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Nicolas Maduro

VENEZUELA: THE US WANTS ITS COUNTRY BACK

Date: August 10, 2017 - Foreign Frolics

Nicolas Maduro WHAT IS taking place in Venezuela is an attempt at counterrevolution. Washington wants “its” country back, which is why it is providing both overt and covert support to an opposition determined to return the country to its previous status as a wholly owned subsidiary of the United States. What needs to be emphasised… Read more »

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Martin Fraser

VARADKAR’S WELL OILED PR MACHINE

Date: August 10, 2017 - Last Refuge

Martin Fraser THE “strategic communications unit” to be created at the heart of government has an Orwellian ring to it and there is little doubt it will serve as part of Leo Varadkar’s plan for a revamped Fine Gael election campaign. But it also indicates the further centralisation of government, a process begun by Enda… Read more »

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Stephen Donnelly

FF BORDER ROW

Date: August 10, 2017 - Last Refuge

Stephen Donnelly THE ROW between Leo Varadkar and the DUP over the border and Brexit is polite compared to the clash between Fianna Fáil’s Brexit spokesperson, Stephen Donnelly, and the party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Darragh O’Brien. Straight after Varadkar’s recent “no-border” comments aimed at the Brits Donnelly gave unstinting support to Vlad’s hard line, even… Read more »

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Byrne Dynasty

Date: August 10, 2017 - Last Refuge

GOLDHAWK noted the resentment among Fianna Fáil frontbenchers at the perceived media favouritism enjoyed by Meath East TD Thomas Byrne via his frat boy friendship with communications director Pat McParland at Trinners (see The Phoenix, 24/7/17). Such jealousy has been sharpened by developments in party circles in Louth where another member of the Byrne famille… Read more »

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Gerry Adams

GERRY ADAMS’S LONG GOODBYE

Date: August 10, 2017 - Last Refuge

Gerry Adams THAT Mary Lou McDonald and not El Presidente Gerry Adams delivered Sinn Féin’s coalition message to Fianna Fáil last week can be read in two ways. One is that Mary Lou is being prepared for her coronation as leader when Adams steps down shortly; the other is that Adams prefers his lieutenants to… Read more »

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Claire Byrne

RTÉ WAGE SLAVES

Date: August 10, 2017 - Fit to Print?

Claire Byrne DESPITE rampant speculation about Bryan “Dobbo” Dobson moving to Morning Ireland, RTÉ’S head of news and current affairs, the no-nonsense Jon Williams, is fixated on changing TV news. In particular, Williams wants to revitalise the 6.01 News programme and his dream team is Claire Byrne and, well, almost anyone else will do. Talk… Read more »

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Susan Denham

WORST LIBEL LEGACY

Date: August 10, 2017 - Fit to Print?

Susan Denham THAT profit warning from INM issued in late July and which referred to extra costs arising from “legacy libel awards” referred to two particular cases that were settled recently. One was a 17-year libel action by Sligo man Martin McDonagh against the Sunday World, which had incorrectly described him as a “Traveller drug… Read more »

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Kevin Myers

Myers’ Fans

Date: August 10, 2017 - Fit to Print?

Kevin Myers THE only consolation for The Sunday Times on the weekend of its now ejected columnist Kevin Myers’s anti-Semitic implosion was that Irish sales of the newspaper went up by over 5,000. This was because news of Myers’s transgression and sacking spread like wildfire on TV and radio but because it had been taken… Read more »

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Luke Comer Ban

Billionaire property tycoon Luke Comer and his horseracing handicap

Date: August 10, 2017 - Pillars of Society

Luke Comer THE PROPERTY boom is again making some people very rich, none more so than Luke Comer and his younger brother, Brian, who moved their Galway plastering operation to the UK in the 1980s before making their first fortune as developers. Since returning to Ireland, the brothers have caused quite a stir as a… Read more »

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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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