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Barry Connell

BARRY CONNELL’S BAD LUCK

Date: December 13, 2018 - Sport of Kings

BARRY CONNELL and his trainer, Alan Fleming, are finding winners scarce these days and it was presumably frustrating to be stripped of one they did have through no fault of their own. That is what happened when Connell’s Mount Pelier won in Wexford recently. The… Read more »

John Butler

JOHN BUTLER’S BANJAXED HORSE

Date: December 13, 2018 - Sport of Kings

NEWMARKET-BASED Irish trainer John Butler has found himself in hot water with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), which has suspended his trainer’s licence for three months and fined him a total of £1,000. This looks pretty lenient. The case concerned the Butler-trained National Anthem, owned by soccer agent Mark McKay. It was ordered that the… Read more »

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Donal Murphy

DCC’S UNNECESSARY PLACING HURTS SHAREHOLDERS

Date: December 13, 2018 - Moneybags

THE MARKET has recently seen two Irish companies raise bucketloads of cash in very different circumstances. Aryzta was in desperate need of funding and raised €800m by issuing shares at an 80% discount and causing 90% dilution damage, while DCC, despite having the luxury of a healthy balance sheet, also damaged its shareholders by raising… Read more »

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Edmond Scanlon

TASTY KERRY GROUP NEEDS TO SEPARATE INGREDIENTS

Date: December 13, 2018 - Moneybags

A YEAR into the job as CEO of Kerry Group, Edmond Scanlon must be a happy man. The share price is riding high and the food ingredients technology sector is booming. However, the share rating is very high, with the p/e ratio sitting at around 25. Keeping this up will be challenging for Scanlon, but… Read more »

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Simone Rocha

SIMONE ROCHA’S ‘NONLINEAR WAY’

Date: December 13, 2018 - Briefcases

THE CHRISTMAS shopping frenzy should help further boost the overflowing coffers of London-based fashion designer Simone Rocha (daughter of John and Odette Rocha). This is very much a family affair. Simone Rocha’s designs will be on the wish lists of the so-called fashionistas, who will presumably have been impressed with her offerings in the spring… Read more »

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Aine Moriarty

IFTA’S NEW STAR SIGNING

Date: December 13, 2018 - Briefcases

HAVING STARTED out this year staring down the barrel of the Revenue’s gun, Áine Moriarty and Deirdre Hopkins – the drivers of the annual IFTA film and TV awards – will celebrate Christmas still going strong. They have just filed accounts that shed a little more light on their modus operandi and they have also… Read more »

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Ian Glass

IAN GLASS’S TRACK RECORD

Date: December 13, 2018 - Briefcases

THE HIGH Court has ordered the liquidation of a Waterford company called Galmor Ltd, which previously published the free sheet Waterford Today. This title featured in one of the various deals pulled off by Ian Glass, who has had his fair share of business setbacks. Glass is a serial entrepreneur, but many of his efforts… Read more »

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Peter Gaynor

PETER GAYNOR’S LONDON LIFE

Date: December 13, 2018 - Briefcases

NEXT WEEK the latest chapter in the Capital Foods group story will unfold when a creditors meting is held for Peter Gaynor’s Capital Food Emporium (Holdings) Ltd. Gaynor now gives his address as the rather upmarket borough of London’s Belgravia and it turns out that… Read more »

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ALISTAIR LANIGAN-O’KEEFFE’S RECIPE

Date: December 13, 2018 - Briefcases

SPARE A thought for Alistair Lanigan-O’Keeffe, who has just been declared bankrupt. The restaurateur is a well-regarded operator on the Cork scene, best known in recent years for his Kinsale eatery, The Steakhouse. Before this, Lanigan-O’Keeffe was manager at Baltimore’s The Waterfront restaurant. An alumnus of the posh British boarding school, Ampleforth College, Alistair Martin… Read more »

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Sean McLoughlin

SECRET ‘SEPTICEYE’

Date: December 13, 2018 - Briefcases

THE NEWS that a young Irishman made the world top 10 list of YouTube earners, as determined by Forbes magazine, took many people by surprise. Using the name Jack Septiceye, Athlone man Sean McLoughlin has sought to keep his finances on the QT over the last few years and it is unlikely that he appreciated… Read more »

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Katherine Zappone

ZAPPER ZAPS HER CONSTITUENCY

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE DANCING on children’s minister, Katherine Zappone’s political coffin that Fine Gael and media commentators have engaged in could be most premature judging by the astounding efforts — and resources — that Zapper has ploughed into her Dublin South-West (DSW) constituency. FG has let it be known (off record) that their second candidate alongside Colm… Read more »

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Dana

DANA LIBEL SAGA: CHAPTER 1

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

DANA’S libel settlement with the Sunday World this week is just the beginning of a long, litigious war for the singer and former presidential candidate who, along with her brother, John Brown, is suing a host of media for their coverage of his trial on… Read more »

Mary Lou McDonald

PROFILE: MARY LOU MCDONALD

Date: November 29, 2018 - Pillars of Society

WITH Mary Lou McDonald installed as Sinn Féin president, party members expect a serious electoral breakthrough in the post-Gerry Adams era. But after an initial boost, her first 10 months have not gone well and poll figures have been erratic. Then came the presidential election fiasco, with candidate Liadh Ní Riada coming fourth on a… Read more »

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Brian Hayes

BRIAN HAYES’S FLAK OVER BANK JOB

Date: November 29, 2018 - Last Refuge

THE PHOENIX readers will recall that, when MEP Brian Hayes departs the EU Parliament next summer, his new job will be chief executive of the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). They will also recall that on October 11 Hayes said, “Extraordinary progress has been made by Irish banks in getting non-performing loans off their… Read more »

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Josepha Madigan

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S BIASED BURSARIES

Date: November 29, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

NOT SURPRISINGLY, there was little (ie no) outcry after Josepha Madigan unveiled the government’s latest gender-based culture wheeze, which takes the form of the “Markievicz bursaries”. It is hard to see how such a scheme got the green light. Apparently the new bursaries “both honour Countess Constance Markievicz – herself an artist – and provide… Read more »

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Denis O'Brien

DENIS O’BRIEN’S AWARD

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS TO Denis O’Brien, who has landed an honorary fellowship from the National College of Ireland (NCI). It is the least the great educator deserves given his strong ties, financially and otherwise, to the northside institution. Earlier this month, Dinny headed down to the IFSC and donned his colourful academic robes. He is no stranger… Read more »

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LUKE COMER’S HEAVY GOING

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

ALTHOUGH ONLY a handful of people in this country can claim to be richer than developer Luke Comer, he finds himself being sued in the High Court by a couple of disgruntled former employees. They are seeking €78,000 between them for what they claim are unpaid wages over a three-year period. Comer is one of… Read more »

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Lorraine Higgins

LORRAINE HIGGINS FOR EUROPE?

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FORMER LABOUR senator Lorraine Higgins has suddenly become a lady that lunches with Blueblouse women and has been tweeting in support of the same Fine Gael ladies on various topics. At the same time, rumours are rife that Lorraine is to be a FG candidate in the European elections in Dublin. This is all very… Read more »

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JACKIE LAVIN’S LITIGATION

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERESTING to see Jackie Lavin once again suing Bill Cullen (this time with Ulster Bank). The happy couple have been down this road before. The latest proceedings come just a few months after a previous case against her long-term partner and his Glencullen Holdings, initiated five years ago, was struck out by Judge Caroline Costello…. Read more »

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Justin McAleese

MCALEESE BOWS OUT

Date: November 29, 2018 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL HQ’s strenuous efforts to foist Justin McAleese on Dublin Rathdown have blown up in their faces – and local party members are not exactly mourning the exit of former president Mary McAleese’s son. Young Justin appears to have misjudged not only the tone of Dublin Rathdown voters (probably the wealthiest in the country),… Read more »

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Vol. 36 No. 23

Date: November 29, 2018 -

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Aleida Guevara

WHO FEARS TO SPEAK?

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

EARLY LAST month, French President Emmanuel Macron demanded the creation of a “real European army”, arguing in apocalyptic mode that “we have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the US”. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel chimed in quickly, saying a European Army would show the world that “there will never again be… Read more »

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Ralph Christians

OOOPS! THE MONEY IS GONE

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with the lengthy liquidation saga at Ralph Christians’s Magma Films, where the end is finally in sight. However, despite the huge worldwide success of one of the company’s assets, the creditors here – mainly the taxpayer – are set to receive sod all. Magma was set up by Icelandic/German… Read more »

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Andrew Deeks

UCD PRESIDENT’S MAR-A-LAGO

Date: November 29, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

AUSSIE GO-GETTER and UCD president Andrew Deeks has caused academic eyebrows to arch with his grandiose projects, including the €48m creative design centre; a circa €200m new sub campus; and the Confucius Centre that recently ran €5m over budget. But Deeks’s determination to ram through his €14m University Club and closure of the UCD Common… Read more »

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Jeffrey Donaldson

BORIS, JEFFREY AND BAHRAIN

Date: November 29, 2018 - Hush Hush

THE SHAM elections held over the last week in Bahrain coincided with a report from the Irish section of human rights group Front Line Defenders (FLD). The group reported instances of sexual abuse of imprisoned dissidents and once more posed questions about the role of… Read more »

Joe Schmidt

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: November 29, 2018 - The Hot Air Brigade

Contenders… What does that tangibly mean? Joe Schmidt on Ireland’s World Cup chances It was not all a thing of classical beauty. Not poetry. Much of the time a shift in a Polish steelworks circa 1972 rather than a soirée at Lissadell in the last years of the Celtic Revival. Fergal Keane on Ireland’s victory… Read more »

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Boris Johnson

FOSTER’S FINALE

Date: November 29, 2018 - Bird's Eye View

LAST WEEKEND’S DUP conference turned out to be a damp squib. It coincided with the sealing of the Brexit deal in Brussels and the beginning of Theresa May’s frantic fortnight sales campaign to win support for the deal, not least in her own party. The much-hyped star turn at the conference, Boris Johnson, fell flat…. Read more »

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Marie Sherlock

FEMALE, PALE BUT NOT STALE

Date: November 29, 2018 - Last Refuge

A SURPRISINGLY tense selection battle recently took place for the honour of representing the Labour Party in the local elections for Cabra-Finglas – part of the Dáil constituency of Dublin Central – when SIPTU official Marie Sherlock was selected along with Declan Meenagh. Sherlock, an economist with SIPTU, was in charge of policy on the… Read more »

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Noel Rock

FINE GAEL’S HARD TARGETS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Last Refuge

THOSE WHO wonder why Leo Varadkar is afraid to pull the trigger and go for a general election, despite Fine Gael’s continuing poll lead over Fianna Fáil, should look at the four key constituencies that the party identified to the Irish Times recently. The party has targeted gains in Tipperary, Dublin Rathdown and Galway-Roscommon, and… Read more »

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Leslie Buckley

INM AWARDS ANGST

Date: November 29, 2018 - Fit to Print?

BEING BEATEN into second place by The Irish Times – again – in the NewsBrands journalism awards, the Sunday and Irish Independent editorial heads put a brave face on it with some creative coverage of the winners. With the IT bragging with most un-Irish Times braggadocio about winning seven awards – “more than any other… Read more »

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THE IT VS SHANE ROSS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Fit to Print?

THE OLD Lady of Tara Street will need smelling salts if or when Shane Ross’s execrable Judicial Appointments Bill is passed into legislation. The Irish Times’s deference to the judiciary has seen it fight valiantly against any encroachment on judges’ “independence”, ie the 2016 cut in their salary levels — a threat to the “corner… Read more »

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Fiona Looney

SLASH AND BURN AT ‘IRISH DAILY MAIL’

Date: November 29, 2018 - Fit to Print?

A PURGE of staff journalists, a cull of columnists and cuts for some of the more highly paid personality columnists is under way at the Irish Daily Mail as the newspaper faces a horrendous decline in circulation and advertising. The Mail’s titles have always paid its hacks good money but, facing a haemorrhage of income,… Read more »

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Richard Bruton

BRUTON REVOLUTION?

Date: November 29, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

IF EARNEST speeches by politicians promising radical, courageous action on the climate crisis were the measure of real achievement, Ireland would by now be a world leader in this field. Enda Kenny blathered and blustered with the best of them, while Leo Varadkar’s recent crocodile tears about climate action are so egregiously hammed up they… Read more »

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RTE’S CONFUSING CLIMATE

Date: November 29, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

The Irish media’s performance on climate change came under an unflattering spotlight with the recent launch of a book by former Indo scribe David Robbins, now at DCU. He found that less than 1% of press coverage deals with environmental issues and the quality is, let’s say, variable. The same week Robbins’s book was launched,… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

Judge is a true Citizen A man who had come to Derry with his girlfriend to celebrate his birthday was asked to leave a city centre hotel due to the noise he was making, Derry Magistrate’s Court heard. Emmet McNamee (34) of Lambrook Gardens in Omagh, admitted assaulting police and resisting arrest. The court heard… Read more »

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Avigdor Lieberman

ISRAEL FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Foreign Frolics

By Ramzy Baroud The November 12 botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip delineates Tel Aviv’s recent unusual failure to utilise its army as a tool to achieve Palestinian political concessions. And now that the Palestinians’ political resistance has gone global through the exponential rise of the boycott movement, the Israeli government is fighting… Read more »

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