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Shane Ross

ROSS TO ELECTRIFY TRANSPORT?

Date: August 10, 2017 - Fowl Emissions

Shane Ross IS THERE any part of the environmental agenda that Ireland doesn’t have to be dragged kicking and screaming into, to achieve even the grudging bare minimum? Take electric cars (EVs). Back in 2008 the FF/Green administration set a national target of having 10% of private cars electric by 2020. At that time, EVs… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: August 10, 2017 - Bog Cuttings

‘How long is life?’ A BOYLE man charged with threatening or insulting behaviour was given the benefit of the Probation Act at Carrick-on-Shannon District Court. Kevin Beirne, Patrick Street, Boyle told the court: “I was giving a bit of guff but not much at all.” Giving evidence, a garda told the court that he had… Read more »

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Solar Bones

SOLAR BONES – MIKE McCORMACK (CANONGATE)

Date: August 10, 2017 - BooksReviews

LONGLISTED LAST month for the 2017 Man Booker Prize (along with Sebastian Barry’s Days Without End), Mike McCormack’s experimental novel tells the story of Marcus Conway, a civil engineer in his early 50s. On All Souls’ Day, 2008, he is alone in the kitchen of his home in Louisburgh, Co Mayo (“a bordered realm of… Read more »

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Siobhan Cullen

CRESTFALL – PEACOCK THEATRE

Date: August 10, 2017 - ReviewsTheatre

Siobhan Cullen YOU CAN’T accuse the Abbey’s new directors of being cautious. It takes nerve to stage the most vulgar, violent and crudely poetic play from the contemporary Irish canon in the heart of summer. This time around, Mark O’Rowe’s Mad Max-style dystopian drama hasn’t prompted the walkouts that marred its 2003 debut at the… Read more »

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Ken Early

KEN EARLY POLITICAL PODCAST – SECOND CAPTAINS WORLD SERVICE

Date: August 10, 2017 - PodcastsReviews

Ken Early WHEN THE Second Captains sports team left The Irish Times stable of podcasts to strike out with their own Second Captains World Service platform of podcasts, the need to diversify was clear. Of the three presenters, Ken Early was the obvious choice to host a new podcast. On sport, Early is as likely… Read more »

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Harry Crosbie

HARRY’S PLAY

Date: August 10, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

Harry Crosbie THE PACE is picking up for Harry Crosbie’s proposed People’s Theatre in Dublin’s docklands. Presumably, the running of the operation will prove more orthodox than his other entertainment venture Crosbie has had his share of setbacks and popped up recently in the headlines courtesy of a high profile stand-off with Nama that saw… Read more »

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Joe Osborne

OSBORNE MAKES HIS MARK

Date: August 10, 2017 - Sport of Kings

Joe Osborne JOE OSBORNE has wasted little time in making his presence felt in his new role as chief executive of Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s global racing and breeding empire, Godolphin. Osborne stepped into the position after the ousting of John Ferguson following his breakdown in relations with Saeed Bin Suroor, one of Sheikh Mohammed’s… Read more »

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Ruby Walsh

CHOOSY RUBY

Date: August 10, 2017 - Sport of Kings

Ruby Walsh JOCKEY EXTRAORDINAIRE Ruby Walsh has become highly selective when choosing his mounts these days and it may be a hint that the multiple champion is beginning to think of life beyond the saddle. In comparison to his peers, such as Davy Russell, Paul Townend and Andrew Lynch, Walsh has recently opted for a… Read more »

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Brian Kavanagh

Legal Jockeying

Date: August 10, 2017 - Sport of Kings

Brian Kavanagh INTERESTING to see proceedings being lodged in the High Court by one Andrew Thornton against Fairyhouse racecourse and its owner, Brian Kavanagh’s Horse Racing Ireland (HRI). It is not clear at this stage who these proceedings relate to and neither side was prepared to spill the beans when contacted by Goldhawk. However, the… Read more »

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Roger Brookhouse

JUSTICE FOR BROOKHOUSE

Date: August 10, 2017 - Sport of Kings

Roger Brookhouse WHEN UK-based owner Roger Brookhouse lodged an appeal with the Turf Club over its decision to void the race in Killarney last month won by his Stars Over The Sea, Denis Egan and the Bowler Hats dusted off the rule book and realised they had crossed their own line with their action. For… Read more »

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Donal Murphy

DCC’s rocket-fuelled share rating

Date: August 10, 2017 - Moneybags

Donal Murphy WITH DCC’s Tommy Breen standing down – despite being only 58 – the new chief executive is Donal Murphy, who has spent 10 years running the company’s totally dominant fuel distribution business. He is inheriting a group that has benefited from favourable conditions in recent years, so there will be serious demands on… Read more »

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Mike Donoghue

Ormonde Mining’s low valuation

Date: August 10, 2017 - Moneybags

Mike Donoghue ORMONDE MINING chairman Mike Donoghue has very sensibly delayed the development of his tungsten mine in Salamanca, Western Spain. The initial plan was to have the mine up and running this autumn but looking at the underlying trend in tungsten prices – which bottomed out in January 2016 – Donoghue and his chief… Read more »

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Eoin Bara

Contract woes for Eoin Bara

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

Eoin Bara SPARE a thought for gin distiller and serial entrepreneur Eoin Bara (his full surname is Baratizadeh) whose tech consultancy has just collapsed into liquidation. Bara has been the subject of numerous write-ups in the press over the last year after he set up a distillery in his native Tullamore where he manufactures his… Read more »

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Ferdi Roberts

Ferdi Roberts’s Gamercon fiasco

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

Ferdi Roberts THERE was bad news for promoter Ferdi Roberts recently when his company Gamercon Ltd collapsed into liquidation in late July. Gamercon is the company behind the event of the same name, which took place back in March in Dublin’s Convention Centre and left thousands of disappointed nerds out in the rain. Roberts was… Read more »

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Patrick Crowley’s litany of woe

Patrick Crowley’s litany of woe

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

Giovanni Di Stefano CONGRATULATIONS to solicitors Cathal O’Donovan and Patrick Crowley, formerly of O’Donovan Solicitors in Dublin, who had a decent day in the High Court recently. AIB had tried to secure summary judgment against the two boys for €217,000 but they managed to convince Judge Robert Eagar to bring the matter to a full… Read more »

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Eddie Hobbs

Farewell to Brendan Investments

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

Eddie Hobbs IT’S the end of an era as Brendan Investments Pan European Property (BIPEP) was finally put into liquidation last month. The company – where Vincent Regan and Hugh O’Neill are listed as directors and where once upon-a-time celebrity economist Eddie Hobbs was a non-executive director – owes €11.4m to investors and a quick… Read more »

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Declan Doyle’s director’s loans

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

AN INTRIGUING little company called Comlee Ltd is facing a winding up petition courtesy of the taxman. Comlee is a small business consultancy outfit based in St Margaret’s in north Co Dublin but a quick look at the company’s CRO filings reveals it might have some big problems on its hands. The directors and co-owners… Read more »

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Charlie Hopkins

Charlie Hopkins’s headache

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

Charlie Hopkins AN INTERESTING front page apology was published by the Roscommon Herald last month, the week after an article on a company that had run a social services centre and provided meals on wheels from the town of Keadue. The founder and long-time chair of the operation is former Fine Gael mayor of Roscommon… Read more »

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Give me the Pip

Date: August 10, 2017 - Briefcases

AN INTRIGUING company called Galvanic Ltd has just applied to the High Court to appoint an examiner. The outfit makes a device called The Pip, which measures stress levels by tracking changes in “electrodermal activity” through the pores on a user’s fingertips. Directors here include John Ingram and David Ingram and accounts filed by the… Read more »

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Ellen Coyne

Times hackette Ellen Coyne

Date: August 10, 2017 - The Young Bloods

Ellen Coyne FEMINIST journalist Ellen Coyne (26) has been steadily building her own brand for the last few years. A senior reporter at the Times Ireland Edition (TIE) covering politics and social affairs, Coyne is becoming the standout talent at the fledgling publication, which is desperate to set itself apart from the established competition, particularly… Read more »

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Michael Wall

MICHAEL WALL’S ABBEY CREDENTIALS

Date: August 10, 2017 - High Society

Michael Wall THE RECENT overdue appointments to the board of the Abbey Theatre include barrister-cum-architect Michael Wall, who has a number of strings to his bow. Wall has been appointed following the long delay in installing Frances Ruane as the new chair of the Abbey, a process that needed to be completed to enable other… Read more »

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Lisselan House

David Blackburn’s property problem

Date: August 10, 2017 - High Society

Lisselan House THERE HAVE been few more startling property price drops than that associated with the magnificent Lissellan House and estate outside Clonakilty in Co Cork. Back in 2014, the turreted French chateau style property on 315 acres – owned by retired British motor dealer David Blackburn – was briefly placed on the market with… Read more »

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Brittany Mason and Steven Patach

Brittany Mason in Trump’s footsteps

Date: August 10, 2017 - High Society

Brittany Mason and Steven Patach READERS OF last weekend’s Sindo were treated to an article featuring the glamorous new promoter of Miss Universe Ireland competition – model and former Miss Universe finalist Brittany Mason. The statuesque blonde, who is revamping the whole project, was eager to knock on the head any suggestions that the beauty… Read more »

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Rose McHugh

Rose McHugh at the Crawford

Date: August 10, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

Rose McHugh WHILE THERE is still no sign of an advert seeking a successor to Peter Murray as director of the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, the new chair, Rose McHugh, is preparing to seek a regrading of the position to encourage applicants who might be put off by the €75,000 approx annual stipend. McHugh… Read more »

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Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson vs Macdara Kelleher

Date: August 10, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

Mel Gibson ON JULY 31, some showbiz legal eagles in Los Angeles filed a lengthy series of claims on behalf of Hollywood star Mel Gibson and his production and distribution company, Icon. Assorted defendants include Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures – and Christchurch Productions DAC, which turns out to be a little-known Irish company. The… Read more »

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Vol 35 No 15

Date: July 27, 2017 -

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Paul Kehoe

OPERATION SOPHISTRY AND NEUTRALITY

Date: July 27, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Paul Kehoe AS cynical political manoeuvres go, the government’s co-option of Ireland’s defence forces into Operation Sophia – touchingly named after a baby born on a German frigate in the Mediterranean in 2015 – is gold standard. The plight of refugees in the Mediterranean and photographs of dead children have had a profound effect on… Read more »

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Susan Denham

A heads up

Date: July 27, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Susan Denham Retiring Chief Justice Susan Denham has called for new guidelines to be considered to regulate social media during trials. For more on the outgoing chief justice see Pillar of Society. You can also read about social media, contempt and the Jobstown trial in our Young Blood profile of Solidarity press officer Dave Murphy.

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Trina Vargo

TRINA VARGO’S VENGANCE

Date: July 27, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Trina Vargo “MY EXPERIENCES with the Irish Film Board (IFB) are kind of like James Comey’s experiences with President Trump – I’ve learned to take notes in the meetings, or as soon as I walk out the door, because I can expect alternative facts to follow.” Thus does the bolshy Trina Vargo of the US-Ireland… Read more »

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Dermot-Desmond

Plutocrats’ Pow-Wow

Date: July 27, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Dermot Desmond MORE ON that strange plutocrats’ pow-wow at Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel last month, when Rupert Murdoch was in town for the launch of the Irish edition of The Times newspaper. There was much scratching of the heads in D2 over the make-up of the group of mostly heavy-hitters who turned up to pay homage… Read more »

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Maura King

Paul McGarry v Maura King

Date: July 27, 2017 - Wigs on the Green

Maura King THE poll topping performance of dissident barrister Maura King who argued for greater transparency and accountability in recent elections to the Bar Council saw the Good Ol’ Boys strike back in double quick time with a long, detailed message to its 2,000 plus members. This rapid response enabled council chairman Paul McGarry and… Read more »

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Denis O'Brien

WILL DINNY GO FOR BROKE?

Date: July 27, 2017 - Wigs on the Green

Denis O’Brien NEXT MONTH’S annual general meeting of Independent News and Media (INM) will be a bumpy affair and awkward questions will be unavoidable on issues such as that bid to buy Newstalk, the investigation of the company by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the relationship between the company’s chief executive,… Read more »

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Ruairi Quinn

QUINN NOW HEADS EURO QUANGO

Date: July 27, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Ruairi Quinn CHAIRMAN of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), Brendan Halligan (81), has moved aside and has been bestowed with the more honorific title of president of an entity that has brought the securing of dole-outs from the state to a high art form. And the man that has replaced him as… Read more »

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Lisa Chambers

FF’s Friendly Faces

Date: July 27, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Lisa Chambers THERE have been silly season rumblings against FF’s communications director, Pat McParland. A particular grievance is the selection by McParland, guided by the real boss, Deirdre Gillane, of front benchers for media outings. The repetitive selection of new Mayo TD, Lisa Chambers and the less photogenic Meath East TD, Thomas Byrne, has caused… Read more »

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Colm Toibin

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: July 27, 2017 - The Hot Air Brigade

Colm Toibin The page is not a mirror. It is blank when I start to write, but it contains a version of the world when I finish. It is there for others to be inspired by. Slowly then, a sentence or set of sentences that have their own integrity, their own sense of balance, their… Read more »

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Donald Trump

THE STORY BEHIND THE JERUSALEM ATTACK

Date: July 27, 2017 - Foreign Frolics

Donald Trump By Ramzy Baroud Al-Aqsa is believed to be the second mosque ever to be built, the first being Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. The Holy Quran mentions it as the place from which Prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven, journeying from Mecca to Jerusalem. For Palestinians, Muslims and Christians alike, the Mosque took on a new… Read more »

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