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Denis Naughten

WHERE’S THE BEEF?

Date: June 13, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

FOR YEARS, whiny environmental types have been warning repeatedly that the Irish state is treating its legally binding international obligations to cut our carbon emissions as a bit of a joke. This in turn has prompted indignant responses from politicians and their civil servants to the effect that this was grossly unfair and that, given… Read more »

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BORD BIA’S VEGETARIAN MENU

Date: June 13, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

IRELAND HAS the lowest percentage of its agricultural land producing vegetables in the entire EU, at barely 1%. As a result, we are a net importer of much of the produce that would grow perfectly well in Irish soils. The situation is almost as bad for organic farming, which accounts for just 1.7% of Irish… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

Curtains for Dunnes STORES thief A 25-YEAR-OLD Navan man showed arrogance and impertinence by stealing goods to the value of €250 from Dunnes Stores in Navan, Judge Cormac Dunne told Trim District Court. Michael Reilly, of Boyne View, Johnstown, Navan entered the shop, walked around briefly then left. He returned with a woman who selected… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

AUSTIN DARRAGH’S WILL

Date: June 13, 2018 - High Society

NOT SURPSISINGLY, there is plenty of interest in the legal proceedings relating to the will of Austin Darragh, with his two children from his first marriage – David and Adrienne – having lodged proceedings against the famous pharmacologist’s second wife and widow, Anna Darragh. Goldhawk was surprised to see the name of Angus McDonnell popping… Read more »

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Victoria Browne

ZONING IN ON CASTLETOWN HOUSE

Date: June 13, 2018 - High Society

WHILE THE National Gallery of Ireland topped the list of free visitor attractions in the Republic last year, No 2 was the impressive 18th century Castletown House in Co Kildare, birthplace of Arthur Guinness. “Ireland’s finest stately home” got some more good news courtesy of the High Court last month, when an order by Junior… Read more »

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Eamon Dunphy

THE STAND WITH EAMON DUNPHY

Date: June 13, 2018 - PodcastsReviews

WHILE RADIO struggles to hold its place in today’s interconnected world, Ireland’s podcast space is increasingly crowded with pundits battling for listeners. In the past 18 months, Eamon Dunphy’s popular twice-weekly podcast has been mainly of interviews with a variety of commentators on the hot sporting and political topics of the day. As ever, listeners… Read more »

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The Bread Winner

THE BREAD WINNER – DIRECTED BY NORA TWOMEY

Date: June 13, 2018 - MoviesReviews

ANIMATION production is the great, but relatively unsung success of the otherwise opaque film and television business In Ireland. With animation production it is possible to accurately count the numbers employed, the duration of their employment and returns to the taxpayer in VAT and income tax. The origins of the indigenous animation business go back… Read more »

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Skin Deep

SKIN DEEP – LIZ NUGENT (PENGUIN IRELAND)

Date: June 13, 2018 - BooksReviews

“I WONDERED when rigor mortis would set in, or if it already had.” So begins Liz Nugent’s new novel – which focuses on the obsessive behaviour of a particularly unpleasant central character. The Dublin author’s first two books, Unravelling Oliver and Lying in Wait, explored dark and twisted aspects of human behaviour – a format… Read more »

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Sarah Glennie

SARAH GLENNIE’S SUCCESSOR?

Date: June 13, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

THE BOARD of IMMA, chaired by David Harvey, will be relieved to have finally advertised the post of gallery director. It has only taken a year. Not surprisingly, moolah is high on the agenda, with the job description focusing heavily on the fundraising skills of potential candidates, who have two weeks to submit their applications… Read more »

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Penelope Kenny

PENELOPE KENNY’S CONTACTS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

AMONG THOSE IMMA board members keeping a close eye on the director recruitment process is Penelope Kenny, appointed in 2015 along with Dermod Dwyer and Mary Apied. Kenny is described as a corporate governance expert, specialising in arts organisations. She set up an operation called Arts Governance – among its clients are state bodies –… Read more »

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Nora Twomey

IRISH MOVIES MISS THEIR TARGET

Date: June 13, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

ON MAY 25 Oscar-nominated The Breadwinner (see Reviews) was released in Ireland and the UK. Produced by Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny and directed by Nora Twomey, the film took €90,400 from 75 cinemas on its opening weekend, averaging €1,200 a cinema. Of the total, €15,000 came from the 36 cinemas in the Republic – or… Read more »

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Merchant Navy

MAGNIER’S MERCHANT BANKER

Date: June 13, 2018 - Sport of Kings

JOHN MAGNIER and his investors have never been shy to take a major punt on a horse and it will be interesting to see how their gamble on Australian sprinter Merchant Navy fares. Magnier and his cronies are believed to have spent A$30m to buy the horse after he won the appropriately sponsored Coolmore Stud… Read more »

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TWITTER CALM AT IHRB

Date: June 13, 2018 - Sport of Kings

FOLLOWING the Paul Townend incident at Punchestown, when the jockey threw away an almost certain victory aboard Al Boum Photo, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is under fire, but the wheels are turning slowly. The main complaint relates to the absence of transparency and the wait until the following day to release a more… Read more »

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Saeed Bin Suroor

BIN SUROOR’S BAD BATCH

Date: June 13, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THIS YEAR’S Epsom Derby was a much needed triumph for Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s global racing entity Godolphin. While morale within the camp will have been boosted by Masar’s victory, it probably didn’t extend to Saeed Bin Suroor, who for so long has been the main Godolphin trainer. Bin Suroor has been usurped in no… Read more »

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MICHAEL MCMANUS’S JUDGEMENT

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a familiar name that popped up recently in Stubb’s Gazette. Roscommon businessman Michael McManus had a small judgment for €10,000 registered against him by a supplier, Fermanagh-based Quinn Building Products Ltd. Self-employed businessman McManus, who runs a plant hire operation in Croghan, Co Roscommon, came to national attention in 2007 thanks to a… Read more »

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Daragh Heagney

DARAGH HEAGHNEY’S LATE FILING

Date: June 13, 2018 -

SOME good news for Goldhawk’s old pal Daragh Heagney. Peninsula Brewery Ltd – the operation behind the Harbour Bar in Howth where Heagney is the sole shareholder – has just avoided being struck off the companies register after finally getting around to filing its 2016 accounts. But a quick glance at the books reveals that… Read more »

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Diarmuid Hegarty

DIARMUID HEGARTY’S BOOK SMARTS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Griffith College president Diarmuid Hegarty, elected to the council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce earlier this year. Judging by the latest accounts filed by Bellerophon Ltd – the main company behind the Griffith College group and where Hegarty is largest shareholder – he has a lot to celebrate these days. Hegarty… Read more »

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Charles Dowd

PLYNK, PLYNK, FAIL…

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK wasn’t too surprised to learn that Irish money-messaging ‘unicorn’ Plynk has run out of dosh and is calling in the liquidator. The outfit’s troubles have been well publicised and after it failed to hit certain targets, a second tranche of funding was withheld from the company, plunging it into financial chaos earlier this year…. Read more »

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Danny Fitzpatrick

DANNY FITZPATRICK’S FACEBOOK POSTS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for outspoken Louth businessman Danny Fitzpatrick, whose scrap with Bank of Ireland has led to the closure of his restaurant. Danny and his wife Dymphna Fitzpatrick run Fitzpatrick’s Bar and Restaurant in Rockmarshall, near Dundalk, through a company called Sherwood Investments Ltd. The bank has just appointed a receiver to it on… Read more »

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Brian and Kevin Herlihy

BRIAN HERLIHY’S ‘PAIN AND SUFFERING’

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

A CORK City company at the centre of a high profile personal injuries claim has just filed its 2017 accounts and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. Herlihy Supermarket Group Ltd (HSG), owned by Rebel County businessman Brian Herlihy, hit the national headlines in March when the High Court ordered it to pay E¾m… Read more »

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Ruairi O’Ceallaigh

TAXMAN WHACKS RUAIRI O’CEALLAIGH

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

MORE hard cheese for embattled legal eagle Ruairi O’Ceallaigh, who has just had a €123,000 judgment registered against him by the taxman. Meath-based O’Ceallaigh was jailed for half a decade in 2014 (with the final two years suspended) for relieving his clients of no less than €2.8m and using the loot to fund his stock… Read more »

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Brian Larkin

A LONG WAY TO GO FOR UNITED OIL AND GAS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Moneybags

A SIGNIFICANT number of executives have exited Tullow Oil in recent times. One company that has emerged as a result is United Oil and Gas which has some small but interesting prospects, including one that comes gift-wrapped from Tullow. What is interesting about UOG for investors is its potential given its current small size. Clearly… Read more »

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Kirill Golovanov

UNDERVALUED OVOCA NEEDS TO IMPRESS SHAREHOLDERS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Moneybags

IRISH mining company Ovoca has had an unusual history since it was set up in 1985, moving from seeking zinc in Co Limerick to gold exploration in Russia. This primarily resulted from the reverse takeover of the Russian OAO Ajax gold and silver exploration firm, focused on the Magadan district in the Siberian far east…. Read more »

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Orla O'Connor

THE POWER OF (SOME) WOMEN

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE hugely successful repeal campaign has been lauded in politically correct and slightly patronising terms as a spontaneous outpouring of local communities, ordinary women, young idealists and so on. There is some truth to this but the movement was tightly controlled by three women who headed Together for Yes in a top down, PR driven… Read more »

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Simon Harris

PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITY

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE THE focus in the aftermath of the referendum has naturally been on the planned introduction of abortion services, less attention has been paid to Simon Harris’s parallel proposal to introduce free contraception. The Minister for Health recently brought his proposals before the Dáil and said he had also established a working group to examine… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

LEO VARADKAR: WHAT NEXT?

Date: May 31, 2018 - Pillars of Society

IS Leo Varadkar poised to emulate his Fine Gael leadership triumph by leading the party back into government and retaining his status as Taoiseach? Or is the shine wearing off the coolest dude ever to lead the nation? Varadkar needs to emulate ex-Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the impending general election and lead FG back to… Read more »

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Peter Tanham

PETER TANHAM

Date: May 31, 2018 - The Young Bloods

DOUBLE-JOBBING Together for Yes technocrat Peter Tanham (33) is basking in the afterglow of last weekend’s decisive referendum victory. By taking on two high-profile but potentially conflicting roles – as founder of the Transparent Referendum Initiative and head of digital for the Yes campaign – the canny Dún Laoghaire Social Democrat’s stock has risen since… Read more »

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Peter Jackson

PADDY POWER CHASES THE YANKEE DOLLAR

Date: May 31, 2018 - Moneybags

LAST MONTH’S US Supreme Court decision looks set to open up the market across the Atlantic to online gambling. This could prove a necessary shot in the arm for Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) which had been struggling over the last year, with its share price… Read more »

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Vol 36 No 11

Date: May 31, 2018 -

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Judge Peter Kelly

LEGAL FEUD

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE legal feud between High Court president Judge Peter Kelly and the barrack room lawyer from hell, Jerry Beades, continues with the latter seeking leave to appeal a ruling to the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal ruled in March against Beades’s challenge to Kelly’s appointment as High Court president, arguing it had no function… Read more »

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ED GUINEY’S SOLAS SEQUEL

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE REPORT of the Charities Regulator into Lelia Doolan’s Solas Galway Picture Palace brings down the curtain, for now, on the costly saga. Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe play starring roles, although they have rejected many of regulator John Farrelly’s findings. Fans of Goldhawk are familiar with the money-pit aspects of the story, and read… Read more »

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Dan Mcfarland

SHANE LOGAN’S POOR TACTICS

Date: May 31, 2018 - Fowl Play

FOR BIG rugby clubs facing into a World Cup season, this is an important time but Ulster Rugby, where chief executive Shane Logan remains in situ after a rough period, is looking into 2018-19 with yet more questions than answers. The only way an Ulster revival can take place next season is by signing an… Read more »

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OLGA’S BAD NEWS

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

BAD NEWS for Ruski lawyer Olga Shajaku, who has been making some serious moolah here from her translation service. She has just had a major setback courtesy of Judge Max Barrett in the Four Goldmines. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 6/4/18) that Word Perfect Translation Services (WPT) – co-owned by Shajaku and her… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

IRISH HYPOCRISY ON GAZA

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE rhetorical statements from An Taoiseach and the Foreign Minister – Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney respectively – on the murderous Israeli behaviour in Gaza were more than a little disingenuous as a study of EU differences on Israel indicates. Coveney’s ‘dressing down’ of the… Read more »

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Date: May 31, 2018 - Affairs of the NationLetters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I protest the vile anti-Semitic slur of the cover picture of your latest edition, evidently designed to stir up Jew-hatred. Thousands of Palestinians intent on murder tried to storm the Gaza/Israeli barrier, often with women and children as human shields. Rubber bullets, water cannon and teargas could not stop them; only lethal force…. Read more »

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Willie McCrea

DUP’S DIVINE RIGHT

Date: May 31, 2018 - Hush Hush

ONE has to admire British Prime Minister Theresa May’s chutzpah in elevating former DUP MP, the Rev William McCrea, to the House of Lords to bolster Brexit in that chamber. Supporters of the peace process and other squeamish liberals may cavil but the Tories would claim to have impeccable credentials when it comes to terrorism…. Read more »

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