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Gemma O'Doherty

GEMMA EXPOSES CHRISTCHURCH!

Date: March 21, 2019 - Fit to Print?

“INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST” Gemma O’Doherty has either produced the international scoop of the 21st century or shot herself in various limbs with the assertion that the Christchurch horror “has all the hallmarks of a classic false flag operation… à la 9/11. A professional job. The public… Read more »

Richard Bruton

KIDDING YOU NOT

Date: March 21, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

The kids are all right. Last Friday, an estimated 1.4 million schoolchildren worldwide walked out of school and took to the streets to demand climate action. The scale and intensity of the protest was without precedent. Up to 15,000 students convened on Stephen’s Green in Dublin and marched noisily, colourfully and peacefully to a mass… Read more »

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LEO VARADKAR’S FARM FAN

Date: March 21, 2019 - Fowl Emissions

Just days before the schools climate strike, another street-based show of strength took place in Dublin, this time in the leafy environs of Lansdowne Road. Donning their green scarves, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and foreign minister Simon Coveney were photographed strolling to the rugby match with… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: March 21, 2019 - Bog Cuttings

Garda called a ‘dickhead’ A CARRICK-ON-SUIR man called a garda a “dickhead” and made a rude gesture at him when the officer seized a car he was sitting in. Dean Foley of 19 Glenview, Carrick-on-Suir, pleaded guilty in the District Court to engaging in disorderly… Read more »

Rosheen McGuckian

ROSHEEN McGUCKIAN’S EXIT

Date: March 21, 2019 - High Society

THERE HAVE been changes at NTR’s charitable foundation, with NTR chief executive Rosheen McGuckian, who chaired the charity, stepping down last year. McGuckian is a woman in demand and a high-profile gig as a non-executive director of Green Reit will surely be taking up a chunk of her time. She also sits on the board… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

KAREN’S WEDDING DATES

Date: March 21, 2019 - High Society

THE IRISH arm of a business that organises glamorous weddings in the port of Lindos on the sunny Greek island of Rhodes has come a cropper at the hands of the dreaded taxman. The good news is that another venture is up and running. An operation called Lindos Weddings was established in 2004 by Karen… Read more »

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Seána Kerslake

THE HOLE IN THE GROUND – DIRECTED BY LEE CRONIN

Date: March 21, 2019 - MoviesReviews

THERE’S NOT much wrong with Lee Cronin’s technically adept debut, The Hole in the Ground. Its problem is that, although it is streets ahead of recent Irish-made schlockers, like Brian O’Malley’s The Lodgers, Cronin’s film is not remarkable enough to rise above humdrum genre fare. It falls down in its storytelling, confusing plot with story,… Read more »

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WHEN ALL IS SAID – ANNE GRIFFIN (SCEPTRE)

Date: March 21, 2019 - BooksReviews

THIS DEBUT novel from the prize-winning short-story writer takes the form of a series of expansive inner monologues by a recently widowed 84-year-old farmer, Maurice Hannigan. Over the course of a fateful night, he sits at the bar of his local hotel, where he drinks several elegiac toasts to the most influential people he has… Read more »

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Sheila Pratschke

NO QUEUE TO SUCCEED PRATSCHKE

Date: March 21, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

CULTURE MINISTER Josepha Madigan’s search for the next chair of the Arts Council has begun (albeit a little late in the day), but suitable candidates are in rather short supply. When outgoing chair Sheila Pratschke’s five-year term was coming to its end date (February 25), Goldhawk asked about the advertising of the post, as well… Read more »

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SLOWLY DOES AT IVEAGH HOUSE

Date: March 21, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

DOCUMENTS released to Goldhawk reveal that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade created the new post of cultural director as it was deemed one of a number of “urgent positions”. Mandarins had agreed they should “seek to immediately reinforce a number of areas… identified as critical in helping the department mitigate against significant risks… Read more »

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Katie Holly

MORE HAPPY ENDINGS FOR FILM PRODUCERS

Date: March 21, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

BY HAPPY coincidence, figures have emerged from three separate film and television funding schemes that dispense public lolly to hard-pressed producers. The Sound and Vision fund at Michael O’Keefe’s Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has come up trumps, with just over €5m for 29 TV projects, while Annie Doona’s Screen Ireland (SI) threw a handy… Read more »

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Sean Mulryan

BOOM GETTING BOOMIER

Date: March 21, 2019 - Sport of Kings

FANS OF Goldhawk may not have been too surprised to see Sean Mulryan in the winners’ enclosure at Cheltenham last week (see The Phoenix, 22/2/19). Mulryan celebrated his first runner at the Cheltenham Festival in 10 years in the best way – by winning his own race, the Ballymore Novices Hurdle, with City Island (bought… Read more »

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Rachael Blackmore

BLACKMORE’S BRACE

Date: March 21, 2019 - Sport of Kings

DESPITE HER ascension into the top tier of jump jockeys, Rachael Blackmore still had a point to prove as, before the Cheltenham festival, she hadn’t ridden a Grade 1 winner nor had she ridden a winner there. She put those two omissions to bed in style, breaking her festival duck in the prestigious colours of… Read more »

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DECLAN LAVERY’S SURPRISE BAN

Date: March 21, 2019 - Sport of Kings

A GROUP of Irish amateur jockeys felt the full force of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) at Cheltenham when the trio of Declan Lavery, Rob James and Noel McParlan were banned for a total of 37 days between them in circumstances that could have long-term repercussions for the sport. The first case has caused very… Read more »

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Rich Ricci

RICCI FEELS THE HEAT

Date: March 21, 2019 - Sport of Kings

CHELTENHAM provided liberal helpings of thrills. There was also karma of sorts at play when the Rich Ricci-owned Benie Des Dieux, considered by many as one of the bankers of the meeting, stumbled and fell after the last in the Mares’ Hurdle with the race… Read more »

Albert Manifold

TIME FOR CRH TO SPIN OFF US INTERESTS

Date: March 21, 2019 - Moneybags

TAKING ADVANTAGE of the recent collapse in CRH’s share price, the arrival on the share register last month of the largest activist fund in Europe – the Stockholm-based Cevian (which picked up a 3% stake for €600m) – caused excitement in Dublin, but wrong-footed the… Read more »

Tony Smurfit

WILL INT PAPER SWOOP ON SMURFIT AGAIN?

Date: March 21, 2019 - Moneybags

SMURFIT KAPPA’S Tony Smurfit has proven a short-sighted CEO who displays little awareness of the bigger picture. When the much larger International Paper (IP) cardboard box company requested a meeting on February 14 last year to put forward “a specific proposal”, Smurfit informed IP that it was his firm belief that it would not be… Read more »

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BACSTROKE’S BAD NEWS

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for the production company and, er, specialists in inflatable leisure Bacstroke Limited, which featured on the tax defaulters’ list, having paid the Revenue almost €60,000, including penalties and interest. The Ballymount-based Prop Me Up group (owned by Bacstroke) was hit for underdeclaration of corporation tax, PAYE, USC and PRSI. A quick glance… Read more »

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Rachel Graham

RACHEL GRAHAM BOUNCES BACK

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

Rachel Graham and hubby Victor Graham’s Italian-themed Dundalk restaurant, Eno, had a liquidator appointed last month. Entrepreneur Rachel previously owned a specialist shoe shop, The Shoe Room, which catered for women with larger feet. It operated above the restaurant for four years before folding. The good news is the couple had already launched a new,… Read more »

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Evan Chamberlain

TV PRODUCER FEELS THE PINCH

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

A busy Ranelagh-based television production firm, Good Company Productions Limited, starred in the latest tax defaulters’ list, having paid the Revenue some €219,000 (including €78,000 in penalties and interest) for underdeclaration of VAT, PAYE, PRSI and USC. Judging by the last accounts, Good Company has gone through a bit of a rough patch, with accumulated… Read more »

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Alan Hynes

FINAL WORD ON ALAN HYNES?

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

A small legal notice published in the media last week by Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) marks the final chapter in the long-running Alan Hynes saga. The legal note confirmed that the exclusion of Hynes from CAI membership has now come into effect (following the dismissal of the controversial accountant’s appeal). Fans of Goldhawk will recall… Read more »

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VITGESON’S MILLION EURO BONUS

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

THE receiver of a Nama-controlled property development company, Vitgeson Limited, offloaded a 59-acre site in Blackcastle, Co Meath, for a healthy €9.5m – €1m more than it had been previously valued. Meath-based Vitgeson has begun to turn things around since Tom O’Brien was appointed receiver in 2016, but there are still some lingering issues. Vitgeson… Read more »

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Ruthie Heatherington

RUTHIE H’S HARD TIMES

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

FANS of Goldhawk will remember nutrition entrepreneur Ruth Heatherington and her company, Miss Fit Enterprises Ltd, which has now been wound up. Heatherington previously refused to tell Goldhawk if the recall of her Miss Fit Skinny brand of teas and coffees by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) had anything to do with the… Read more »

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Joan Lynch

JOAN LYNCH’S TAXING TIMES

Date: March 21, 2019 - Briefcases

ONE of the companies in the Born Clothing franchise, Born Clothing Ltd, has featured on the tax defaulters’ list, having paid the taxman €260,000, including €110,000 in interest and penalties for underdeclaration of PAYE, PRSI and USC. The parent company behind the clothing franchise, Elland Clothing Parent Ltd, is owned by fashion guru Joan Lynch…. Read more »

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Denis O'Brien

DENIS O’BRIEN MISCALCULATES

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

NOBODY HAS ever accused Denis O’Brien of not being able to count or play poker, but he certainly got it wrong in negotiations to settle with the Sunday Business Post in an agreement that would have averted his crushing defeat in the High Court libel case last week. Michael McDowell received plaudits for his bravura… Read more »

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Jim O'Callaghan

JIM O’CALLAGHAN UNDER THREAT

Date: March 7, 2019 - Last Refuge

THERE WAS a time when Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesperson, Jim O’Callaghan, was Micheál Martin’s right-hand man in the parliamentary party and a member of the inner circle along with advisors Deirdre Gillane and Pat McParland. However, Jim received a rap across the knuckles recently in a public admonition from the leadership delivered via the Irish… Read more »

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Michael McDowell

PROFILE: MICHAEL MCDOWELL

Date: March 7, 2019 - Pillars of Society

PRESENTING AS St George fighting Denis ‘The Dragon’ O’Brien during the billionaire’s recent libel case against the Sunday Business Post, Michael McDowell stole the show. Senior counsel, senator, former tánaiste and minister as well as leader of the Progressive Democrats, McDowell has prowled around the… Read more »

Ellie Kisyombe

YOUNG BLOOD: ELLIE KISYOMBE

Date: March 7, 2019 - The Young Bloods

Egotism and factionalism are the rocks that threaten to scupper the Social Democrats’ ship before the party even leaves the harbour. The recent furore over its local candidate for Dublin’s North Inner electoral area, Malawian national Ellie Kisyombe (41), and the cack-handed management of the… Read more »

Stephanie O'Toole

ISRAELI BACKLASH AT DCU

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

Students at another Irish university will vote on whether their union should sign up to the Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli occupation, with a referendum being held this week by DCU’s student union (SU). If passed, it will mean that the SU… Read more »

Marian Keyes

MARIAN KEYES’S MAKE-UP

Date: March 7, 2019 - Behind the Scenes

THIS MONTH the long list for the first Comedy Women In Print (CWIP) prize is announced, with our own Marian Keyes in situ on the judging panel. The new prize arises out of a perceived “sexist imbalance” (according to Keyes) in choosing the annual winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse comic fiction prize, which is… Read more »

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Ross Maguire

ROSS MAGUIRE’S GERMAN EFFICIENCY

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

AN ANONYMOUS-looking company called Generode Ltd has been listed for striking off by the Companies Office for failing to file accounts. This could prove tricky for one of its founders, outspoken debt-restructuring barrister Ross Maguire SC of New Beginning. It turns out that Ross has been involved in a number of linked property ventures, but… Read more »

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Gemma O’Doherty

GEMMA O’DOHERTY’S ROOSKEY ROWS

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

Until recently, Broadsheet.ie had been a staunch defender of former Indo journalist Gemma O’Doherty and even campaigned for her ahead of the 2018 presidential elections. Last September, when she made the bonkers claim that Veronica Guerin was murdered by the state – torpedoing her own Áras run in the process – she was given an… Read more »

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Nicholas Crossan

MCDOWELL’S GAMBLE

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE THE bolshy Michael McDowell was jousting with Denis O’Brien in the High Court, he was also keeping one eye on another issue close to his heart – the regulation of one-armed bandits. This thorny issue is set to be the subject of some interesting activity in Donegal next week. Last week in the Seanad,… Read more »

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Vol 37 No 05

Date: March 7, 2019 -

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Róisín Shorthall

THOSE ANTI-SOCIAL DEMOCRATS

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

In this issue, Goldhawk profiles the Social Democrat’s local election candidate for Dublin’s North Inner City, Ellie Kisyombe, who is at the centre of an unholy row that threatens to split her party. With its insistence on a review of Kisyombe’s backstory following recent Sunday… Read more »

Marianne Finucane

WHOSE AFRAID OF DENIS O’BRIEN?

Date: March 7, 2019 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MEDIA chill – or unbridled paranoia – that grips RTÉ management at the very suggestion of broadcasting critical coverage of Denis O’Brien was referred to in the recent Sunday Business Post libel case. But if RTÉ management is nervous about any of its investigative… Read more »