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Kathryn Thomas

POOR CLAIRE SISTERS

Date: March 8, 2018 - Fit to Print?

POOR Claire Byrne must be feeling left out as Arnotts launches its Spring Summer 18 Catwalk Show, “an evening of style and elegance” with Miriam O’Callaghan, Kathryn Thomas, Lottie Ryan and Yvonne Connolly. These downtrodden, victimised and poverty stricken women will be discussing “female empowerment” and the event is fixed, appropriately, for International Women’s Day,… Read more »

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Sean Kelly

WHEN IS A DECISION NOT A DECISION?

Date: March 8, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

WHEN IT comes to getting big dirty fossil fuel infrastructure past the various political and regulatory obstacles, the choral harmony of performers at local, state and EU levels is truly something to behold. Take the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in north Kerry to import fracked gas from the US to the EU (see… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: March 8, 2018 - Bog Cuttings

Bog fire Inflames passions A CASTLEREA motorist was put off the road for six months and fined €650 for telling a garda to “fuck off.” Derrick Boyden, John Morley Road, Castlerea appeared before Castlerea District Court charged with failing to comply with the directions of a garda and engaging in insulting or abusive behaviour arising… Read more »

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Josepha Madigan

WILL STATE ACQUIRE LUGGALA?

Date: March 8, 2018 - High Society

WITH Garech de Brún’s Wicklow pile, Luggala, still for sale for a whopping E28m (not including the €550,000 stamp duty) over a year after first hitting the market, it is perhaps not surprising to hear that the possibility of the state getting involved remains very much an option. The sticking point is the price tag…. Read more »

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Alison Doody

ALISON DOODY’S NEW ROLE

Date: March 8, 2018 - High Society

INTERESTING to see the name Alison Doody O’Reilly appear among the cast of the callover list for Cork’s Circuit Court hearings, which features cases due to be pencilled in for hearing from May to July this year. The case is being taken by Cork legal eagles Ronan Daly Jermyn and appears to relate to a… Read more »

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Ian Toner

LOOK BACK IN ANGER – GATE THEATRE

Date: March 8, 2018 - ReviewsTheatre

THEATRE-GOERS like to reaffirm their own highbrow taste. Regardless of what’s happening on stage, interval banter typically features thoughtless questions like, “Don’t you love it?” Not so on Parnell Square these days. The Gate’s revival of a 1956 drama by British playwright John Osborne is a three-hour masterclass in misogyny. His work may now be… Read more »

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Restless Souls

RESTLESS SOULS – DAN SHEEHAN (WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON)

Date: March 8, 2018 - BooksReviews

SET IN the 1990s, this ambitious debut novel focuses on the close friendship between three Dubliners in their mid-20s. When Tom Dempsey returns after three years in war-torn Bosnia, Karl and Baz are shocked by his transformation. Having been a war correspondent and relief worker, Tom has been severely affected by post traumatic stress and… Read more »

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Karen Hassan

SOFT BORDER PATROL – BBC One

Date: March 8, 2018 - ReviewsTV

THE SECRET of comedy, they say, is timing and if that were the only benchmark, then Soft Border Patrol, which kicked off on BBC One Northern Ireland last week, would be a surefire smash. Unfortunately, the comedy is softer than the border. Certainly, there is plenty of scope to have a good laugh at some… Read more »

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John Harris

MUSIC FESTIVAL’S SOUR NOTE

Date: March 8, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

SPARE A thought for the team behind New Music Dublin (NMD) festival. Thanks to the weather ‘event’, the musical event was cancelled… for the second time in three years. NMD is an unusual beast described by Merrion Square as a “partnership initiative” between the Arts Council, RTÉ and the National Concert Hall. This separates it… Read more »

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Mary McGuckian

McGUCKIAN’S DIRECTOR’S CUT

Date: March 8, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

Although The total cost of the Section 481 tax credit for filmmakers in 2017 has not yet been calculated, the Revenue told Goldhawk the cost of the measure in 2016 “is in the region of €43.2m”. There were 18 beneficiaries of Section 481 in the fourth quarter of 2017, with Telegael (receiving its sixth credit… Read more »

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Gerry Gannon

GERRY GANNON’S GET-OUT CLAUSE

Date: March 8, 2018 - Behind the Scenes

AS INCOMING director of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) Lynn Scarff prepares for her new role, the museum is facing yet more bullying claims and, more significantly, could have a big problem on its hands courtesy of that expensive lease for storage space signed with wily developer Gerry Gannon (see The Phoenix 29/1/10). The… Read more »

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Michael Grassick

PASSPORT PROBLEMS

Date: March 8, 2018 - Sport of Kings

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) released its 2017 integrity statistics recently, some of which made for interesting if concerning reading. Goldhawk has previously highlighted the increase in fines being handed out to trainers who do not have their horses’ vaccinations up to scratch when their passports are inspected pre-race. Historically, passport checks were carried… Read more »

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DORAN SWITCHES STABLES

Date: March 8, 2018 - Sport of Kings

IT’S NOT often that Gordon Elliott has horses removed from his yard to be sent to another trainer but London-based builder Tom Doran obviously feels his string could do with a change of scenery. Doran has switched his string from Elliott to the less salubrious care of Steven Mahon. Galway-based Mahon has recently joined forces… Read more »

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Kerri Radcliffe

PHOENIX RISING SLOWLY

Date: March 8, 2018 - Sport of Kings

PHOENIX THOROUGHBREDS has been a name on a lot of bloodstock players’ lips this past year and the emerging force in world bloodstock is beginning to see some results from its free spending at global thoroughbred auctions last year. But the results are slow and small to date. These purchases were made by Northern Ireland… Read more »

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Jessica Harrington

CHELTENHAM’S GREEN GLOSS

Date: March 8, 2018 - Sport of Kings

IRISH PUNTERS will flock to Cheltenham this year high on confidence following last year’s phenomenal results. Irish trainers were responsible for more winners than their British counterparts for the first time in history. With over 80 planned runners between them over the four days, punters will be looking towards Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins to… Read more »

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Martin Fraser

MARTIN FRASER’S REVIEW

Date: March 8, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THAT opposition parties should criticise the selection of Martin Fraser to review the Strategic Review Unit (SCU) – over which Fraser himself presides – is entirely understandable. But as the relationship between Fraser and SCU head John Concannon illustrates, Fraser has been overseeing and collaborating with Concannon at the SCU and other entities for some… Read more »

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IFTA’S HAPPY ENDING

Date: March 8, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

GOOD NEWS for fans of the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs). The team behind the annual orgy of backslapping have managed to pull off a surprise ending to their thriller with the taxman. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 23/2/18) that a firm called Irish Film Research Ltd (IRF) found itself on the… Read more »

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Pádraic Ó'Giolláin

HOTTINGER’S WEALTHY FAMILIES

Date: March 8, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

MONEY MAY make the world go around for the super rich but it also helps provide a nice earner for those charged with keeping rich people rich, including the likes of Hottinger Private Office in Dublin (and London). The trick, however, is to keep as many clients solvent and alive as possible. Hottinger (previously Archimedes… Read more »

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MACLENNAN’S FAVOURITE TEAM

Date: March 8, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS to former Telegraph group chief executive Murdoch MacLennan who will be named chairman of Independent News & Media (INM) this week. In an interesting break from the past, the board plumped for an independent chairman despite Paul Connolly, long-term business associate of INM’s largest shareholder Denis O’Brien, being tipped for the job. Happily, however,… Read more »

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Francesco Saverio Fontana

WESTERN NAZI FRONT

Date: March 8, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE outgoing UK head of counter terrorism, Mark Rowley, used his final speech last month to stress the high level threat from racist and fascist groups and revealed that four potentially lethal attacks had been thwarted in the UK the previous year. That these groups are linked to loyalist paramilitaries in the north is hardly… Read more »

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Shane De Rís

Testing times for Trinners students

Date: March 8, 2018 - Student Life

IT LOOKS like those most-esteemed chaps on Trinity College’s board have managed to spectacularly piss off students. It was announced on Monday that the college was going to introduce a €450 flat fee for supplemental exams, ignoring the fact that Trinity’s Student Union (TCDSU) voted last week to reject the imposition of any fee structure… Read more »

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HOT AIR BEAST FROM THE EAST SPECIAL

Date: March 8, 2018 - The Hot Air Brigade

Why is everyone always so worried about our staff?? Half of them live on the same block, it’s their choice if they want to work – and shockingly some do! Tweet from Panti on her decision to keep her Capel Street boozer open during the snow You can feel the winds picking up. If this… Read more »

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Theresa May

IRELAND’S TARIFF NIGHTMARE

Date: March 8, 2018 - Bird's Eye View

THE FAMOUS “backstop” in the December EU report commits Britain to maintaining full alignment with the rules of the internal market and customs union “which now or in the future support… the all-island economy”. Suppose that doesn’t happen? What effect would it have? People tend to think the north would suffer most and it certainly… Read more »

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Carl McCann

McCann’s Dole deal could attract Japanese predator

Date: March 8, 2018 - Moneybags

TOTAL PRODUCE’S Carl McCann is now buying, in phases, Dole Food Company from its 95-year-old owner, Dave Murdock. The same Murdock tried to do a deal with Carl’s father, Neil, in the early 1990s but the problem then was Dole wanting to take over Fyffes. Now Carl McCann has made the move to put himself… Read more »

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David Lewis

Tesco’s big deal means trouble for Musgrave

Date: March 8, 2018 - Moneybags

WITH SALES of £56bn, Tesco is the world’s second-largest grocer. The company went through a sticky patch in 2014, however, due to falling sales and a £200m accounting scandal resulting in complete regime change. The new era started with the September 2014 appointment of Dave Lewis as chief executive – and this month’s £4bn purchase… Read more »

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Jamie Crawford

Emmet O’Neill’s new hire

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

MORE new hires at Emmet O’Neill’s Lovin Media group where Jamie Crawford has just been appointed chief executive. As readers will be aware, the group has been going through something of a transition since Niall “Harbo” Harbison, the hapless, baseball-capped ‘influencer’ who founded the company, announced last year he was stepping back from “operational matters”… Read more »

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Nivek Dunne

Nivek Dunne’s Celbridge scheme

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS to Nivek Dunne who is dipping her toes into the property game. A company linked to Dunne, Aterna Developments Ltd, is set to apply for permission to build 124 homes in Celbridge, Co Kildare, where her father-in-law, former baron of Ballsbridge Sean Dunne and her husband, low-key businessman Steven Dunne have plenty of history.The… Read more »

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Stanley brothers’ Swanward struggles

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

INTERESTING to see in Iris Oifigiúil that a property vehicle controlled by the Stanley family had a receiver appointed to it courtesy of a Jersey-anchored vulture fund. The Stanleys – best known as the clan behind construction giant Stanley Macadam – look to have a lot on their plates with plenty of red ink splashed… Read more »

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Bad news for Quesada creditors

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

THE scheme of arrangement has just been filed with the Companies Office for Quesada Developments Ltd, where unsecured creditors are set to be disappointed. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that Neil Hughes was appointed examiner last autumn at Quesada – the company behind the Beech Park nursing home in Dunmurry East, Co Kildare – after… Read more »

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John Ryan’s latest setback

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’S old pal, Monkstown businessman John Ryan popped up again recently after having another judgment registered against him. Former Anglo Irish banker Ryan will be familiar to fans of Goldhawk for his involvement in the Sorrento property group, which ran into severe difficulties in the crash. The latest judgment against Ryan for over €¼m was… Read more »

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Pat Barrington

Pat Barrington under the gun

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for gun-toting Co Clare businessman Pat Barrington and his wife Carmel Barrington, who had a setback in the Four Goldmines recently. The Kilrush couple have been embroiled in a long-running scrap with ACC Bank over loans advanced to them to develop a waste plant before the crash but a recent decision by… Read more »

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Al Porter

RTE’S TWITTER PROBLEM

Date: March 8, 2018 - Briefcases

NEARLY four months after the RTÉ One Twitter account sent out bizarre tweets in response to someone who accused comedian Al Porter of inappropriate behaviour, the national broadcaster is remaining tight-lipped about the culprit. In November, comedian Davey Reilly was one of four people to make a series of accusations on Twitter about Porter. One… Read more »

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DERMOT CANTILLON’S BITCOINS

Date: March 6, 2018 - High Society

CONGRATULATIONS to Dermot Cantillon and the gang at Tinnakill House stud for their marketing coup of offering a two-year-old colt for four bitcoins. Not surprisingly, the stunt attracted plenty of media attention, but Dermo is a dab-hand at the marketing game (he is chairman of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing) and has a knack for creating headlines…. Read more »

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PIPELINE TIMELINE

Date: March 6, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

IN 2016, when Enda Kenny’s economic adviser Andrew McDowell became Ireland’s nominee for the €275,000-a-year job of vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the then Taoiseach had to defend the appointment in the face of Opposition claims that it was not an open process. In fact, it transpired, open interviews had been held –… Read more »

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KATE HOEY’S TRACK RECORD

Date: March 6, 2018 - Last Refuge

NOT even the DUP has explicitly called for the abandonment of the Good Friday Agreement but British Labour Party MP Kate Hoey, originally from the north, has done so, provoking a vigorous response from Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. Hoey, who also slipped into Donald Trump mode when demanding that a hard border should be paid… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

MARY LOU’S COALITION DILEMMA

Date: March 6, 2018 - Last Refuge

THE only people more horrified by the prospects of a Fine Gael/Sinn Féin coalition than the Sunday Independent are many members of SF. Leo Varadkar’s comments on Brexit, a United Ireland and his retort to DUP leader Arlene Foster on the need for equality and power sharing went down very well with SF and Foreign… Read more »

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