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Triona Mullane

INM’s sub-committee

Date: April 5, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

AN AWFUL lot has been written about the extraordinary events that are alleged to have unfolded at Independent News and Media (INM) in October 2014 but little has been said about the make-up of the committee that was actually running the company at the time, which turns out to have a less than independent hue…. Read more »

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Vol.36 No.07

Vol.36 No.07

Date: April 5, 2018 -

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Wilbur Ross

DCU students’ landlord blues

Date: April 5, 2018 - Student Life

THE student union (SU) in DCU has caught the protest bug and is fighting back against rent increases at accommodation centres. Stark price hikes at the Shanowen Hall and Shanowen Square facilities in Santry have incensed students who might not yet be aware of an interesting link between the apartments and Donald Trump. Trinity students… Read more »

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Omar Hassanein

BLAZERS GET DOUBLE-TEAMED

Date: April 5, 2018 - Fowl Play

SOME WRINKLES to the IRFU’s annus mirabilis have begun to appear with the official arrival in Dublin of the players’ organisation, International Rugby Players (IRP). This brings the increasingly bolshy stars a little too close to the local blazers for comfort. At the same time that the union enjoys the afterglow of its third ever… Read more »

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Diathi O'Ceallaigh

MORE EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION

Date: April 5, 2018 - Hush Hush

THE significance of a secret paper confirming collusion between British security and Loyalist murder squads, part of the government’s raft of state paper released under the 30 year disclosure rule was completely missed by the media and Troubles ‘experts’. This hush-hush document on the state of play within loyalism in the run-up to the November… Read more »

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Louise O'Neill

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: April 5, 2018 - The Hot Air Brigade

I didn’t have access to my usual methods of stress relief either, I couldn’t make it to Inchydoney gym, I couldn’t get to the city to see my therapist, my sunrise yoga classes were cancelled. Louise O’Neill on being rendered housebound by the Beast from the East prior to a book launch. Irish Examiner, Submitted… Read more »

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Lisa Chambers

MARTIN’S DECK CHAIRS

Date: April 5, 2018 - Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S last throw of the dice in the gambling den of electoral politics now approaching end game has as much to do with internal pressures as Fine Gael and Leo Varadkar’s current ascendancy. Yes, Darragh O’Brien as housing spokesperson would be more abrasive with minister Eoghan Murphy and Stephen Donnelly will be a handful… Read more »

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BACK TO THE FUTURE

Date: April 5, 2018 - Bird's Eye View

SINN FÉIN have been shocked and dismayed by the proposals of the north’s Boundary Commission for new constituencies published in January. The party says the proposals are an obvious gerrymander to favour the DUP. Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have said they will raise the new plans and their consequences directly with British prime… Read more »

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Justin McAleese

JUSTIN McALEESE FALTERS

Date: April 5, 2018 - Last Refuge

THE prospects of Justin McAleese taking a seat for Fianna Fáil in the lush pastures of Dublin Rathdown have been talked up a lot but if former president Mary McAleese’s son does not get his act together he may not even get through convention. Justin has been at two party meetings in the area and… Read more »

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Joan Burton

Going for a Burton

Date: April 5, 2018 - Last Refuge

LABOUR’S last leader, Joan Burton, faces a last ditch stand in Dublin West where Sinn Féin councillor Paul Donnelly is eyeing up her seat. But Burton’s local organisation is moribund and she herself has been invisible on the ground at local meetings. To make up for this, Burton has been issuing glossy brochures which itemise… Read more »

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Natasha Murtagh

O’BRIEN CRIES ETHICAL FOUL

Date: April 5, 2018 - Fit to Print?

DENIS O’BRIEN and his spin doctor James Morrissey are engaged in an artful stratagem against The Irish Times by implying that its correspondent Peter Murtagh has a vested interest in his coverage of O’Brien’s legal feud with PR firm, Red Flag. Former TD Colm Keaveney also wrote to the IT making similar arguments in a… Read more »

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Frank Fitzgibbon

RUSSIAN MEDIA GAS

Date: April 5, 2018 - Fit to Print?

THE Irish media got right onside with HMG in deciding that the Ruskies carried out a nerve gas attack on two Russians in Salisbury a month ago. Some of the coverage was reminiscent of 1950s anti-communist hysteria in America. Irish Independent columnist Dan O’Brien warned last week that President Putin “could try to knock out… Read more »

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MI5 Man tied up

Date: April 5, 2018 - Fit to Print?

SINDO columnist Ruth Dud Edwards recently penned a touching eulogy to her long-time pal, MI5 and special branch IRA informer, Sean O’Callaghan, following a memorial service to him in London. Ruth expressed her admiration and affection for her close friend as British military gents, Britain’s security minister and Unionist politicians paid homage to O’Callaghan. Some… Read more »

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David Attenborough

PLASTIC PADDIES

Date: April 5, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

THE dutiful consumers of Ireland are being enlisted as (polite) eco-warriors for one day this month in the escalating global war against plastic. Such is the public mood of disgust at the exponential growth of plastic packaging and at reports of plastic-filled islands, dolphins, fish and seabirds, they shouldn’t need much incitement to take part… Read more »

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Justin McAleese’s mentor

Date: April 5, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

BEING progressive on one issue is no guarantee of a broader political enlightenment. Mary McAleese’s son Justin, who came to prominence as a campaigner for same-sex marriage, has declared his interest in standing for FF in the Dáil constituency of Dublin-Rathdown. It may be too soon to judge Justin’s politics, but judging by the emphasis… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: April 5, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

Defendant’s rubbish claim A LETTERKENNY woman who took her neighbour’s camping gear claimed she thought it was rubbish. Maria Siataru appeared in court charged with taking the items from Amy Malowke at her apartment at Riverside View, Letterkenny. Letterkenny District Court heard Ms Malowke was heading away for the weekend and packed two tents, a… Read more »

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Dylan McGrath

DYLAN McGRATH’S SHARE OF THE ACTION

Date: April 5, 2018 - High Society

ONE TIME “bad boy of haute cuisine”, former Masterchef presenter Dylan McGrath, is preparing to open his latest venture, this time in Ballsbridge at the high profile Comer brothers’ One Lansdowne development. As a result, he has come out of hibernation to share his recipe for success but it is unclear how much moolah the… Read more »

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ALMOST LOVE - LOUISE O’NEILL (RIVERRUN)

ALMOST LOVE – LOUISE O’NEILL (RIVERRUN)

Date: April 5, 2018 - BooksReviews

FOLLOWING THE success of her two Young Adult novels, Only Ever Yours and the hugely hyped Asking For It, Co Cork writer Louise O’Neill’s latest book – which also explores gender issues – comes with yet more fanfare, this time aimed at an older market. The story follows an unfulfilling relationship between a 24-year-old teacher… Read more »

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Aisling O’Neill and Isobel Mahon

BOOM? – GAIETY THEATRE

Date: April 5, 2018 - ReviewsTheatre

THE CELTIC Tiger should still give Irish playwrights plenty to write about. The depths of personal consumption and bad taste may be overly familiar. But most writing in recent years has focused on the psychological aftermath of the recession, or caricatures like Ross O’Carroll Kelly, rather than the preceding over-inflated sense of self-esteem – hubris,… Read more »

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Hugh Bonneville

COUNTDOWN TO CALVARY – RTÉ One

Date: April 5, 2018 - ReviewsTV

ON EASTER Sunday, RTÉ broadcast an impressive documentary focusing on the final six days of the life of Jesus Christ. Fronted by actor Hugh Bonneville, the show maybe surprised viewers expecting something either bluntly critical of Christian beliefs or a cartoon version of the Passion. Made with European partners ARTE and American Public Television (APT),… Read more »

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‘Appalling waste’

Date: April 5, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

LAST MONTH, Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan was in the Dáil outlining the manner in which the huge Project Ireland 2014 cultural spend would be managed. The shadow of the Galway arthouse cinema debacle loomed large. The total spend on cultural infrastructure allocated in the capital plan over the next ten years is €725m. Of… Read more »

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Heather Humphreys

HEATHER HUMPHREYS’S €7M PLOT SPOILER

Date: April 5, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

ON THE last Dáil sitting day before Easter, March 29, the five members present cut lonely figures and, despite questions on the matter, there was no light shone on the taxpayers’ significant interest in Ardmore film studios. Questions were raised by Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit) and Pat Casey (Fianna Fáil) on the recent… Read more »

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Success Days

KEN CONDON SEEKS WINX CHINKS

Date: April 5, 2018 - Sport of Kings

WITH ALL that ‘will she or won’t she’ speculation surrounding Australian superstar Winx’s potential Royal Ascot challenge now over and done, it’s good to see an Irish player taking the fight to the mighty mare in her own back garden. Now that Winx is staying Down Under, Curragh trainer Ken Condon has stepped forward to… Read more »

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Paul Nolan

PAUL NOLAN’S COMEBACK

Date: April 5, 2018 - Sport of Kings

TWO FORMER leading lights of the Irish jumps scene – Bryan Cooper and Paul Nolan – have joined forces and are beginning to help each other return to the fray. Cooper’s woes over the last 12 months have been well aired but Nolan has also seen his training fortunes wane to such an extent that… Read more »

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Denis Egan

Handicapping tyro trainers

Date: April 5, 2018 - Sport of Kings

AT A time when the number of active Irish trainers is reducing, it is ironic that the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has cancelled its spring trainers’ course, after only two applications were received. The two would-be trainers will now have to wait until the next scheduled course in the autumn to find out if… Read more »

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Gordon Elliott

DÉJA VU FOR MULLINS AND ELLIOTT

Date: April 5, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THIS TIME last year Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins were locked in a duel for the champion Irish jumps trainer’s title and this time around things aren’t any different. Before Easter Monday’s centrepiece at Fairyhouse, the Boylesports Irish Grand National, Elliott held an advantage of over €½m over his chief rival Elliott’s Irish Grand National… Read more »

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Mark Sutton

Smurfit Kappa board wrong to reject €9bn bid

Date: April 5, 2018 - Moneybags

HAVING HAD its €8.6bn bid for Smurfit Kappa rejected, International Paper’s Mark Sutton tried to engage with the Irish company’s chairman Liam O’Mahony and CEO Tony Smurfit to no avail. On Monday last week (March 26) Sutton came back with what he thought would be a knock-out €9bn bid, valuing the Irish group’s shares at… Read more »

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Paul McDade

Tullow board needs to bite the bullet on Heavey

Date: April 5, 2018 - Moneybags

AIDAN HEAVEY retired as Tullow Oil CEO last year on April 26 2017, after 31 years in situ. But, instead of leaving the field as recommended by the Stock Exchange code of governance, he replaced the then chairman, Simon Thompson, and was installed as chair for the next two years, based partly on his “broad… Read more »

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Ryco Book seeks protection

Ryco Book seeks protection

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

BRAY-based Ryco Book Protection Services Ltd has had to go to the Circuit Court to seek protection from its creditors. Ryco, where Dublin accountant Alan Torpey is listed as a director, had Dessie Morrow of Baker Tilly appointed as interim examiner and there could be headaches for the creditors. Established in 1993, Ryco produces protective… Read more »

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Alan Hynes

Alan Hynes’s lucky break

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS to Goldhawk’s old pal, long-suffering former accountant Alan Hynes, who recorded a rare win in the Four Goldmines last month. The Wexford-based number cruncher – best known for his association with the disastrous property vehicle, Tuskar Asset Management – got an order quashing a decision of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB). Tuskar collapsed… Read more »

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Nicholas O’Connor

End of the line for Nicholas O’Connor

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

CHARTERED Accountants Ireland (CAI) has finally run out of patience with Goldhawk’s old pal Nicholas O’Connor. The troubled Wexford number cruncher has been excluded from membership of CAI after numerous infractions over the last couple of years. CAI is remaining tight-lipped about the specifics of O’Connor’s latest infraction but Goldhawk understands that it relates to… Read more »

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Ben Gilroy

Ben Gilroy’s ‘interference’

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a High Court judgment recently relating to an interesting case involving Monaghan businessman Seamus McQuaid and Direct Democracy founder Ben Gilroy. McQuaid has been involved in a scrap with AIB since 2016 and anti-eviction activist Gilroy was named a co-defendant in the case for interfering with the bank’s attempts to recover the dosh… Read more »

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Carly Bailey

Carla Bailey’s Bankruptcy

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for vice chairperson of the Social Democrats Carly Bailey who has just been declared bankrupt in the High Court. Bailey, former mature students officer of Trinity College’s Student Union, has had a tough time of it since being forced to sell her home in 2013 and has been vocal about her experiences… Read more »

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Shane Corry

Shane Corry’s bad publicity

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

INTERESTING to see that Creative Nation MCN Ltd, the digital talent agency and multi-channel network (MCN) behind the popular YouTube channel Facts is in the process of being sold. Happily absent from recent reports is the fact that people claiming to be creditors of the company – founded by then 17-year-old Irish wunderkind Shane Corry… Read more »

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Ray Foley

Red ink at RedFM

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Cork radio station RedFM, which was celebrating a few major wins after the JNLR figures were released recently. Things are also looking up for Siteridge Ltd, the company behind the broadcaster, which reported profits for the second year in a row in its most recent accounts – but there’s still… Read more »

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Olga Shajaku’s business rival

Date: April 5, 2018 - Briefcases

Goldhawk reports that an action involving the state and legal eagle Olga Shajaku’s Word Perfect Translation Services company is about to kick off in the High Court. One of Shajaku’s competitors is Chinese businesswoman Len Wan ‘Crystal’ Li’s Translation.ie, which was awarded public contracts to provide translation services to the Legal Aid Board and the… Read more »

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