Business Post owner Enda O’Coineen’s bid to buy the RTÉ Guide (see edition, 28/6/19), the Post’s championing of RTÉ’s demand for a licence fee increase seems a touch inappropriate (or should that read, entirely logical). Barry J Whyte wrote a lengthy, full-page spread amounting… Read more »

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THRIFTY PROTESTANTS

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST MONTH, the Irish Times carried an article headlined ‘Protestants outlive Catholics, study shows’, based on a report from the CSO. The report showed that, for example, people living in affluent areas lived longer, as did owner-occupiers over renters and managers over those with just a primary school education. In terms of religion, Protestants did… Read more »

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Ursula von der Leyen

WAR LIKE FRAU

Date: July 11, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

AMID THE reams of media commentary about new EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, just the barest mention has been made of her enthusiastic championing of a European military force and her claim that “Europe’s army is already taking shape”. Whenever fuddy-duddy defenders of Irish neutrality claim that a European army is being formed,… Read more »

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Denis Donaldson

DONALDSON THROWN TO WOLVES

Date: July 11, 2019 - Hush Hush

MI5’s SPY in Sinn Féin, the late Denis Donaldson, is so (in)famous that he has made it into the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Irish Biography. Donaldson was close to the Adams/McGuinness leadership and thus able to provide strategic intelligence, but he was not at the very heart of the Provo beast. But Donaldson’s biog… Read more »

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DREW HARRIS’S COLLUSION CONCERNS

Date: July 11, 2019 - Hush Hush

GARDA COMMISSIONER Drew Harris’s presence at the head of a Garda/PSNI contingent at the Dublin Pride parade received many plaudits. But Harris was well aware that day that a hugely significant collusion judgement concerning his time in the PSNI was imminent. Last week Belfast’s Court of Appeal ordered the PSNI to set up an independent… Read more »

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Maura Higgins

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: July 11, 2019 - The Hot Air Brigade

Maura was both a symbol of modern Irish femininity, loudly opinionated with sexual agency to spare; and a colonial parody of the savage native, uncivilised and promiscuous… Maura went from an amusing and kind of embarrassing sideshow to the people’s princess, the Virgin Mary of not-virgins. Ciara O’Connor, reviewing Love Island in the Sunday Independent… Read more »

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Gavin Williamson

BORIS AND THE DUP

Date: July 11, 2019 - Northwind

There should have been a second election to a northern assembly in 2017 after the parties failed to establish an executive following the election in March. That’s the law, but it would have been an election to what? There was no chance of Sinn Féin and the DUP forming an executive. That remains the position…. Read more »

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Simon Coveney

BLUESHIRTS BATTLE FOR TOP JOBS

Date: July 11, 2019 - Last Refuge

THE BACK-room machinations by EU states’ leaders in the divvy up of EU top jobs last week were naïve child’s play compared to the parallel manoeuvring and jockeying for advancement played out at the highest level in Fine Gael. The concerted media campaign by Leo Varadkar and government handlers in staving off the threat to… Read more »

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ANYBODY BUT REILLY

Date: July 11, 2019 - Last Refuge

ABR is the acronym of the message and mission handed down from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to his chief of staff, Brian Murphy, in the urgent matter of the Dublin Fingal by-election to replace newly elected MEP Clare Daly. ABR stands for Anybody But (James) Reilly, as this urgent assignment has become known among Vlad’s close… Read more »

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