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Marie Heaney

SEAMUS HEANEY’S EXPENSIVE ARCHIVE

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE HAS been plenty of gushing coverage of the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition that marks the overdue opening of the Bank of Ireland’s Cultural and Heritage Centre at Parliament Buildings on College Green. Although there has been much talk of the material on show (for the next five years) having been donated to… Read more »

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Commissioner Drew Harris

PROFILE: COMMISSIONER DREW HARRIS

Date: July 12, 2018 - Pillars of Society

THE appointment of PSNI deputy chief constable Drew Harris, as the new garda commissioner drew mildly critical comment from Sinn Féin but it is key sections of the gardaí that could prove to be Harris’s real problem. Polite noises from garda representative bodies barely disguise… Read more »

Emer Currie

YOUNG BLOOD: EMER CURRIE

Date: July 12, 2018 - The Young Bloods

UNEASY LIES the head that serves the king seems to be the motto for Fine Gael in Dublin West where 39-year-old marketing analyst Emer Currie is the latest young, female and token candidate to be given the nod by Leo Varadkar to be his running mate in the next election. Currie is daughter of Austin,… Read more »

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Michael D Higgins

MICHAEL D’S CHORUS

Date: July 12, 2018 - Fit to Print?

THE IRISH TIMES has shown surprisingly little appetite for the high-minded ethical argument that there should be a presidential contest and has not disguised its undiluted support for Michael D Higgins’s return to the Áras. As the debate about coronation v. election intensified, an IT editorial last week trumpeted Michael D as “widely popular and… Read more »

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Victoria Beckham

POSH SPICE AND ALI HEWSON

Date: July 12, 2018 - High Society

ACROSS THE Irish Sea, Victoria Beckham’s fashion retail outfit has been running up big bills, resulting in slashed prices. Back in Ireland, there are some investors well aware of the gallons of red ink that can get spilled all over designer clobber when people who should know better get notions about fashion. In the case… Read more »

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Eoghan Murphy

EOGHAN MURPHY STRIKES BACK

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

TD Kate O’Connell’s public assault on her Fine Gael constituency ‘colleague’ Eoghan Murphy – for his alleged impotence over the planned Metrolink’s desecration of Ranelagh – saw rapid retaliatory action from the Housing Minister recently. O’Connell ambushed Murphy last month at an angry residents’ meeting on the Metro, singling out him as the politician who… Read more »

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RONAN KEATING’S PAL

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH BOYZONE having kicked off their farewell (at last!) tour in the UK, lead singer Ronan Keating still found time to tweet his support for Andrew Tinkler, who had been fired as chief executive of the UK listed transport/energy company Stobart (which operates the Aer Lingus regional service). While Keating is not known for popping… Read more »

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Conor Lenihan

CONOR LENIHAN COMEBACK?

Date: July 12, 2018 - Last Refuge

FORMER MINISTER Conor Lenihan made a surprise visit to his old stomping ground of Dublin South-West recently where, at his own request, he addressed local Fianna Fáil councillors on the onerous task of rebuilding the party. More specifically, he proposed that the councillors support his quest for the party nomination to run for the European… Read more »

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Eleanor McEvoy

ELEANOR McEVOY’S SAD SONG

Date: July 12, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

LAST WEEK singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy put on her hat as chair of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) – which represents songwriters, composers and music publishers – to bemoan a vote by the European Parliament. The MEPs shot down a long overdue proposal to begin updating copyright laws to make the likes of YouTube pay… Read more »

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Vol 36 No 14

Date: July 12, 2018 -

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INM’S DATA DILEMMA

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ODCE investigation into the massive data breach at Independent News & Media (INM) has dominated coverage of the issue. The ODCE’s involvement is likely to be long and complex and the ability of interested parties to further prolong legal proceedings by judicial review, appeals and so on are almost limitless if they so decide…. Read more »

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Mary McAleese

METHOD TO McALEESE MADNESS

Date: July 12, 2018 - Clerical Errors

MANY IRISH Catholics believe former President Mary McAleese has lost a sense of balance on controversial gender issues as instanced by her latest condemnation of church teaching on homosexuality as “evil”. Critics say her increasingly anti-church establishment pronouncements are driven by her public support for her son Justin, who is openly gay and recently married…. Read more »

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Prince Harry

BENDING THE KNEE

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE is something out of sync with the rush to fete the sixth in line to the British crown, the Duke (and Duchess) of Sussex, aka Harry and Meghan. An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar – again speaking without the aid of pre-prepared script – revealed the unbalanced approach of this government to the British royal family… Read more »

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Michéal Martin

THE BUDGET: GUNS OR HOUSES?

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

MICHEÁL MARTIN and his party face an interesting dilemma in the run-up to the October budget as opposition TDs are mobilising against a sharp rise in defence spending as demanded by Ireland’s membership of Pesco, the EU military alliance. Up to 50 TDs and senators have signed up to a pact organised around defence of… Read more »

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Declan O'Callaghan

DECLAN O’CALLAGHAN’S EXIT

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

IT MAY not come as too great a surprise to hear that controversial Ballaghaderreen legal eagle Declan O’Callaghan has decided to step down as chair of an organisation called Council for the West (CfW). Although he is still before the courts, the revelations to date concerning “excessive” fees are unlikely to have gone down well… Read more »

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Deirdre De Burca

JACK HITS THE ROAD

Date: July 12, 2018 - Beyond the Pale

WICKLOW would normally be an easy bet for any Labour Party general election candidate, especially one who is chairman of the party and who was for years the face of Siptu, the country’s biggest union. But former union boss Jack O’Connor is finding it tough in a constituency that returned a Labour TD in every… Read more »

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WRONG SIGNAL

Date: July 12, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

RACO (the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers) keeps up with military events at home as well as abroad and most members of this elite officer corps would approve the government signing up to the EU’s expanding security and defence organisation, Pesco. This, of course, has led to disquiet among the civilian population about the threat… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

NORDIES’ VIEW OF LEO VARADKAR

Date: July 12, 2018 - Bird's Eye View

LEO VARADKAR has probably uttered millions of words since he became Taoiseach. But the words that set little men lepping around inside Northern nationalist heads, banging gongs and whooping, were uttered in December last year. That’s when An Taoiseach addressed the North with the words: “You will never again be left behind by an Irish… Read more »

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Frances Fitzgerald

FRANCES AND PRECOCIOUS VLAD

Date: July 12, 2018 - Last Refuge

THERE’S INGRATITUDE and ingratitude and then there’s Frances Fitzgerald’s attitude to her leader, Leo Varadkar. Fragrant Frances quipped at a fundraiser for Mary Newman – sister of TD Kate O’Connell who was added to the Fine Gael election ticket in Tipperary last week – that she “didn’t wake up at 15 and decide to become… Read more »

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Liadh Ní Riada

SINN FEIN’S PRESIDENTIAL DELUSIONS

Date: July 12, 2018 - Last Refuge

HAS Mary Lou McDonald driven Sinn Féin into a no-win situation with her demand for a presidential election and the proposal that SF will fill the void either with its own candidate or support for an Independent Few SF members outside Mary Lou’s circle of advisers and confidantes are enthusiastic about the proposition. This is… Read more »

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Catherine Noone

FINE GAEL SEARCHING FOR WOMEN

Date: July 12, 2018 - Last Refuge

THE DAMNED gender quota for general election candidates coupled with the current feminist upsurge is causing serious problems for the lads in the Blueshirt leadership, locally and nationally. One way round it is to stuff election slates around the country with token women to fulfill the gender imperative. Repeal the 8th icon Senator Catherine Noone… Read more »

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Gilad Erdan

ISRAELIS FIX IRISH MEDIA POLLS

Date: July 12, 2018 - Fit to Print?

THE ISRAELI propaganda machine is flushed with victory after overturning for the second time an Irish poll which, before being targeted by the Israelis, showed a two-to-one majority in favour of Palestinians. Last year an Irish Times poll asked readers if they supported Dublin City Council flying the Palestinian flag above City Hall and the… Read more »

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

OFFENDING ALAN SHATTER

Date: July 12, 2018 - Fit to Print?

THERE was apprehension, on both sides ahead of a meeting between Irish Independent editor Fionnan Sheehan and Alan Shatter to discuss terms of a settlement over erroneous Indo comments on the former justice minister. In his analysis of Judge Charleton’s Disclosures Tribunal the Indo’s John Downing had remarked that Shatter’s legal challenge to an adverse… Read more »

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‘FAKE MOOS’

Date: July 12, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

ASTONISHING progress has been achieved by the Irish dairy sector in the last few years in massively increasing production while simultaneously almost flat-lining emissions. As Agriculture Minister Michael Creed said in a written reply to a Dáil question in April: “In the five-year period 2012-16, dairy cow numbers have increased by 22% and corresponding milk… Read more »

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Evelyn Cusack

VARIABLE EVELYN

Date: July 12, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

THE ONGOING heatwave seems to have got people over at Met Éireann HQ in Glasnevin a little hot under the collar. With the unflappable Gerry Fleming no longer at the helm, its new head of forecasting Evelyn Cusack was clearly unhappy when challenged over her ongoing refusal to engage with the obvious fact that climate… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: July 12, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

DRUNK FARMER’S TROUSERS FELL DURING PURSUIT A DRUNK farmer who hitched a lift from his son on the back of his tractor exposed his backside after his trousers fell down during a pursuit by gardaí. The driver of the Massey Ferguson tractor, Charlie McFadden of Dooballagh, Letterkenny, appeared before Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal… Read more »

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Patrick Doran

PATRICK DORAN’S HAPPY FAMILY

Date: July 12, 2018 - High Society

A NEW planning application has been submitted for Fintragh, one of a number of houses on Shrewsbury Road that has changed hands over the last couple of years. The house was reported to have been bought by low profile packaging moneybags Patrick Doran, but it turns out the valuable D4 property is owned by his… Read more »

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Belinda Kieswetter

KIESWETTER V O’BRIEN

Date: July 12, 2018 - High Society

WHILE COVERAGE of the Irish Derby weekend at The Curragh was dominated by the exploits of brothers Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien there was also lots of excitement in the Juddmonte Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes. South African Craig Kieswetter, who played cricket for England and who is now trying his luck as a professional golfer… Read more »

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Rebecca Moynihan

A SMASHING PLAN!

Date: July 12, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

IN MARCH this year, the wheels came off Filmbase when Tom Murray was appointed liquidator but the story is far from over. For example, the Comptroller & Auditor General was brought into the loop by the Arts Council due to concerns about how finances were handled at Filmbase, including the failure to pay over Arts… Read more »

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Josepha Madigan

JOSEPHA MADIGAN STARTS TO BUILD

Date: July 12, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

IT’S FAIR to say there are few surprises in the expensive film industry review commissioned by Heather Humphreys in November 2016 from London consultants OlsbergSPI. In fact, the real surprise concerns the figures not in the report. OlsbergSPI is headed by former film producer Jonathan Olsberg, a regular on the festival circuit and well-placed to… Read more »

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Kevin Manning

KEVIN MANNING’S MISTAKE

Date: July 12, 2018 - Sport of Kings

NORMALLY when a rider appears to ease up prematurely in a race and loses a placing (possibly as a result of those actions), then that rider could easily have a case to answer for. Even more so when the horse is just pipped for third place, thus scuppering each-way bets. Kevin Manning seemed to stop… Read more »

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Dessie Scahill

AFTER DESSIE SCAHILL

Date: July 12, 2018 - Sport of Kings

AFTER NEARLY half a century as Ireland’s chief race commentator, Dessie Scahill will call his last race at the end of this month. Scahill’s contract is up for renewal at that time and the Association of Irish Racecourses, headed by chief executive Paddy Walsh, has decided the time is right to hand the baton over… Read more »

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Luke Comer

LUKE COMER JNR SHOWS THE WAY

Date: July 12, 2018 - Sport of Kings

AS HIS father’s lengthy quest to train a winner continues, Luke Comer Jnr got his own training career off to a decent start when Great Grey gave the rookie handler his first winner when scoring at Tipperary in late June. Comer Jnr has set up shop in Dunboyne at one of the many family properties,… Read more »

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Garry O'Gorman

WILLIE MULLINS’S BELLE DU JOUR

Date: July 12, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) senior flat handicapper Garry O’Gorman has come in for criticism after a minor race at Leopardstown where the little known Willie Mullins-trained filly Bronagh’s Belle recorded her first victory. The main source of the aggravation came from runner-up trainer, Monaghan-based Anthony McCann, who believed the Mullins runner should not… Read more »

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Simon Cook

DRAPER ESPRIT GROWS BUT STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO VALUE

Date: July 12, 2018 - Moneybags

NO PRIVATE equity groups are quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange besides Draper Esprit (DE), which floated off on the ESM two years ago in June 2016 when it raised €90m at €3.78 a share. With this month’s €35m commitment to one of Earlybird Digital’s venture capital funds and an agreement to share dealflow, resources… Read more »

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Louis Coetzee

KIBO MINING COULD REWARD PATIENCE

Date: July 12, 2018 - Moneybags

KIBO MINING, set up in 2008 by Galway geologist Noel O’Keeffe, mainly focused on gold exploration in Tanzania around Victoria Lake. After years of exploring and discovering significant gold reserves with the help of chief executive Louis Coetzee and his Irish chairman, Christian Schaffalitzky, the company has gradually refocused on sub-Saharan coal reserves in Tanzania… Read more »

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