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Ger Fox

DRUG TALK

Date: November 30, 2017 - Sport of Kings

IRISH Grand National winning jockey Ger Fox recently took up the position of assistant trainer to Gavin Cromwell and Goldhawk wonders if the Meath rider knew what was coming down the tracks after the result of a random drugs test became known recently. Fox, along with two other jockeys, tested positive for metabolites of cocaine… Read more »

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Tony O'Reilly Jnr

Market fails to value Providence assets

Date: November 30, 2017 - Moneybags

THE UNFORTUNATE shareholders in Providence Resources have been through tough times and the latest setback was the double dud in the South Porcupine – the so-called Druid and Drombeg wildcat well delivered by Tony O’Reilly Jnr and Sean O’Sullivan. This was the 25th dud Providence and its predecessor, Atlantic, have brought in since the latter… Read more »

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Mick Hoyne

Mick Hoynes cashes in at Merlyn

Date: November 30, 2017 - Moneybags

IT IS most impressive that going from a tiny start in 2000, Mick Hoyne built up his showers operation Merlyn Industries to the point where he has just been able to sell the Kilkenny-based firm for no less than €78m cash. Shareholders have made big money here and new owners, the UK-listed Norcros group, will… Read more »

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The Elphin

Leo Fitzgerald beats back the vultures

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS to Dublin publican Leo Fitzgerald, brother of moneybags pub mogul Louis Fitzgerald, who had a pretty decent result in the Four Goldmines recently. Fitzgerald’s company Wingview Ltd – the entity behind a boozer called The Elphin in Sutton, north Co Dublin – managed to secure an injunction preventing a vulture fund from appointing receivers…. Read more »

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Gabriel and Damien Manley

Manley Construction’s medical trouble

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

INTERESTING to see Meath construction outfit Manley Construction Ltd (MCL) has been served a notice of termination by the HSE on the site of the new €5m unit at Nenagh Hospital in Tipperary. The company had to go to the High Court to seek protection from its creditors and Judge Marie Baker agreed last week… Read more »

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Taxman catches up with Maurice Muldoon

Taxman catches up with Maurice Muldoon

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a tax judgment for a meagre €25,000 registered against hapless Co Meath businessman Maurice Muldoon. Once upon a time, Muldoon was behind Cantec North East (CNE) Ltd, a well-known computer and IT retailer based in Meath until the taxman wound up the operation in 2011. Muldoon has had a tough time of it… Read more »

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Aftermath of 2015 fire

Paddy Byrne’s planning problems

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

THERE’S NO questioning the ambition of builders Paddy Byrne and Danny Whelan of Victoria Homes. But, as a quick scan through planning documents shows, they haven’t had the luck to match it. The two men have enjoyed plenty of publicity recently. Both the Sindo and the Sunday Business Post have referenced their plans to build… Read more »

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Patrick Rainsford is not Emused

Patrick Rainsford is not Emused

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

EMUSE Corporation Ltd has finally gotten around to filing its scary accounts for 2015. The Mount Street D2 software outfit, where chief executive Patrick Rainsford clearly has a lot on his plate, lost over €4m in 2015 bringing accumulated losses there to a staggering €55m with a further €5.4m owed to creditors. Emuse, which makes… Read more »

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David McWilliams

Gobbledygook

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

A new economic plan for Ireland – David McWaffle, Irish Times Unlike hosting the Rugby World Cup, the global economy is no longer an “all-or-nothing” game of nations pitted against each other where for one side to win the other must lose. It’s more nuanced. Nor is the national economy like the national soccer team;… Read more »

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Taxman Cometh

Date: November 30, 2017 - Briefcases

A FEW interesting names popped up recently after having judgments registered against them by the taxman, among them Clontarf events promoter Donal Bolger. The Revenue hit Bolger for close to €170,000 last month. It’s not the first time he has fallen foul of the taxman. Bolger and family members Warren Bolger and Ross Bolger –… Read more »

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Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly’s leadership race

Date: November 30, 2017 - Last Refuge

THE Frances Fitzgerald/Maurice McCabe crisis threatened the leadership of both Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin in the event of poor results for either in a premature election. How amusing, then, that the political crisis should have been stimulated in the first place by a cunning leadership strategy in the smallest party in the Dáil, Labour…. Read more »

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Ciara Kelly

Profile: Dr Ciara Kelly

Date: November 30, 2017 - Pillars of Society

THAT Dr Ciara Kelly, one of Ireland’s most articulate feminist journalists, should replace George Hook in his prime time Newstalk slot is beyond irony. Kelly showed neat footwork as she negotiated a tricky path between her status as a women’s champion and the competing requirements of a radio station in denial over its Mad Men… Read more »

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David Chambers

Young Blood: Dave “Blindboy Boatclub” Chambers

Date: November 30, 2017 - The Young Bloods

BLINDBOY BOATCLUB – real name Dave Chambers (33) – has gone from off-the-wall comic as one half of The Rubberbandits to omnipresent cultural figure in the space of seven years. But is Chambers the radical artistic voice he’s presented as or is he, like the Blindboy character he plays, not quite as clever as he… Read more »

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Paul Kehoe

Fine Gael’s military ambitions

Date: November 30, 2017 - Last Refuge

TUCKED away on page 7 of The Irish Times recently readers of the paper of record were informed in a short article of the trifling detail that Ireland is to join the new EU military structure, the Permanent Structured Co-operation (Pesco). Next day, the Irish Independent followed suit with an article on page 26 containing… Read more »

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Sam Allardyce

Big Sam’s Irish team

Date: November 30, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

A STRUGGLING company called Pulse Fusion F6 was tackled by the taxman last month, almost leaving some footballing suits with egg on their faces. The low profile firm is the brainchild of number cruncher and former chairman of Bray Wanderers football club Denis O’Connor and, surprisingly, one F6 shareholder turns out to be the man… Read more »

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Suzanne Jackson

Suzanne Jackson’s €1m blog

Date: November 30, 2017 - Hush Hush

‘BEAUTY AND lifestyle’ blogger Suzanne ‘So Sue Me’ Jackson is really starting to clean up with her online activities but not everything is proving fashionable. Jackson continues to generate headlines and, most recently, it was widely reported she had set her sights on a slot on Dancing With The Stars. Given that she has over… Read more »

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Anne Anderson

Anne Anderson’s new role

Date: November 30, 2017 - High Society

THERE have been some comings and goings at Druid Theatre in Galway. The good news is that the new star act could generate a fair few dollars for Gary Hynes’s outfit. Author and self promoter extraordinaire Colm Tóibín has stepped down from the Druid board after two and half years, during which time he wrote… Read more »

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FUNNY BUSINESS - ALAN SHATTER (POOLBEG)

FUNNY BUSINESS – ALAN SHATTER (POOLBEG)

Date: November 30, 2017 - BooksReviews

IT’S EASY to mock Alan Shatter and it’s very hard to like him. This book could well be regarded as his effort to change these two things. On the first he fails. The Alan Partridge cover, the tepid title, the godawful world’s worst cocktail party anecdotes – they all contribute to making it easier to… Read more »

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PATRICK LENAGHAN’S RIVER CASINO

Date: November 30, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

SOME BAD news for Goldhawk’s old pal, hotelier Patrick Lenaghan, who’s been through the wars in the past decade. His name will be familiar to readers over his assorted business spats with the likes of Philip Smyth (see The Phoenix 26/2/10) and there was also a high profile run-in with CAB. Last month Lenaghan, originally… Read more »

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Annual 2017

Annual 2017

Date: November 16, 2017 -

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Michael Colgan and Orlaith McBride

ORLAITH MCBRIDE’S FRIEND

Date: November 16, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

SPARE a thought for Orlaith McBride who, as director of the Arts Council, has been asked to comment frequently on Michael Colgan and the Gate Theatre. The problem for McBride is that she is a good pal of Colgan’s but has nevertheless found herself recruited into the growing army of critics in recent weeks. McBride… Read more »

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Christy Dignam

Aslan Audio

Date: November 16, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

An audio recording of showbiz hack Ken Sweeney’s interview with Aslan’s Christy Dignam will form the centrepiece of a High Court libel action taken by Sweeney against Today FM. Sweeney, showbiz editor of the Irish Sun, interviewed the singer for a story he wrote during which the band’s frontman was reported to have had a… Read more »

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Nord Anglia Education

School Fees

Date: November 16, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

A COMPANY called Nord Anglia Education (Ireland) Ltd has just been incorporated in Dublin ahead of the planned opening of Barry “Riverdeep” O’Callaghan’s super expensive international private school in Leopardstown next year. The 800-pupil school will charge a hefty €24,000 per year for second-level students and the operation is to be run by Nord Anglia… Read more »

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Noeline Blackwell

NOELINE BLACKWELL’S WINDFALL

Date: November 16, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

GOOD NEWS for chief executive Noeline Blackwell and her team at the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC). With funding for charitable bodies generally tight on the ground these days, the centre has just got a major boost courtesy of a supporter’s cool €1m donation. To put this windfall in context, the last DRCC annual report… Read more »

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Catherine Yore

Come back Catherine

Date: November 16, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

MEATH WEST’S Catherine Yore has not been welcomed by everyone in the local party. Yore was voted hottest candidate in the 2011 general election in a disgracefully sexist poll undertaken by Ladbrokes and is a former RTÉ’s You’re A Star talent show contestant. But while the school teacher topped the poll in the 2009 local… Read more »

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Bob Geldof

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: November 16, 2017 - The Hot Air Brigade

Her association with our city shames us all and we should have no truck with it, even by default. We honoured her, now she appals and shames us. Sir Bob Geldof, Knight of the British Empire, gives back his Freedom of Dublin City in protest at Aung San Suu Kyi In my view, Songs of… Read more »

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Mary Mitchell O'Connor

MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR’S GENDER GAFFE

Date: November 16, 2017 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL and The Sunday Times rained on Mary Mitchell-O’Connor’s parade recently with allegations that she was backsliding on her pledge to introduce gender quotas in third level institutions. The day before the higher education minister was due to announce a task force on the issue FF education spokesman Thomas Byrne criticised her failure to… Read more »

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Ryan Moore on Mendelssohn

COOLMORE PUNT PAYS OFF

Date: November 16, 2017 - Sport of Kings

LAST YEAR when MV Magnier signed the buyers docket at $3m for a yearling at Keeneland, that figure must have looked on the high side when the colt, subsequently named Mendelssohn, trailed in last behind stablemate Seahenge in a Group 2 race at Doncaster during the summer. Things have changed since. While he redeemed himself… Read more »

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Luke Comer Ban

ANOTHER SHOPPING SPREE FOR COMER?

Date: November 16, 2017 - Sport of Kings

WITH THE Goffs Foal and Breeding Stock sale looming large, it will be interesting to see if Luke Comer plays as active a role as he has done in previous years. Comer bought almost 70 broodmares at the sale last year and now that he has added another stud farm to his portfolio in the… Read more »

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Ruby Walsh

RUBY’S WEXFORD WOBBLE

Date: November 16, 2017 - Sport of Kings

RUBY WALSH found himself in the unusual position recently of being the subject of a running and riding inquiry when the stewards looked into his handling of the Willie Mullins-trained Itsonlyrocknroll at Wexford. The horse had won a bumper on his previous outing but was weak enough in the market and having opened at 7/4… Read more »

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Stephen Rae

NON-INDEPENDENT AWARDS

Date: November 16, 2017 - Fit to Print?

GROUP editor-in-chief of Independent News & Media (INM) titles Stephen Rae had a face like thunder at the Newsbrands Ireland Journalism Awards 2017 in the Mansion House recently. Not only did The Irish Times easily outstrip the rest of the media with seven awards but the Irish Independent took just three by comparison. Next day… Read more »

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George and Wendy Magan

GEORGE MAGAN’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

Date: November 16, 2017 - High Society

LATER THIS week, an interesting case will be heard in the High Court. It concerns a Tory peer and one of Ireland’s most spectacular properties. But this is not the only legal spat involving the man who restored the property, George Magan – aka Baron Magan of Castletown – who has even been unceremoniously dragged… Read more »

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Catherine Day

THE CHESTER BEATTY’S NEW CHAIR

Date: November 16, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

AFTER ALMOST 20 years in the chair and a total of 26 years as a director since he was first appointed in January 1991, TP Hardiman has stepped down from the board of the Chester Beatty Library.The new chair is former European Commission secretary general Catherine Day, although Heather Humphreys will be expected to make… Read more »

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MORE MILLIONS FOR BAM

Date: November 16, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

INTERESTING to see a €1m allocation in the Department of Culture Budget Estimates for the troubled Cork Event Centre project. This latest allocation suggests the increasingly expensive looking 6,000-seat venue will be going ahead in some form, although there are still question marks hanging over it. The plan to develop a venue for assorted entertainment… Read more »

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Kevin Sheahan

Kevin Sheahan’s China crisis

Date: November 16, 2017 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for Limerick Fianna Fáil (FF) county councillor Kevin Sheahan who just had a judgment for u1m registered against him by Danske Bank. Sheahan, a councillor for the Askeaton-Adare municipal district, is a colourful character with the distinction of being elected first chairman of the amalgamated Limerick City and County Council in 2014…. Read more »

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Paddy Mckillen Jr

Paddy McKillen Jr’s Union blues

Date: November 16, 2017 - Briefcases

PADDY McKillen Jr will be delighted with the glowing reviews his revamped Stella Cinema in Rathmines has received since opening its doors last month. Elsewhere, things aren’t as rosy for McKillen and his Press Up Entertainments business partner Matt Ryan at their company Tomose Ltd. McKillen and Ryan bought Kiely’s Pub in Mount Merrion in… Read more »

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