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Morgan O'Sullivan IFWA

MORGAN’S PLOT TWIST

Date: January 11, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

FANS OF Goldhawk have been kept up to date with the travails of John Arkins’s Irish Film Workers Association (IFWA) over the years. The organisation took to picketing film and TV productions and raised thorny questions about “quality employment” – a supposed cornerstone of the generously state-backed industry that soaks up over €100m in tax… Read more »

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Tony Martin

TONY MARTIN’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Date: January 11, 2024 - Sport of Kings

WHILE TRAINER Tony Martin must have breathed a sigh of relief after avoiding having his licence suspended before Christmas, he has nevertheless lodged an appeal against the severity of the fine imposed on him. For its part, the IHRB has also lodged an appeal against what it says is the “undue leniency” of the sanctions… Read more »

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Lady Ballyedmond Norbrook

LADY MARY’S WINDFALL

Date: January 11, 2024 - High Society

WHILE 2023 was a year to forget for many employees of the giant Norbrook veterinary pharmaceutical group, it turns out that it was a humdinger for controlling shareholder Mary Haughey, aka Lady Ballyedmond. Norbrook, of course, was founded by Edward Haughey many moons ago and has operations in Ireland, the UK and around the world…. Read more »

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Glenbrook House Des O’Neill

DES O’NEILL’S DES RES

Date: January 11, 2024 - High Society

A BARRISTER who made quite a name (and a lot of money) for himself as the star performer in the Mahon Tribunal, Des O’Neill SC, turns out to be the owner of the impressive Glenbrook House mansion in Delgany, Co Wicklow, which has gone on the market with a price tag of a hefty €3.25m…. Read more »

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Lisa Jordan

LISA JORDAN’S WINDING UP

Date: January 11, 2024 - High Society

INTERESTING TO see that blogger/influencer/businesswoman Lisa Jordan has just wound up the company that registered the name “Lisa Jordan”. This follows her move last year into the fashion world with a brand called Edit Row. Jordan is one of the more familiar faces on the Irish influencer scene, having kicked off her blogging career with… Read more »

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John Teeling

BOTSWANA DIAMONDS LOOKING ROUGH FOR TEELING

Date: January 11, 2024 - Moneybags

WHILE JOHN Teeling has been overseeing remarkable success in his whiskey distilling business in Ireland, further afield his Botswana Diamonds mining outfit has struggled, with diamond prices hit badly over the last 18 months. Prices are now on the turn but it is not clear how quickly the company can take advantage. Teeling has previously… Read more »

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Gene Murtagh NOH2O

NOH20 HITS THE BRAKES

Date: January 11, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE MUCH-hyped “bespoke on demand in-house app for carwashing”, NOH2O Ltd, has just collapsed into liquidation. Founded by self-described “brand innovator” Emmet O’Brien, the company’s business was based on waterless carwashing. It has been focusing its attention across the Atlantic, with O’Brien now based in Florida, but back home there had been plenty of changes… Read more »

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PJ Lynch John Swan

THE NYHANS’ TAX BILL

Date: January 11, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE DREADED Revenue has just registered a judgment for €221,000 against a company called Rostella Nyhan Holdings Ltd. This outfit should be familiar to fans of Goldhawk given its ties to the liquidated Rostella Properties Ltd (RPL). The latter was the entity behind three branches of the Nyhan Brothers chain of butchers in south Dublin… Read more »

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Ant and Dec Mark Lenherr

MARK LENHERR’S CARIBBEAN COLLAPSE

Date: January 11, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE EXOTIC-sounding Caribbean Jewel Investments Ltd is to be liquidated next week but this is far from the first setback for one of the main players here, English property investor and developer Mark Lenherr, whose name should ring a few bells with Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – aka Ant and Dec. The star TV… Read more »

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Linda Martin

LINDA MARTIN’S PUPPY LOVE

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

CHRISTMAS CAME early for Linda ‘Eurovision’ Martin, whose move into the business end of animal welfare has landed her a juicy gig from Dublin City Council (DCC), although the €45,000 per month contract was never advertised. Martin has had a long career in the music industry (she released her own version of ‘Downtown’ last month)… Read more »

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Vicki Notaro

PROFILE: VICKI NOTARO

Date: December 14, 2023 - Pillars of Society

HAVING LEFT her position as MD of VIP Publishing earlier this year, Vicki Notaro has impressed Goldhawk with her modus operandi as she forges a new path as a “fiction writer, freelance journalist and brand consultant”. As the keen self-promoter gushed recently: “It’s so fab… It’s like they all satisfy a different part of me.”… Read more »

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Chris Clifford

YOUNG BLOOD: CHRIS CLIFFORD

Date: December 14, 2023 - The Young Bloods

THE current president of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Chris Clifford, came to power in unique circumstances. A two-term president of Munster Technological University (MTU) Kerry Students’ Union, he ran a joke campaign for USI president that unexpectedly led to him overseeing more than 300,000 students nationally. Clifford, who previously criticised the USI… Read more »

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Richard Humphreys

JUDGE HUMPHREYS AND JAMIE BRYSON

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT AN intriguing coupling Judge Richard Humphreys and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson make in their collaboration on the recently published Constitutional Balance, the Acts of Union and the Principle of Consent. Jamie is one of the most vocal critics of the Northern Ireland Protocol –… Read more »

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GAYLE KILLILEA AND DER KAISER

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

FOLLOWERS OF the entertaining X account of Gayle Killilea saw her react in characteristic fashion to a two-page spread in the Indo about her new mansion near Ascot: “As the former Baroness of Ballsbridge, I’d like to thank my beautiful breasts for helping me conquer… Read more »

David Norris

DAVID NORRIS’S ‘MILLION POUNDS’

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

FANS WHO managed to stay up (awake?) for RTÉ’s The Week In Politics programme last weekend were treated to an interesting titbit from David Norris, who was happy to confirm the degree to which he availed of the libel laws here to significantly boost his bank balance. The Trinners senator was the subject of a… Read more »

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Bono

BONO’S WINDFALL

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE PEACE message frequently peddled by Bono has invariably been aligned with a western political agenda but a recent move by the singer saw him benefit from a financial deal funded by a bank entwined with those Israeli heroes that occupy and settle on Palestinian… Read more »

Charlie McConalogue Cop28

COP ON OR COP OUT?

Date: December 14, 2023 - Fowl Emissions

Won’t anyone think of the oil companies? In a frantic communiqué issued at Cop28, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) warned that the “undue and disproportionate pressure against fossil fuels may reach a tipping point with irreversible consequences”. The tipping point exercising Opec has nothing to do with climate. It is the grave danger… Read more »

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Regina Doherty

REGINA V JOSEPHA – AND MAYBE BARRY

Date: December 14, 2023 - Last Refuge

LEO VARADKAR and his command staff officers in the bunker have one issue to deal with before others when it comes to the Dublin European seat and that’s whether to run one or two candidates. This likely means that Fine Gael delegates at convention will… Read more »

Harry McCalmont

HARRY McCALMONT’S HEAVY GOING

Date: December 14, 2023 - High Society

HARROW-EDUCATED horse breeder and well-known Turf Club personality Harry McCalmont found himself in the headlines last week when a legal action against him resulted in a High Court settlement for over €2m. The case, which concerned the death of stud groom George Williams while he… Read more »

VOL 41 NO 24

Date: December 14, 2023 -

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Micheál Martin Ukraine

UKRAINE DEFEAT LOOMS

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ISRAELI horror show in Gaza cannot hide for long the uncomfortable fact – for Nato and the West, including Ireland – that Ukraine stands on the edge of defeat in war against Russia. That the Irish Government, and Micheál Martin in particular, does not… Read more »

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RTÉ’S FOUR SEATS

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

AS GOLDHAWK revealed (see The Phoenix 1/12/23), the premature exit of Connor Murphy from the RTÉ board created a second vacancy for media minister Catherine Martin to fill. She has now advertised the €16,000-a-year seats, along with two other vacancies that have yet to arise. The queue of applicants is unlikely to be a long… Read more »

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Susan McKay Chris Andrews

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Date: December 14, 2023 - Letters to the Editor

In an article about Chris Andrews TD in your 1 December issue of The Phoenix you give a very misleading account of my position on politicians and defamation law. I have not condemned Mr Chris Andrews or his party. I have consistently said that, while everyone is entitled to go to law to defend their… Read more »

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Esmond Birnie NLAW

ARMS TO GAZA (VIA UKRAINE)

Date: December 14, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ARMS industry makes a big deal of end-use certificates, which identify a government agency of the importing state that will use their weapons. Despite this, there is still a thriving illicit market for weapons in conflict zones and embargoed destinations around the world. The… Read more »

Drew Harris Dublin Riots

DREW HARRIS’S COP OUT

Date: December 14, 2023 - Hush Hush

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris’s credibility in the aftermath of the Dublin riots rests on his claim that no one could have anticipated the level of violence. But the level of lawlessness at far-right protests has been steadily escalating over the last four years. Also Harris’s cop out does not explain how, even in the aftermath… Read more »

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Conor McGregor

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: December 14, 2023 - The Hot Air Brigade

If anointed, the appointing of An Taoiseach will begin with a friendly sparring match in my purpose built, Presidents Octagon, in the grass outside Áras an Uachtaráin. Gumshield, 16oz gloves, shin pads, vale tudo for Caio. If you cannot spar a friendly spar with your President you should not lead the country. Televised on ppv…. Read more »

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Ian Paisley Snr NIAC

‘SENSIBLE’ NORTH REFORMS

Date: December 14, 2023 - Northwind

ON DECEMBER 4 Westminster’s Northern Ireland affairs committee (NIAC) published its proposals for reform of the Stormont assembly’s procedures for electing its speaker and first and deputy first ministers. The north’s unionist media were quite excited about the development. Some outlets in the south shared the excitement. The Irish Times, confirming once again that the… Read more »

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Emma Blain

THE 2023 GIRL

Date: December 14, 2023 - Last Refuge

THE FIRST and one of the most intriguing Fine Gael selection conventions for the next general election takes place in the new year (January 15) in Dublin Bay South (DBS), where the constituency that was once graced by Sir Garret FitzGerald no longer holds a… Read more »

Dylan Hutchinson

KINGSTOWN FG: THE ENEMY WITHIN

Date: December 14, 2023 - Last Refuge

A FRISSON of anti-Russian paranoia ran through a number of Dún Laoghaire Blueshirts recently, causing the postponement of the convention for candidates to the Blackrock area for next year’s local elections. Three such conventions were organised in the Fine Gael heartland of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, namely Dún Laoghaire, Killiney-Shankill and Blackrock. However, a complaint… Read more »

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Kieran McDaid Reach

‘MIRROR’ OVER REACHES ITSELF

Date: December 14, 2023 - Fit to Print?

THE ELEVATION of Irish Sun editor Kieran McDaid to the hot seat occupied until recently by Nóirín Hegarty at the Aarish edition of the Sunday Times also saw the transfer of Michael McNiffe to Murdoch’s flagship. McNiffe was lured from the post of executive editor at the Daily Mirror to the role of associate editor… Read more »

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Niall Meehan Eddie Gorman

CoI SLEEPS SOUNDLY

Date: December 14, 2023 - Fit to Print?

LAST WEEK the Church of Ireland (CoI) and the Scouts Association forked out £100,000 in damages to Eddie Gorman, who was abused by Rev WG (Bill) Neely in Mount Merrion Church, Belfast. Neely also abused children as a scout leader. The scouts expelled Neely in… Read more »

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: December 14, 2023 - Bog Cuttings

‘FAT BASTARD’ A MAN who was found sleeping on a flower bed by gardaí appeared before Sligo District Court on two counts of public intoxication. At 7:35pm on June 14, gardaí discovered the defendant, Mark Sweeney (22), of Sunset Drive, Cartron Point, passed out in the flower bed after a day of drinking. On July… Read more »

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Oliver Sears

BUSY OLIVER SEARS

Date: December 14, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

ART DEALER and Holocaust awareness advocate Oliver Sears tends to generate plenty of media interest and most recently was afforded a lengthy outing on Brendan O’Connor’s RTÉ Radio One show. Presumably, the high profile is good for business and Sears has been raking it in at his Upper Fitzwilliam Street gallery in D2. He has… Read more »

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Sam Ewing Willie Mullins

ADVANTAGE MULLINS

Date: December 14, 2023 - Sport of Kings

IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board stewards made a decision at Punchestown that could have ramifications for trainers and jockeys, especially in light of the BHA’s plans to introduce a limit of four runners per trainer in a race. After the four-runner Grade 1 Morgiana Hurdle, which was saw the Willie Mullins-trained State Man lead home a… Read more »

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Barry Connell Tim Husbands

CONNELL’S PLAN

Date: December 14, 2023 - Sport of Kings

THE RECENT ‘festivalisation’ of some of the big winter jumps meets has resulted in big crowds and great atmospheres at Irish tracks. Leopardstown boss Tim Husbands will be hoping this momentum carries on to the big four-day Christmas meeting. It is, of course, the horses that play the big part and have provided some thrilling… Read more »

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Brendan and Alison Parsons Birr Castle

BIRR CASTLE’S CHINESE MENU

Date: December 14, 2023 - High Society

IT LOOKS like some very wealthy people from around the world will be making contact with the owners of Birr Castle, who are offloading a much sought after private box in the Royal Albert Hall, home of Last Night of the Proms. With a potential €3.5m price tag, it could deliver a very nice Christmas… Read more »

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