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JOHN HEDIGAN’S REPORT

JOHN HEDIGAN’S REPORT

Date: August 8, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

WITH A new Director soon to head up the National Archives of Ireland, it is to be hoped that whoever does land the five-year contract can encourage the National Archives Advisory Council to get its act together when it comes to publishing prompt annual reports. The most up to date one currently available on the… Read more »

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Sally Ann’s Van

Sally Ann’s Van

Date: August 8, 2019 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK was surprised recently to see the name of his old pal Sally Ann Luykx on the back of a van belonging to a Dublin corporate catering outfit called Let’s Eat. It turns out that Luykx has landed firmly on her feet, despite being restricted by the High Court from acting as a company director… Read more »

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APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

Date: August 8, 2019 - Sport of Kings

THERE WAS mixed news for jockey MJ O’Connor last month after a couple of run-ins with the stewards resulted in a lengthy riding suspension. While the rider and trainer still faces a lengthy lay-off, the final outcome was rather better than he might have hoped for. O’Connor’s first incident was at a Waterford point-to- point,… Read more »

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Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

COLETTE SEXTON’S CONVERSION

Date: August 8, 2019 - Fit to Print?

SUNDAY BUSINESS POST hack, Colette Sexton, will surely raise the tone and exper- tise of her new colleagues at Edelman which she joined recently. As media & marketing correspondent at the Post, Colette delivered a withering sermon to PR professionals (“necessary evils”) in 2016 starting with the advice, “Get to the point”; telling them off… Read more »

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MATT DEMPSEY’S CAMPAIGN

MATT DEMPSEY’S CAMPAIGN

Date: August 8, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

BEEF FARMERS make unlikely victims but former editor of the Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ), Matt Dempsey, has fought back against the “virulent vegan” vilification of the poor farmers. Dempsey, a beef farmer himself, recently demanded legal action against vegan advertisers (whom he accuses of being funded by unknown “venture capitalists”) for their adverts that “directly… Read more »

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FOR PEAT’S SAKE!

FOR PEAT’S SAKE!

Date: August 8, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

When it comes to failing on climate dialogue, it would be hard to beat the mess over Ireland’s peat and coal burning power stations, and the Government’s baffling refusal to sit down with unions to agree a ‘just transition’ for affected workers. You’d be forgiven for thinking the Government was taken by surprise by the… Read more »

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FILM PLOT THICKENS

FILM PLOT THICKENS

Date: August 8, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

EARLIER THIS month, the latest episode of the ongoing film and TV union saga played out at a meeting to discuss assorted plot lines, including the increasingly contentious issues of bullying and blacklisting. Fans of Goldhawk will be well aware of the film industry acrimony that has bubbled to the surface following a succession of… Read more »

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BERNARD MCCABE’S RETURN

BERNARD MCCABE’S RETURN

Date: August 8, 2019 - Last Refuge

MANY OF the dinner ‘guests’ at the recent barristers fund raiser for Fine Gael (see The Phoenix, 28/6/19) would have political as well as professional motivation in forking out €600 (senior counsel) and €400 (juniors) for the pleasure. One table saw James Geoghegan who took a seat in Pembroke in local elections; Geoghegan’s election handler,… Read more »

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DANIELLE’S TWEET

Date: August 8, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK was curious to read a report of defamation proceedings by the father of rugby player Paddy Jackson over comments circulated on Twitter by two Dublin women in the wake of the Belfast rape trial. Oddly, the Irish Times report failed to identify the parties but Goldhawk can reveal that one of the women is… Read more »

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Ger Rabbette

Question marks over Uniphar’s prescription for success

Date: August 8, 2019 - Moneybags

IN RAISING E135m at E1.15 a share by floating on the Dublin Euronext junior Growth market and London’s AIM market, Uniphar has signalled that it plans to break out of the limited Irish pharmaceutical wholesale distribution market. This float is significant in that the capital raised nearly doubles the total equity, with the new shares… Read more »

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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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Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

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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