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Opera Company’s new cast member

Opera Company’s new cast member

Date: April 19, 2018 - High Society

ANOTHER NEW name has been added to the cast of the recently incorporated Irish National Opera company (INO), formed by the merger of Opera Theatre Company and Wide Open Opera. After a lengthy hiatus, during which the Arts Council sought to cobble together a new opera company to take on a national role (with Wexford… Read more »

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Ian Bailey

IAN BAILEY: CHAPTER 84

Date: April 19, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

IAN BAILEY’S hearing in the Court of Appeal this week was the first of several staging posts along the way as he continues to fight off those who would see him charged – at home in the past or in France in the future – with the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier over 21… Read more »

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John Magnier

JOHN MAGNIER’S KENTUCKY CHANCES

Date: April 19, 2018 - Sport of Kings

DESPITE HIS glut of accolades and achievements on the turf, Saturday, May 5 in Churchill Downs could see Aidan O’Brien and John Magnier raise the bar further when they saddle Mendelssohn in the Kentucky Derby. The $3m yearling – a leading candidate for the Run For The Roses following an 18-length thrashing of his rivals… Read more »

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Alison Spittle

ALISON SPITTLE’S CULCHIE CLUB – RTÉ2

Date: April 19, 2018 - ReviewsTV

ALISON SPITTLE’S one-off documentary tried to discover the meaning of being a modern-day culchie. Over a very long hour, we learned little enough. London-born Spittle grew up in Co Westmeath and seems to have become RTÉ’s flavour of the month. Known mainly for her sitcom Nowhere Fast, Spittle’s search for identity started with a lunchtime… Read more »

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Leslie Buckley

FEAR AND LOATHING AT INM

Date: April 5, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE Irish Independent innocently wondered this week about how it was “unclear” why deputy editor of the Sunday Independent, Brendan O’Connor, should be one of the four journalists named among the “persons of interest” allegedly targeted by Leslie Buckley’s IT experts. As Denis O’Brien circled the O’Reilly family before he eventually took them out and… Read more »

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Barry Andrews

Profile: Barry Andrews

Date: April 5, 2018 - Pillars of Society

IF Fianna Fáil has a royal family it is the extended Andrews clan and former minister Barry Andrews was once seen as its crown prince. However, Barry, the leading member of the dynasty’s third generation, crashed out of politics at the 2011 general election and transferred to the nether world of foreign aid and foreign… Read more »

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Killian Foley-Walsh

Young Blood: Killian Foley-Walsh

Date: April 5, 2018 - The Young Bloods

FINE GAEL’s cosmopolitan leaders must have spat out their morning lattes when they heard the news that pro-life conservative Killian Foley-Walsh (23) had been elected president of Young Fine Gael (YFG). The baby-faced Blueshirt, who loves to court controversy, considers himself a right-wing rebel in a party that internal critics think is going soft on… Read more »

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Jamie Heaslip

The Chronicles of Jamie Heaslip

Date: April 5, 2018 - Fowl Play

Former Irish Rugby captain Jamie Heaslip must have been delighted with the send-off he got at the Aviva last weekend at Leinster’s Champions Cup quarter-final. The retired rugger bugger can also be happy with his first contribution to a new website called The Sports Chronicle (TSC), which was a hit with fans and even earned… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

Reds under the bed

Date: April 5, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FOREIGN minister Simon Coveney’s statement justifying the expulsion of a Russian diplomat does not bear scrutiny and indicates a subservience to British foreign policy matched only by the EU’s tactic of humouring the same quarters. Coveney actually concedes, “It is true that we are not in a position to independently verify the United Kingdom’s assessment… Read more »

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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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