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GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY

Date: June 28, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THAT cordial encounter between Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris and British royal Prince Charles in Kerry allowed the former IRA commander an opportunity to exhibit his particular brand of gunboat diplomacy. Ferris issued the obligatory comments about all victims and their families being beneficiaries of the peace process – “be they IRA volunteers, be they… Read more »

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Henry Beeby

GOOD AND BAD AT GOFFS

Date: June 28, 2018 - Sport of Kings

HUGE SUMS of money were again being splashed around for national hunt ‘playthings’ at the Goffs Land Rover Sale earlier this month and a similar scenario is quite likely at Tattersalls Ireland when it hosts its Derby Sale, featuring the cream of the Irish bred future jumping stars. The record for the sale’s highest price… Read more »

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HARRY’S NEW GAME

Date: June 28, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

HARRY CROSBIE (OBE) has been keeping busy with plans for his own gaff and the Vicar Street venue. He has also been fighting yet another legal action. Last weekend, the Crosbie fanzine that is the Sindo highlighted his plans to convert his sprawling home at 9 Hanover Quay into a 20-bedroom hotel by adding two… Read more »

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FRANKIE DETTORI’S CONTRACT

Date: June 28, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THERE IS little love lost between Frankie Dettori and his previous employers at Al Shaqab Racing. Dettori was retained by Sheikh Joaan Al Thani’s Qatari outfit for the last five years and they enjoyed Classic and Group 1 success together with the likes of Galileo Gold and Shalaa. However, it wasn’t always a comfortable ride,… Read more »

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Drew Harris

COMMISSIONER DREW HARRIS AND MI5

Date: June 28, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE APPOINTMENT of PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris as the new Garda Commissioner – flagged by Goldhawk (see The Phoenix 15/6/18) – may be politically correct in that he is a northern policeman serving under the reformed service in the North. But there is a lot of head scratching among gardaí who are aware… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: June 28, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

Bog Road resident’s dangerous driving AT HIS four-day trial at Galway Criminal Court, John Conroy (23), of 2 Bog Road, Ballinrobe denied 13 counts of dangerous driving including breaking red lights at speed, driving on the incorrect side of the road, forcing oncoming traffic to take avoidance action and of seizing the car by force… Read more »

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Amer Abdulaziz

AMER ABDULAZIZ CHALLENGES JOHN MAGNIER

Date: June 28, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THE LUXEMBOURG registered thoroughbred investment fund Phoenix Thoroughbreds and its associated personnel have been generous in providing newsworthy snippets this year – and the long-running saga with their horses and former trainer Jeremy Noseda took another twist recently. Meanwhile, maybe John Magnier should start looking over his shoulder. The Phoenix-owned Walk In The Sun was… Read more »

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Lionel Shriver

ANNIE DOONA’S BALANCING ACT

Date: June 28, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

LIONEL SHRIVER’S outburst in The Spectator rubbishing publisher Penguin’s diversity policies (ie taking into account the gender, sexuality, etc of those to be published) led Goldhawk to take a look at Annie Doona’s work in progress at Screen Ireland (aka the Irish Film Board). Meanwhile, the lobbying continues for yet more public moolah to be… Read more »

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Giovanni Viscardi

BAGOTS HUTTON WHINE BAR

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

THE owners of Bagots Hutton ‘wine emporium’ on Ormond Quay in D1 have gone to the High Court to challenge the redevelopment of the neighbouring Ormond Hotel. They were much less keen to take a short stroll down to the Four Goldmines when their company, Urban Entertainment Ltd, was sued by a creditor, who has… Read more »

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Rupert Murdoch

RUPERT MURDOCH’S CASH INJECTION

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

THE Dirty Digger has given Dublin-anchored Storyful Ltd another dig-out. Documents just filed with the Companies Office show Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation pumped €12m into Storyful at the end of May – just six months after injecting €7.2m into the ailing entity. It’s been a tough summer so far for Storyful, the news verification outfit… Read more »

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Eileen and Jason Denham

LAST ORDERS AT HANGAR

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

A COMPANY called Mahned Ltd has just had a tax judgment for €64,000 registered against it. This turns out to be the entity behind the popular Hangar music venue and nightclub at Andrew’s Lane Theatre, set up by couple Eileen and Jason Denham, which called last orders for the final time in May. Previously, Jason… Read more »

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Jonny Davis, Paddy Davis, Sharon Davidge

DAVIS BROTHERS SNOWED UNDER

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

AN INTERESTING little company called Après Entertainment Ltd has just gone to the wall after running out of dosh. At a recent creditors’ meeting, accountant Christopher Harmer was appointed liquidator to the Dublin events company, where marketing impresario brothers Jonny and Paddy Davis are listed as directors. Après was behind a Christmas village installation in… Read more »

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FRANCIS DOOLEY’S ‘UNSATISFACTORY DOCUMENT’

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS to Wexford businessman Francis Dooley who got some rare good news from the High Court earlier this month. Dooley has had his share of court dates since 2010 and is currently seeking a declaration that he is not indebted to Rabobank to the tune of no less than €20m. In 2004, Wexford County Council… Read more »

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AIB WHACKS TOM FURLEY

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

MORE hard cheese for troubled Dublin businessman Tom Furley, who has just been slapped with a hefty €3.5m judgment courtesy of AIB. Castleknock-based Furley has been embroiled in a scrap with the bank since 2015 when AIB took him, his wife Joan Furley, and his business partner Andy Sweeney to the High Court, seeking judgment… Read more »

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MICK BEIRNE’S ROCKY ROAD

MICK BEIRNE’S ROCKY ROAD

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

BAD news for Royal County businessman Mick Beirne of engineering company Embassy Contractors Ltd, who was named on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters recently. The Leitrim native, based in Hillview, Dunboyne, settled with the taxman for €77,000 after an audit uncovered under-declared income tax. Embassy, founded by Beirne in 1987 and co-owned by… Read more »

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David Miller

DAVID MILLER FEELS THE BURN

Date: June 28, 2018 - Briefcases

IT LOOKS like the company behind the Énergie Fitness gym in Parkwest has run its last race. Fitness guru David Miller and his wife Linda Miller are the largest shareholders at LDM Ventures Ltd, which called in the liquidator earlier this month. Management emailed members a fortnight ago to explain the D12 gym and swimming… Read more »

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Brian Hall

DUDS AND DITHERING AT AMINEX PLC

Date: June 28, 2018 - Moneybags

GIVEN THAT Aminex went into production in Tanzania for the first time in April 2016, the first full year figures from the gas field surfaced in the 2017 accounts. Shareholders must be significantly disappointed that the company still lost over $2m last year, not much less than the previous year, although the expectation had been… Read more »

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Jonathan Laredo

LOTS OF ROOM FOR GROWTH AT YEW GROVE

Date: June 28, 2018 - Moneybags

ON THE one hand it is not surprising that another Irish property REIT has been launched on the Irish-UK stock markets given the huge volume of funds attracted into the existing three Irish REITs – Green, Hibernia and Ires – which together have raised the best part of €3bn. What is surprising is how small… Read more »

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John McGuinness

TD DEFIES VULTURE FUND JAIL THREAT

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FIANNA FÁIL TD John McGuinness has rutted up against some heavy hitters – ex garda commissioner Martin Callinan, his party leader Micheál Martin and the government – but none has attempted to jail him. Unlike Grant Thornton partner Paul McCann, whose solicitors recently wrote to McGuinness threatening him with an order for contempt of court… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

CIVIL WAR IN FIANNA FÁIL

Date: June 13, 2018 - Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S threat to impose a whip on Fianna Fáil TDs over pending abortion legislation could lead to a real crisis for his two most implacable enemies in the parliamentary party: Michael McGrath and Éamon Ó Cuív. Martin let Barry Cowen issue the threat at a parliamentary party meeting but nobody believes the bullish Barry… Read more »

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Lisa Chambers

LISA CHAMBERS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Pillars of Society

BEING tipped by The Irish Times as next leader of Fianna Fáil could be the kiss of death for any such aspirant but Lisa Chambers is certainly a rising star in the dull orb that currently constitutes the Republican Party. Recently elevated from front bench spokesperson on defence to the much more prestigious Brexit posting,… Read more »

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Julie O'Leary

JULIE O’LEARY

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the NationThe Young Bloods

CORK NORTH Central’s Julie O’Leary is knocking loudly on the Dáil door as Fine Gael holds its long overdue convention to select candidates for the next general election. But it won’t be easy for the 27-year-old barrister as there is strong support locally for Senator Colm Burke who has been squeezed out of the reckoning… Read more »

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Niall Harbison

NIALL HARBISON’S LONG GOODBYE

Date: June 13, 2018 - Briefcases

IT’S the end of an era at LD Lovin Dublin Ltd, where Niall “Harbo” Harbison has cashed in his 33% stake and resigned from the board. Fans of Goldhawk probably weren’t too surprised when Harbo headed for the exit last week in a deal reportedly worth €1m – the mouthy businessman had been on his… Read more »

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JACKIE LAVIN’S WARRIOR ACTIONS

Date: June 13, 2018 - Hush Hush

SPARE A thought for Jackie Lavin and Bill Cullen whose long-running battle with the dreaded bankers has been taking its toll. The latest development is the calling of a creditors’ meeting next week for something called Warrior Actions Ltd, a company 100% owned by Lavin. Warrior Actions turns out to own the business name Bill… Read more »

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Wissam Al Mana and Janet Jackson

MR JANET JACKSON’S IRISH INTERESTS

Date: June 13, 2018 - High Society

IT WAS reported earlier this month that marketing company iZest, set up by Jennifer Taaffe, had scooped a €1m investment from a Qatari moneybags named Wissam Al Mana. This is not the first time Al Mana has popped up as an investor here but of more interest to some will surely be his eventful marriage… Read more »

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Ruairí Quinn

RUAIRÍ QUINN’S BUSY TIMETABLE

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE COUNTDOWN is in full swing for the imminent opening of Barry O’Callaghan’s hugely expensive Nord Anglia International School in Leopardstown in September. Accounts just filed for the UK holding company show that, as part of a restructuring, the conglomerate that will operate the upmarket establishment incorporated a vehicle in the the Cayman Islands offshore… Read more »

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Crystal Li

OLGA SHAJAKU V CRYSTAL LI

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

AFTER REPEATED visits to the courts, determined Russian lawyer Olga Shajaku has finally won out, with the Court of Appeal ruling that a lucrative translation contract awarded to Shajaku’s competitor, Crystal Li, should be binned. Crystal Li has been one of the more high profile entrepreneurs in the Irish Chinese community and in 2016 won… Read more »

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ANNE MARIE WATERS’S NEW PARTY

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FAR RIGHT political activist Anne Marie Waters – she hails from Stoneybatter, Dublin – has formed a new ultra-right party entitled For Britain and is standing in the Lewisham East by-election this week. Waters has been in several parties, mostly right wing, but her virulent Islamophobia saw her deselected as a UKIP election candidate in… Read more »

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Luke Comer

LUKE COMER GETTING CLOSER

Date: June 13, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THE QUEST by Luke Comer to train a winner continues, though it seems he is getting closer to his Holy Grail and it wouldn’t be a major surprise to see one of his nags pass the post in front sometime soon. This time last year, Comer was embroiled in negotiations with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory… Read more »

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Vol 36 No 12

Date: June 13, 2018 -

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Shane Ross

ROSS AMBUSHED BY JUDGE’S CALL

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

SHANE ROSS told RTÉ through gritted teeth last week that he had no problems with the sudden appointment of four new judges, as his Judicial Appointments Bill would soon be passed into law. But the irony of how the appointments were made will not have escaped Ross or the judiciary’s cheerleaders in Fine Gael. Given… Read more »

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JENNI TIMONY’S MENTORING

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS to Jenni Timony who is busy putting her experience to work for the benefit of Ireland’s next generation of entrepreneurs. She certainly knows what not to do. Jenni is described as the interim programme manager of the New Frontiers programme in Sligo IT. New Frontiers is an initiative of Enterprise Ireland (EI), delivered through… Read more »

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AIB V TONY O’REILLY

Date: June 13, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FANS OF Goldhawk will not have been too surprised by AIB’s move this week to get its hands on Tony O’Reilly’s stake in Dromoland Castle. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 18/5/18) that Gavin O’Reilly, son of the Tony O’Beanz, quietly stepped down from the board of Dromoland Castle Holdings Ltd, the company behind… Read more »

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Paddy Prendergast

PRENDERGAST’S RANKING WOES

Date: June 13, 2018 - Student Life

ON THE SURFACE at least, Trinity College provost Paddy Prendergast has suffered a PR defeat. The release of the 2019 QS World University Rankings has seen Trinity drop to 104th place globally from 88th, leaving Ireland bereft of top 100 third-level institution. Towards the beginning of Prendergast’s tenure in 2012, the college was ranked 67th… Read more »

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Drew Harris

MI5 LINK MAN FOR GARDA TOP JOB?

Date: June 13, 2018 - Hush Hush

WHAT A curious appointment as new garda commissioner PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris (OBE) would make. This is especially so given the concerns voiced by security sources about entrusting intelligence secrets to a policeman from a non-Irish state. Northern newspapers have reported that Harris is “favourite” (Irish News) to take the garda top job…. Read more »

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Date: June 13, 2018 - Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Just revisiting your cover of May 18th re those ‘Gaza Holiday Snaps’; and checking the blowback in your Letters slot for June 1st from serial digital hasbara-hairtrigger Tony Allwright, and his buddy David Hall. To paraphrase that great Jewish poet and songwriter, Paul Simon, ..still a man sees what he wants to see,… Read more »

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