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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

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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Ann Marie Nohl

ANN MARIE NOHL’S NEW ROLE

Date: November 29, 2018 - High Society

AN ARCHITECTURAL business was quietly wound up a few weeks ago, which would not normally pique Goldhawk’s interest, but it turns out that one of the players here is former ‘celebrity’ restaurant owner Ann Marie Nohl. Although it has been a couple of years since Ms Nohl was popping up in the Sindo, she was… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

WINDING UP THE TONY RYAN TRUST

Date: November 29, 2018 - High Society

HAVING HANDED out just over €2m to various entities last year (and more than €15m during its lifetime), the Tony Ryan Trust has now run out of money and is in the process of being wound up. The trust was established in 2009 with the core objectives of the advancement of education, the advancement of… Read more »

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Giorgio Casari

CASARI’S COMEBACK

Date: November 29, 2018 - High Society

THE RETURN of Giorgio Casari to the Dublin restaurant scene has been much anticipated and a new venture in Ranelagh is on the cards. However, he is not actually a director of the business. Fans of Goldhawk will be aware that Casari ended up in a legal standoff with his former business partners, Jeff Stokes… Read more »

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THE ABBEY’S NEW NUMBER CRUNCHER

Date: November 29, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

CULTURE MINISTER Josepha Madigan has been busy making appointments to the boards of some national cultural institutions. One of these is accountant Peter Lowry, who has popped up at the Abbey Theatre. The fact that he is a number cruncher will not come as a surprise. The previous appointee here was PwC number cruncher James… Read more »

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Selina Cartmell

SELINA CARTMELL VS GRAHAM McLAREN

Date: November 29, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

IT’S THE time of year when our two biggest institutions announce winter and spring programmes – ones that will leave audiences and, more importantly, the Arts Council scratching their heads. Christmas productions rarely push artistic boundaries and this year is no exception. The Gate’s artistic director, Selina Cartmell, knows a cash cow when she sees… Read more »

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John Magnier has been thrust into the spotlight thanks to a legal dispute over the 750-acre Barne Estate in Tipperary, while Moya Doherty had a problem with her neighbour.

GOING GETS TOUGH AT GOFFS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THESE ARE testing times for a lot of people in the bloodstock industry and breeders were recently reminded that there is no demand at the moment for much of the bloodstock being offered. The clearance rate for flat bred foals on the opening day of the Goffs November Sale was a worrying 59%, which means… Read more »

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Henry Beeby

HENRY BEEBY’S HEADACHE

Date: November 29, 2018 - Sport of Kings

IT IS not only breeders who took a hiding at the sales as the reduction in demand clearly hit the auction houses. Turnover at the six-day Goffs November Foal and Breeding Stock Sale plummeted by over U12m on the corresponding returns from 2017. With all sales subject to a 6% buyers’ premium, that fall equates… Read more »

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Bryan Cooper

BRYAN COOPER’S LATEST CHANCE

Date: November 29, 2018 - Sport of Kings

BRYAN COOPER’S career as a jockey is sometimes compared to a rollercoaster ride and the Kerryman could find himself on the way back up again thanks to a new arrangement with powerful owner Chris Jones. Up until recently, Jones had an agreement with Davy Russell that saw him take the mount on the Jones runners… Read more »

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Cristina Patino

CRISTINA PATINO’S NINE NAGS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Sport of Kings

WHEN A flat yearling is sold at public auction, it qualifies for a programme of two-year-old maiden races the following year, restricted to horses sold at public auction up to a maximum value of, for example, €50,000. The system doesn’t always work smoothly, however. In the current set-up, each runner is allotted a weight –… Read more »

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Jason Hannon

MAINSTAY SHARE COLLAPSE COULD TEMPT INVESTORS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Moneybags

THE COLLAPSE in the share price of Mainstay Medical earlier this month has seen million wiped off the company’s market capitalisation. However, the market overreaction could present opportunities for intrepid investors who are happy to take a long-term punt on the potentially lucrative medical device being developed by this Irish company. While the outcome of… Read more »

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Gary McGann

GARY MCGANN FAILS TO DELIVER FOR ARYZTA

Date: November 29, 2018 - Moneybags

SINCE THE appointment of Gary McGann as chairman of Aryzta in December 2016, the share price has fallen from €40 to its current €1.20, a drop of 97%. This is one of the single worst episodes of equity destruction of any Irish company. It is hard to see how the chairman can remain in situ… Read more »

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David Lynch and Donal Cronins

DAVID LYNCH’S WINDFALL

Date: November 29, 2018 - Briefcases

THE DAVID Lynch-owned Capital Cover Group (CCG), which includes Brennan Insurances – one of the country’s oldest insurance operators – was bought by Donal Cronin’s Arachas Corporate Brokers late last year. Documents filed in the Companies Office this month reveal just how well Lynch did out of the sale. Arachas completed the acquisition of CCG… Read more »

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John Byrne

JOHN BYRNE JNR’S VAST PROFITS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Briefcases

ACCOUNTS JUST filed for a company called Santenay Ltd shine a clear light on the vast wealth of the principals in the property empire, which was built up over decades by Kerryman John Byrne (well-known pal of Charlie Haughey). The two directors here – Ballsbridge-based Ciara Byrne, wife of John Byrne, and her son, John… Read more »

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Brendan Halligan

BRENDAN HALLIGAN’S D2 DESTINATION

Date: November 29, 2018 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK has reported on the rise and rise of Brendan Halligan’s Ireland China Institute, but not all Sino-Gaelic endeavours are thriving. Earlier this month, the dreaded Revenue registered a judgment against something called The Chinese & Irish Cultural Foundation Ltd (CICF). Meanwhile, Halligan’s institute is stuck on the northside for now. The CICF was set… Read more »

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WILL DOWLING’S LANGUAGE PROBLEM

Date: November 29, 2018 - Briefcases

WITH LOTS of businesses seeking a slice of the growing English-language tuition sector, there have been a few casualties. One entity that has now sought the protection of the courts is Oscars International School, which has been operating on Dublin’s Dame Street opposite the old Central Bank HQ. Owned by chief executive Will Dowling and… Read more »

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PADDY MCKILLEN’S PROFITS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Briefcases

WHILE THE media has increasingly focused on the ubiquitous Paddy McKillen jnr’s exhausting expansion of the Press Up group, behind the scenes his dad, moneybags Paddy McKillen snr, continues to have a major say in affairs. Indeed, the latter is the ultimate controlling party in the McKillen group of companies and the money continues to… Read more »

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Sonya Lennon

SONYA LENNON’S MANY HATS

Date: November 29, 2018 - Briefcases

WITH MOVES being made to introduce gender-based professorships in universities and the news agenda increasingly featuring discussions about the level of female participation in assorted sectors, it is clear that this issue is gaining momentum. One woman who has been an active in the campaign is Sonya Lennon, who also has a tech company to… Read more »

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Eoghan Murphy

POSH BOY MURPHY’S NOBLESS OBLIGE

Date: November 27, 2018 - Pillars of Society

FOR ALL his Leo-style skinny neck ties and multifarious photo ops of him emerging à la the Man from Atlantis from muscle-rippling sea swims, there is something innately Dickensian about Eoghan Robert Murphy. Maybe it’s his lush beard. Maybe it’s his mannered elocution or his cut-glass law library lineage. One thing it certainly cannot be… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

DR VARADKAR’S DILEMMA

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has been defended by his party colleagues as a doctor with experience of management practice in the health service after yet another PR howler attacking medics for taking holidays at Christmas and New Year. But given the angry response from health workers and public alike, Vlad still found it necessary to pen… Read more »

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IVY’S PR BLITZ

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

SOME rather ingratiating advertisements appeared in the national dailies recently, thanking Irish customers of The Ivy restaurant, the ritzy eatery that opened in Dublin’s Molesworth Street in the summer. It thanked Irish customers “for the great welcome” it had received, saying that it was “extremely important to us that we became part of the local… Read more »

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Paul Williams

PAUL WILLIAMS’S EXIT

Date: November 15, 2018 - Fit to Print?

NEWSTALK BREAKFAST’S joint host, Paul Williams, met with managing editor Patricia Monahan last Thursday and, following a fraught discussion, it was agreed that the next morning’s programme would be his last. The manner of his exit reflected the mutual dissatisfaction between Williams and station bosses over the last year as listenership declined and stalled. When… Read more »

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Jamie Heaslip

LOVIN MEDIA’S SAUDI LOVE IN

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

Irish businessman Emmet O’Neill must be shocked at some of the articles being published by Lovin Saudi, a franchise of his Lovin Media Group. Lovin’s expansion into Saudi Arabia was announced by group managing director Trevor Daly last year. The Saudi franchise is operated by a separate company, Augustus Holdings, a Dubai-headquartered entity fronted by… Read more »

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Brian Hayes

LOST LEADER BRIAN HAYES

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

RICHARD BRUTON is the man that effectively blocked MEP Brian Hayes’s planned route back to the top in national politics. But judging by his recent remarks on Irish banks, the MEP charted another route – to the Irish banking sector – in jig time. No Irish MEP has ever sustained such a strong a domestic… Read more »

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SHARON BANNERTON’S NEUTRALITY

Date: November 15, 2018 - Hush Hush

THERE HAS not been much love shown by the media to presidential runner-up Peter Casey. Even the normally cuddly Ryan Tubridy got his claws out for the interview on The Late Late Show. While the host’s performance raised eyebrows and drew a significant number of complaints from viewers, the interview was particularly bruising for the… Read more »

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ARAMARK RATTLED

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

Is food services giant Aramark starting to panic about the boycott of its cafes and restaurants by students at the University of Limerick (UL)? It certainly looks that way. The US company admitted to student newspaper An Focal that its employees distributed leaflets on the Castletroy campus recently, in response to growing student discontent with… Read more »

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Karan O'Loughlin

JOHN ARKINS’S HEADACHE

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE TIMING of Prime Time’s recent breathless exposé of the Irish film industry was less than perfect for the Irish Film Workers Association (IFWA), the ‘union’ that has been getting a lot of traction since its appearance before Peadar Tóibín’s Oireachtas culture committee earlier this… Read more »

Dermot Desmond

MARKING DERMO’S CARD

Date: November 15, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT AN extravagant splash the Sunday Business Post published on the “Billionaire investor. Media mogul. IFSC visionary… patriot and a fearsome litigant”, Dermot Desmond, last weekend. The massive, trillion-word feature by Barry Whyte was studious in its check list of ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ side of Desmond, but it is unlikely that… Read more »

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