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Laura Kennedy

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: May 17, 2018 - The Hot Air Brigade

The idea of ignorant knuckle-draggers deciding what others have the right to see immersed me in a miasma of irritation and despair, so I went for a walk in north central Dublin near where I live. Laura Kennedy on the tearing down of Yes campaign referendum posters, Irish Times Mr Mallon said that the banking… Read more »

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John McGuinness

MICHEÁL MARTIN V JOHN McGUINNESS

Date: May 17, 2018 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL became embroiled yet again in theological and legalistic arguments about going all out against the government last week, this time over demands for the government to sack HSE boss Tony O’Brien. Partly because of Martin’s usual timidity and partly because it was Sinn Féin that tried to move a Dáil amendment to fire… Read more »

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Dermot Desmond at Gerry Corr’s funeral

DERMOT DESMOND V THE PHOENIX

Date: May 17, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

DATA Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has rejected Dermot Desmond’s complaint that The Phoenix breached his privacy by publishing a photograph of him at a funeral in April 2015. Desmond’s solicitors made four complaints under Section 2 of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003; one complaint under Section 6 and a further complaint that “the… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

ISRAEL DIPLOMACY

Date: May 17, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney’s dressing down of the Israeli ambassador for the latest massacre of Palestinians and his demand for a UN investigation is welcome. It reflects Irish sentiment towards the barbarous treatment of the Palestinians. But surely it is now time for the government to implement its stated intention – in the Programme for a… Read more »

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Roisin Shortall

ROISIN SHORTALL’S JOURNEY

Date: May 17, 2018 - Last Refuge

BEING the most politically correct party on the planet, it behoves the Social Democrats to be at the coalface of the repeal the 8th campaign and also in favour of the most liberal legislative proposals, including the 12 weeks abortion on request measure. But joint leader Catherine Murphy had to do a job on her… Read more »

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Denis Naughten

DENIS NAUGHTEN

Date: May 17, 2018 - Pillars of Society

INDEPENDENT TD and Minister Denis Naughten, once seen as a Fine Gael leadership contender, was fortunate to survive the backlash that followed his private chat with a PR executive whose firm works for INM. But the repeal referendum has seen the minister flounder on two counts and he could ship even more political damage during… Read more »

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Boni Odoemene

BONI ODOEMENE

Date: May 17, 2018 - The Young Bloods

THE OUTGOING president of DIT’s student union, Boni Odoemene (23), is one of the most controversial figures to climb the greasy poll of student politics in recent times. The opinionated Dubliner has managed to inspire and alienate constituents in equal measure while developing an increasingly stormy relationship with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI)… Read more »

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NATHALIE DAURIAC’S COURT DATE

Date: May 17, 2018 - High Society

AT THE start of this month, a ruling was issued following a High Court battle in London that has grabbed the attention of the super rich. The protagonists were John Caudwell – who scooped £1.2bn back in 2006 from the sale of his mobile phone retailer Phones4u – and Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, the glamorous banker who… Read more »

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Josepha Madigan

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S AMERICAN DREAM

Date: May 17, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

THE MANNER in which the Irish government funds the long delayed $62m Irish Arts Centre project in New York continues to raise questions. And it is far from clear if the latest grant is the last one. Earlier this year, Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín had queried Culture Minister Josepha Madigan on funding requests to the… Read more »

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Lorcán O'Maoileannaigh

GALWAY STUDENTS’ LANDLORD BLUES

Date: May 17, 2018 - Student Life

INTERESTING times at NUI Galway where protests have followed sudden rent increases at private student accommodation. After similar protests in DCU recently, the NUIG union staged a street protest last week to register its ire at the €1,000 annual price hikes at the Cúirt na Coiribe student village on the Headford Road. Residents received notice… Read more »

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John Magnier and Derrick Smith

JOHN MAGNIER’S TRIPLE CROWN TARGET

Date: May 17, 2018 - Sport of Kings

WHILE OUT of luck in Churchill Downs when a quagmire of a track played its part in Mendelssohn finishing dead last in the Kentucky Derby, the Coolmore team had more reason to cheer when Saxon Warrior blitzed his rivals in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on the same day. For John Magnier, Derrick Smith and… Read more »

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Ali Ryan

ALI RYAN’S €1M REBUFF

Date: May 17, 2018 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK was surprised to read that Goss.ie ‘girlboss’ Ali Ryan has turned down a seven-figure deal for her entertainment and showbiz news brand. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that the Sunday Business Post reported last December that Irish-American investor Liam Lynch was in talks to buy the site (see The Phoenix 12/1/18). Tucked away on… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

TÁNAISTE MARY LOU?

Date: May 3, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

POST general election speculation has centred on whether Fianna Fáil can overtake Fine Gael (unlikely), but the real question is whether either party is able to do a deal with Sinn Féin. There is compelling evidence from a variety of different polls to show that any other coalition is mathematically unlikely, if not impossible. Both… Read more »

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Paddy Jackson

AFTER PADDY JACKSON AT ULSTER

Date: May 3, 2018 - Fowl Play

DESPITE THE successful stage management by the IRFU of the “joint Ulster Rugby and IRFU” Jackson/Olding contract review, Ulster Rugby’s grim tide has been flowing back down the M1 and washing up in Dublin, where out-halves happen to be relatively abundant. Following the players’ acquittal on March 28 and the revoking of the contracts of… Read more »

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John McGuirk

JOHN McGUIRK

Date: May 3, 2018 - Pillars of Society

John McGuirk has three weeks to convince an increasingly liberal Irish electorate to save the 8th Amendment. The professional political animal – whose chequered career has seen him leave two political parties in less than cordial circumstances – has been one of the loudest figures on the No side since the referendum campaign kicked off… Read more »

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James Lawless Junior Minister

JAMES LAWLESS TD

Date: May 3, 2018 - The Young Bloods

AS ELECTION fever gathers pace and with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil increasingly sparring off each other, Mícheál Martin is casting a worried eye over his party’s more recent Dáil arrivals. Will they retain their seats and, equally important, will they remain loyal to him? High on this list is Kildare North TD, James Lawless…. Read more »

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Alan Fitzpatrick

IN PURSUIT OF FILMBASE

Date: May 3, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH TOM Murray having now been appointed liquidator of the film resource organisation Filmbase, focus now turns to the inevitable fallout. Documents released to Goldhawk reveal that the organisation’s prime funder – the Arts Council – had concerns about Filmbase for some time and it looks like the Comptroller & Auditor General is set to… Read more »

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Vol 36 No 09

Date: May 3, 2018 -

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Dolours Price

VERY ‘HOT’ IRA DOCUMENTARY

Date: May 3, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ghost of Jean McConville, murdered by the IRA in 1972, surfaced again at the recent Hot Docs film festival in Toronto with a screening of the film I, Dolours, based on an interview with the late Dolours Price by journalist Ed Moloney. Price disclosed further details about the shooting dead of the mother of… Read more »

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Stephen Travers

MIAMI SHOWBAND GERMAN CLUE

Date: May 3, 2018 - Hush Hush

Does a rare German World War II ‘KM’ watch hold vital clues to the Miami Showband massacre? There are clear indications that this same type of watch was left behind by one of the perpetrators of this spook-sponsored slaughter in June 1975. However, police officers investigating the attack have failed to retain this important piece… Read more »

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The delights of Venice

SEE VENICE AND DINE

Date: May 3, 2018 - Wigs on the Green

LEGAL EAGLES in the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) take their annual conferences seriously and there is none of the raucous, time-consuming wrangling over motions, amendments and angry debate that characterise trade union assemblies of the lower orders. This year the earnest intent of the solicitors is illustrated by their decision, announced recently by DSBA… Read more »

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ANOTHER BUM DEAL FOR THE TAXPAYER

Date: May 3, 2018 - Wigs on the Green

Nu couché (Sur le côté gauche) by Amedeo Modigliani, which is to be auctioned this month in New York for an estimated $150m, having previously been loaned to the National Gallery of Ireland for six years. This means under tax legislation that no capital gains tax is payable on any profit (see The Phoenix 13/2/06).

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Bob Geldof

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: May 3, 2018 - The Hot Air Brigade

I also understand, I think, a little of what it must be to be a Muslim in the United States at this time of the world’s turmoil. Bob Geldof’s acceptance speech after receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, published in full in the Sunday Independent Michael Harding is quite simply… Read more »

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Arlene Foster

BREXIT POISONS BODY POLITIC

Date: May 3, 2018 - Bird's Eye View

IT’S A sign of how far apart the two main parties in the north are that Northern Secretary Karen Bradley didn’t even get them into the same room last week to discuss rebooting devolution talks. After their separate meetings with Bradley the DUP’s Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill gave acrimonious interviews to the… Read more »

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Phil Hogan

HELPFUL HOGAN’S EU REAPPOINTMENT

Date: May 3, 2018 - Last Refuge

IRELAND’S EU commissioner, Big Phil Hogan, appears to have his second term on the commission wrapped up following a two-years courtship of Leo Varadkar during which the grizzled political veteran virtually took over the Taoiseach’s mind. The election of Ian Marshall to the Seanad was just the latest in a series of initiatives masterminded by… Read more »

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Janice Boylan Irish Military Mali Coolock Says No IFP Hermann Kelly Timmy Dooley Aontú Mal O’Hara Fintan O’Toole Josepha Madigan Eoghan Harris Ukraine War Micheál Martin Middle East Philip Ryan Seán Clancy Simon Coveney Hugo MacNeill Mountbatten Neasa Hourigan Green Party Martin NPT Ivana Bacik Independents Limerick Hospital Overcrowding Barry Cowen

SINN FÉIN V NAUGHTEN

Date: May 3, 2018 - Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN’S move against communications minister Denis Naughten is clever as it stops short of a vote of no confidence but keeps the pressure on the minister and government. But is the real target Fianna Fáil? There are 14 members plus FF chairman, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, on the Dáil Committee on Procedure which will rule… Read more »

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Shane Ross

FINE GAEL GOES FOR SHANE ROSS’S THROAT

Date: May 3, 2018 - Last Refuge

THE Greek chorus that most of the media has become in Fine Gael’s campaign against Shane Ross has gone into overdrive again. Independent Alliance members believe FG wants to split the other four Alliance TDs away from Ross who is the most militant when it comes to demanding implementation of Alliance proposals in the programme… Read more »

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Colm Keaveney

KEAVENEY V IRISH TIMES

Date: May 3, 2018 - Fit to Print?

PRESS Ombudsman Peter Feeney is refusing to deal with ex-TD Colm Keaveney’s complaint against The Irish Times coverage of his travails and truce with Denis O’Brien. O’Brien dropped his libel action against Keaveney while the latter swore an affidavit alleging that Declan Ganley was the… Read more »

Denis Naughten

WHAT SHELL KNEW

Date: May 3, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

When Shell took over Corrib Gas in 2002, it surely did not foresee the resistance that would delay the project for more than a decade, nor imagine that 16 years later it would be defending a court action aimed at stopping the project. This lack of clairvoyance contrasts starkly with the company’s remarkable ability, way… Read more »

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DENIS NAUGHTEN’S COFFEE BREAK

Date: May 3, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

Denis Naughten had a lot on his mind recently, with the fuss over his call with an INM lobbyist, but that doesn’t excuse his strange decision to exempt “compostable” coffee cups from his proposed “latte levy” on single-use coffee cups. Actually, now that we know of his willingness to take calls from vested interests, the… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: May 3, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

“Do your fucking job!” A KERRYMAN has been jailed for two months at Tralee District Court for assaulting a Tesco employee while on a suspended sentence. Trevor Wall, 22 Woodvale, Foynes, was charged with assault on the staff member and with taking bottles of cider from Garvey’s SuperValu in Tralee on three separate occasions on… Read more »

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BIG PLANS FOR WESTPORT HOUSE

Date: May 3, 2018 - High Society

INTERESTING to see the extent of the plans being drawn up by Cathal, Owen and Harry Hughes, principal owners of Westport House since last year’s surprise purchase. Westport House was understood to have cost the Hughes boys around €10m, before taking into account the huge refurbishment and expansion plans now on the table for the… Read more »

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Grainne Ross

NO DANCING AT THE DYLAN

Date: May 3, 2018 - High Society

ONE OF the more high profile celebrity haunts in Dublin 4 is the “boutique” Dylan Hotel off Upper Baggot Street, developed in the good times by property moguls and ‘Maple 10’ member, Seamus Ross. The hotel has attracted the likes of Kylie Minogue and is used by RTÉ for celebrities. Along with various ventures of… Read more »

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Dan Gordon

ASSASSINS – GATE THEATRE

Date: May 3, 2018 - ReviewsTheatre

“EVERY NOW and then the country goes a little wrong,” says one of the classically understated line in Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the killers and would-be killers of US presidents. Nearly 30 years after its premiere – with an incompetent megalomaniac in the White House, regular incidents of violence involving the police and citizens alike,… Read more »

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Eva Birthistle

THE DELINQUENT SEASON – DIRECTED BY MARK O’ROWE

Date: May 3, 2018 - MoviesReviews

ON THE face of it there’s not a lot wrong with The Delinquent Season, playwright Mark O’Rowe’s first film as a director, having previously written screenplays brought to the big screen by the likes of John Crowley (Intermission) and Ian Fitzgibbon (Perrier’s Bounty). Actually, it’s only because there’s a good deal right with The Delinquent… Read more »

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Silence Under a Stone

SILENCE UNDER A STONE – NORMA MacMASTER (DOUBLEDAY IRELAND)

Date: May 3, 2018 - BooksReviews

SET MOSTLY in the early 20th century in a remote and introspective Co Cavan, this slow-paced story centres on Harriet Campbell whose unfulfilled life is drawing to a close. After a strict religious upbringing that moulded her character and gave her a foundation of intolerance, she is married off at 16 to a local middle-aged… Read more »

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