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Frances Black

Ross v Fine Gael

Date: September 21, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

SHANE ROSS cannot decide whether he was blind sided by justice minister, Charlie Flanagan, justice officials or both by the inclusion in the Judicial Council bill of a provision that would protect the identity of judges censured by the council. That Fianna Fáil justice spokesperson, Jim O’Callaghan, a champion of the judiciary and even The… Read more »

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Martin Quinn

WHITE HELMETS GET TIPP AWARD

Date: September 21, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

MINISTER for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, was effusive in his recent congrats to the White Helmets, recipients of the Tipperary Peace Award, remarking on their “heroism and sacrifice” in apparently having “saved almost 100,000 lives” in the Syrian civil war. Coveney’s rhetoric was understandable; the Tipperary Peace Convention (TPC) was advised by his departmental officials… Read more »

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Nadine O'Regan

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Air Brigade

Death, too, feels like the most acute and terrible type of failure; a failure of living. Nadine O’Regan, Sunday Business Post Magazine, Submitted by reader You may receive the menu from a man with the solemn, Merovingian features of Clovis II, the bread basket from Jean Genet during his criminal years, and your main course… Read more »

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Kim Jong Un

The Russia-China Plan TO CONNECT ‘EURASIA’

Date: September 21, 2017 - Bird's Eye View

by PEPE ESCOBAR THE United Nations Security Council’s 15-0 vote to impose a new set of sanctions on North Korea somewhat disguises the critical role played by the Russia-China strategic partnership, the “RC” at the core of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India and China). The new sanctions include a 30% reduction on crude and… Read more »

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Catherine Ardagh

FF TARGET TEN DUBLIN SEATS

Date: September 21, 2017 - Last Refuge

IF the latest Sunday Times poll (Fine Gael 33%/Fianna Fáil 25%) was to translate into real electoral figures then Fianna Fáil could forget about any post-election coalition calculations, but Micheál Martin will probably not lose too much sleep over the figures. The poll – if it is to be believed – comes after a summer… Read more »

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MARTIN WILL DEAL WITH SINN FÉIN

Date: September 21, 2017 - Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN delivered yet another thundering disavowal of any coalition deal with Sinn Féin at this week’s Fianna Fáil think-in in Longford. But his private injunctions to his TDs against talking about such a government reveal the real method and future plans for a coalition agreement with SF. Martin is now telling his parliamentary party… Read more »

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Brendan Griffin

WILD COLONIAL MINISTER

Date: September 21, 2017 - Last Refuge

JUNIOR minister, Brendan Griffin, has played a blinder in the last few years, starting with a selfless public gesture on his first general election in 2011 when he pledged to pay half his Dáil salary to a local school close to his Castlemaine base. He went on to cut an image as a rebel against… Read more »

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Mary Newman

BLUESHIRT SISTERS TO UNSEAT ALAN KELLY?

Date: September 21, 2017 - Last Refuge

THE Blueshirt political waste land that is Tipperary will not necessarily be reclaimed by the entry of Mary Newman – sister of Kate O’Connell TD – into the electoral field. Indeed Mary will have to show greater tactical awareness than her brash sister if she is to negotiate her place on Fine Gael’s general election… Read more »

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John Brown

LONDON MET TO QUIZ INM?

Date: September 21, 2017 - Fit to Print?

THE latest salvo in the legal shock and awe campaign by Dana and her brother, John Brown against various parties in the media as well as other individuals came this month as Brown lodged a complaint with the London Met alleging conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The complaint, which would be a criminal… Read more »

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Neil Jordan

Profile: Neil Jordan

Date: September 21, 2017 - Pillars of Society

THE HUGE audiences attracted to Sky TV’s recent blockbuster series, Riviera, tuned in despite, not because of, its creator, Neil Jordan (with John Banville), who disowned the project and pulled out. Indeed, the show’s commercial success is probably the best evidence of Jordan’s lack of involvement, given the paucity of hits in recent years for… Read more »

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Michael Creed

MONSANTO’S FIGHT FOR ‘ROUNDUP’

Date: September 21, 2017 - Fowl Emissions

IF YOUR business is managing reputations, it pays to have well-heeled clients. A case in point is Hume Brophy, whose modest HQ in a Georgian house on Dublin’s Herbert Street belies a global army of lobbyists and PR hacks that now makes it one of the largest Irish communications company. Co-owned by John Hume Jnr,… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: September 21, 2017 - Bog Cuttings

‘If you can’t beat them, eat them’ A young Derry woman shouted “if you can’t beat them, eat them” after she bit a detective. Megan McQuaide, Meadowbank Avenue, Strand Road, Derry was arrested after she was involved in a traffic accident in Barnesmore, Co Donegal on June 24th last. The 18-year-old was found by Gardai… Read more »

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Wedding Bling

Date: September 21, 2017 - High Society

AFTER a scaling back caused by the economic recession, those Celtic Tiger style bling weddings are apparently back, with so-called ‘wedding guru’ Peter Kelly (aka ‘Franc’) recently claiming that the average Irish wedding costs €30,000. It is timely then that Ailesbury Road based wedding organiser Tara Fay has now had her company restored to the… Read more »

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GERRY ADAMS: AN UNAUTHORISED LIFE – MALACHI O’DOHERTY (FABER AND FABER)

Date: September 21, 2017 - BooksReviews

LIKE him or loath him – as Malachi O’Doherty repeatedly intones – Gerry Adams is a colossus in modern Irish politics. He steered the Provisional Republican Movement from its armed struggle campaign against the British to becoming a major political player, North and South, and indeed internationally. Like him or loath him – yes, this… Read more »

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THIS FAMILY OF THINGS – ALISON JAMESON (DOUBLEDAY IRELAND)

Date: September 21, 2017 - BooksReviews

SET IN Ireland and America, the story revolves around the Keegan family, a brother and two sisters who are landowners in a remote part of Co Wicklow. Bird Keegan works the family farm, in close harmony with his livestock and the seasons’ comforting rhythms. He has no social skills of note and naturally prefers his… Read more »

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Moon-Dogs

MOON DOGS – DIRECTED BY PHILLIP JOHN

Date: September 21, 2017 - MoviesReviews

MUCH-HYPED as a possible breakthrough for hotly tipped young Irish actress Tara Lee, Phillip John’s Scottish-set, comic drama Moon Dogs is unfortunately something of a mess. With a ‘Pro 12 League’ approach to funding – there was investment from the Irish, Scottish and Welsh film boards – the story has Lee transplanted to a Shetland… Read more »

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THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER – Directed by Nick Kelly

Date: September 21, 2017 - MoviesReviews

As a sensitive and nuanced depiction of mental health problems and developmental disorders, Nick Kelly’s debut feature, The Drummer And The Keeper, does an excellent job. However, on the more mundane front of satisfying drama, the film unfortunately comes up short. At the core of the story are the duo of Gabriel (Bob Geldof lookalike… Read more »

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Jonathan Mullin

CURRAGH DEBATE KEEPS RUMBLING

Date: September 21, 2017 - Sport of Kings

FOR A media savvy, ex-RTÉ employee Jonathan Mullin has certainly made a quiet start to his new role as Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs at Horse Racing Ireland. In fact Mullin has been conspicuous by his absence when it comes to general, positive, media sound-bites relating to the industry. Perhaps he was just building… Read more »

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Anthony Stroud

PEACE IN OUR TIME?

Date: September 21, 2017 - Sport of Kings

THE TRADE embargo between Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin racing stable and Coolmore appears well and truly put to bed and it seems the removal of John Ferguson as Godolphin Chief Executive has smoothed the way towards a positive business relationship between the two behemoths. The Keeneland yearling sale in Lexington, Kentucky, last week saw the Godolphin… Read more »

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Kevin Blake

KEVIN BLAKE’S NEW ROLE

Date: September 21, 2017 - Sport of Kings

PROFESSIONAL punter, author, journalist and general racing pundit Kevin Blake may have to scale back on his At The Races TV appearances now that he is working with a rising star of the training ranks in Joseph O’Brien. Blake is putting his analytical mindset to good use in Carriganog Stables by advising the young trainer… Read more »

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Michael O'Leary

O’LEARY THE TOP SELLER

Date: September 21, 2017 - Sport of Kings

MICHAEL O’LEARY’s Gigginstown House Stud is no stranger to making headlines at bloodstock auctions by splashing out on the top lots but the stud experienced the other side of the business when it ended up the top vendor at a recent sale in Goffs UK’s Doncaster facility earlier this month. O’Leary had his annual clear… Read more »

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Stephen Glancey

Fizz has gone out of Cantrell & Cochrane

Date: September 21, 2017 - Moneybags

STEPHEN GLANCEY walked C&C into a real disaster in his rapid expansion into the USA, lashing out $400m four years ago to buy into the American cider market. Without a big American distribution partner this move was doomed but the scale of the damage was greater than anyone expected. Now there has been some consolidation… Read more »

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Brunswick Debt

Date: September 21, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

THE LIQUIDATION of the long-established Brunswick Press is now complete but there was not too much left for creditors after the professionals took their cut. Brunswick Press traced its roots back to 1734 but in 2015 Michael Butler was appointed liquidator and sought to sell the printing business as a going concern. The company was… Read more »

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Thomas Ryan’s nursing home woes

Thomas Ryan’s nursing home woes

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Water Brigade

A MAJOR row has broken out between the directors of a company called Quesada Developments Ltd, which has just had to appoint an examiner after running out of dosh. Quesada is the outfit behind Beech Park, a 48-bed nursing home in Dunmurry East, Co Kildare where the directors are listed Thomas Ryan, Brendan O’Hanlon and… Read more »

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Brendan Burgess

Brendan Burgess’s Hibernia pals

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Water Brigade

PERSONAL finance expert Brendan Burgess was back on television screens last week when he appeared on Pat Kenny’s TV3 panel show. Burgess discussed social housing provision, arguing that working families should be given priority on waiting lists in Dublin but his performance opened up a few old wounds. Burgess’s comments were received warmly by the… Read more »

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Jarlath Feeney

Galway Indo stops the presses

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Water Brigade

A DREADFUL year for local newspapers continued this month with the sudden closure of the Galway Independent, one title in Declan Dooley and Jarlath Feeney’s stable of freesheets. The Independent joins the North County Leader and the Wexford Echo – both closed their doors earlier this year – after creditors nominated Tom Murray of Friel… Read more »

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Des Foley’s tax trouble

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Water Brigade

SPARE a thought for Leitrim publican and developer Des Foley who has found himself on the latest list of tax defaulters. Foley reached a settlement with the Revenue for just over u118,000 after an audit by the taxman discovered that he had underdeclared his income tax and VAT. Foley is a well-known builder in the… Read more »

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Arnaud Gaultier

J’accuse!

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Water Brigade

KILDARE-based wine importer Arnaud Gaultier had another bad day in the High Court in front of Judge Seamus Noonan. Gaultier has been in the Four Goldmines a lot since his company Loire Valley Ltd was damaged by the taxman improperly seizing his wine over a decade ago. The Frenchman’s complaint relates to the 2006 seizure… Read more »

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Suzanne Jackson

Young Blood: Suzanne Jackson

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Young Bloods

IRISH beauty blogger and model Suzanne ‘SoSueMe’ Jackson (32) is more of a business than a businesswoman. The Dubliner has gone from blogger and social media star to successful entrepreneur at the head of a lucrative empire that includes her own cosmetics range with bit parts played by the whole family. What next can one… Read more »

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Jeremy Masding

Jeremy Masding’s PTSB gamble

Date: September 21, 2017 - Moneybags

JEREMY MASDING has to do something with the €5.8bn rump of non-performing loans in Permanent TSB (PTSB). He can no longer sit on these loans, six years after the crash and is being pushed by the European Central Bank to sort this out. If he can’t manage this directly then they will have to be… Read more »

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Fintan O'Toole

IT RESTORES PEACE WITH NEWSTALK

Date: September 21, 2017 - Fit to Print?

FINTAN O’TOOLE’S public gesture in proclaiming his boycott of Newstalk over George Hook’s rape commentary would surely have met with the approval of his colleagues in the most politically correct media organ in the world. Not so, apparently, as Denis O’Brien’s empire struck back within 24 hours by instructing Newstalk producers not to use IT… Read more »

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Howard Corscadden

Howard Corscadden’s many castles

Date: September 21, 2017 - High Society

WITH THE tourist industry booming according to Fáilte Ireland, it is not just Airbnb that is benefiting. One hotel group reporting impressive results is that belonging to Howard Corscadden and his family who have been doing very well with their collection of castle hotels. The latest to open is Markree Castle in Co Sligo, following… Read more »

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Simone Rocha

SIMONE ROCHA’S FASHION SENSE

Date: September 21, 2017 - High Society

IT WAS interesting to see The Irish Times gushing over the impressive achievement of achingly trendy London-based fashion designer, Simone Rocha, daughter of that other well-known designer, John. Given the expanding nature of Simone’s operation, Goldhawk was more curious about the source of funds. It turns out that despite her significant success to date, Simone,… Read more »

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Tony O'Reilly Jr

Nick Furlong buys Providence

Date: September 21, 2017 - The Hot Water Brigade

IT WAS interesting to watch the feeding frenzy that took place on the Irish Stock Exchange after Providence Resources announced that it had hit water at its Drombeg prospect in the Southern Porcupine Basin last Monday. Meanwhile, swashbuckling investor Nick Furlong’s Pageant Holdings had a very busy day, increasing its shareholding in the Tony O’Reilly… Read more »

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Sarah Carey

Sarah Carey’s prescience

Date: September 21, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE mystery of broadcaster Sarah Carey’s absence from Newstalk has been solved. Her transgression was to warn station management and owner Denis O’Brien that the station’s deliberately provocative editorial philosophy would lead to offensive blunders like the Kevin Myers anti-semitic, sexist outburst that caused such turmoil. Prescient or what? It took Tesco and other corporate… Read more »

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AnneMarie Naughton

AnneMarie Naughton’s Rangle

Date: September 21, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

THE SUBJECT of industrial relations in the film industry is an especially touchy one and a new arrival on the scene could lead to union comrades shouting ‘cut’. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the new venture has been backed by Annie Doona’s Irish Film Board (IFB) and the EU’s Creative Europe cash machine, with Enterprise Ireland also coming… Read more »

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