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Sean Kelly EPP

VARADKAR’S EU JOB ENDANGERED

Date: March 7, 2024 - Last Refuge

WHEN THE support of Fine Gael MEPs ensured the passage of a key stage of the Nature Restoration Law (NLA) in the European Parliament last December – in defiance of their European People’s Party (EPP) whip – it seemed like the only punishment for the wet Blueshirt MEPs would be a slap on the wrist… Read more »

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Clare Daly GUE/NGL

IRELAND’S EU LEFT-OVERS

Date: March 7, 2024 - Last Refuge

WITH THE elections for the European Parliament to take place in early June, much speculation has focused on the prospects of the far right, with headlines predicting big gains for such parties. But while there are a plethora of Irish parties chasing that right-wing surge,… Read more »

Ben Scallan

‘GRIPT’ GIFT TO EU RIGHT

Date: March 7, 2024 - Fit to Print?

A SPAT between Gript correspondent Ben Scallan and Leo Varadkar at the end of a recent Government press conference led to a focus on Gript Media’s finances. Vlad had ignored a question shouted by Scallan as he was leaving and, when dismissing the latter’s righteous indignation on Highland Radio, in reference to Gript the Taoiseach… Read more »

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Laura Slattery Siún Ní Raghallaigh

BOG STANDARD ‘IRISH TIMES’ BEHAVIOUR

Date: March 7, 2024 - Fit to Print?

WHAT COMMONSENSE Irish Times media columnist Laura Slattery dispensed recently when deriding “everybody involved in RTÉ’s rolling crisis” as having “lost the plot”. According to Slattery, media minister Catherine Martin took the hump with RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh because Martin didn’t know that RTÉ “followed the correct procedure – correct on paper and correct… Read more »

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‘IT’ BOTTLENECK

Date: March 7, 2024 - Fit to Print?

A RECENT SPECIAL by David McWilliams in the Irish Times Weekend Review told readers: “In Dún Laoghaire a battle for the heart and soul of the town is ongoing.” This is a reference to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council’s plan to re-direct cars away from the town centre and adjacent streets — “a sort of people before… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: March 7, 2024 - Bog Cuttings

‘Stranger than FICTION’ A driver maintained that a breath sample he gave to gardaí, which showed he was over the drink-driving limit, was invalid as the arresting garda gave him chips prior to the sample. Killarney District Court heard that Daniel Shanahan, of Tullig, Kilflynn, Tralee, had been celebrating his 78th birthday last June when… Read more »

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John Morehart

JOHN MOREHART’S ‘REMEDY’

Date: March 7, 2024 - High Society

HAVING PURCHASED the splendid Palladian mansion Bellamont House, which stands on a thousand acres outside Cootehill in Co Cavan, Yank lawyer John Morehart has had his fair share of scrapes. The most recent one saw him come out on the wrong side – something he has not been used to. Morehart, who is married to… Read more »

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BACKING DERMOT SMURFIT

Date: March 7, 2024 - High Society

NO DOUBT Dermot Smurfit – son of Dermot Smurfit Snr and nephew of Monaco-based Mick Smurfit – was happy with the Indo’s positive spin on his latest venture, Paydirt Games, in last week’s business pages. To the uninitiated, it might have looked as though his two-decade long adventure with GAN Gaming wasn’t quite the debacle… Read more »

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DAVID SHARKEY’S €1.7M DISCOUNT

Date: March 7, 2024 - High Society

AN ADVERT from Sherry FitzGerald on the front page of the Irish Times property section last month featured a rather nice-looking pile called Waverley, which is located off Westminster Road in Foxrock. The name should be familiar to premium property hunters given that it first came on the market just a year ago. The most… Read more »

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Siún Ní Raghallaigh

IN PRAISE OF SIÚN

Date: March 7, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

THERE HAS been an awful lot of praise heaped on recently resigned RTÉ chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh, with TV and movie producers lobby group Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) quick to wade in. After the Irish Times referred to Ní Raghallaigh’s “impeccable CV”, Susan Kirby’s SPI issued an update expressing its “regret” over the chair’s exit,… Read more »

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Cathal Beale

CATHAL BEALE’S NEXT MOVE?

Date: March 7, 2024 - Sport of Kings

THE TENURE of Cathal Beale as boss of the Irish National Stud (INS) looks set to end in July this year, having been seven years in situ. It will be interesting to see where he pops up next. Beale had previously been assistant manager of Forenaughts Stud, co-owned by the Smurfit family and John Osborne’s… Read more »

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Tony Smurfit

SMURFIT KAPPA INVESTORS TO SUFFER FROM WESTROCK DEAL

Date: March 7, 2024 - Moneybags

IT IS always a little odd when a share price rises on the back of poor results. In the case of Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), whose sales fell a significant 12% last year to just over €11bn, this is exactly what happened, with the shares jumping over 10% to just on €39. This is all a… Read more »

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Michael Carvill

‘IN PLAY’ KENMARE RESOURCES WORTH $¾BN

Date: March 7, 2024 - Moneybags

ALTHOUGH NOT normally an activist shareholder, rather late in the day JO Hambro (which has a 5% stake in Kenmare Resources) has run out of patience with Mick Carvill, one of the longest-serving CEOs in the world, who has been in situ for 38 years. JO Hambro’s move comes despite the fact that, in its… Read more »

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Brendan McDowell

BRENDAN MCDOWELL’S AWARD

Date: March 7, 2024 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS TO cosmetics czar Brendan McDowell, who landed the Entrepreneur of the Year award at Ali Ryan’s Gossies bash in the RDS last weekend. There were plenty of B and C listers picking up gongs under assorted headings, including the likes of Muireann O’Connell (best female TV presenter), Deric Hartigan (best male TV presenter) and… Read more »

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Ramona Nicholas Cara Pharmacy

EXPENSIVE MEDICINE AT CARA

Date: March 7, 2024 - Briefcases

AFTER THE rescue of the Cara Pharmacy group of companies back in 2020, the latest figures for the new holding company suggest it may be some time before the backers see a return, although at least the directors’ fees will help the medicine go down. The Cara group was the brainchild of Ramona Nicholas. Unlike… Read more »

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Brendan Morriseey

BRENDAN MORRISSEY’S UPS AND DOWNS

Date: March 7, 2024 - Briefcases

TECH INVESTOR Brendan Morrissey suffered a setback in the High Court last week when Judge Denis McDonald confirmed a €1m judgment against the Kilkenny-based “serial entrepreneur” and his Malta-registered investment vehicle, BAK Holdings Ltd, in favour of a hearing tests software company backed by comedian John Bishop. It is not the first time that Bren… Read more »

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Conor Clarkson Nathan McDonnell

HANDICAPPING MCDONNELL AND CLARKSON

Date: March 7, 2024 - Briefcases

THERE HAS been heavy going lately for a couple of businessmen who happen to be fans of the turf – Nathan McDonnell and Conor Clarkson. Both boys have been under the spotlight, albeit for very different reasons. Nathan McDonnell was remanded in custody last month in relation to alleged links to what has been described… Read more »

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Katherine Drohan and Jane Murphy

TAX-FREE ‘TOY SHOW’ TREATS

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE MOST of the fall-out from last week’s media committee hearings into the antics at RTÉ concerned golden handshakes for former executives, one aspect of payouts slipped under the radar. As the discussion dealt with the rather generous financial culture at Montrose for full-time staff,… Read more »

Mary Lou McDonald

PROFILE: MARY LOU MCDONALD

Date: February 22, 2024 - Pillars of Society

DESPITE THE recent triumph in the north for Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O’Neill, it’s been a bad 12 months or so for party president Mary Lou McDonald. A spell of ill health was preceded by embarrassing disclosures at the trial of Gerard Hutch for murder (he was acquitted) about her links with former SF councillor… Read more »

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Doireann O’Leary

YOUNG BLOOD: DOIREANN O’LEARY

Date: February 22, 2024 - The Young Bloods

THE MEDIA-FRIENDLY Cork-based GP, Doireann O’Leary, has positioned herself as quite the expert on health matters and is a regular on RTÉ’s Today show, The Last Word on Today FM and other programmes. She also has her own range of health supplements, which get a large amount of media attention and column inches due to the photogenic doctor’s ubiquitous media… Read more »

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Holly Cairns

WILL HOLLY CAIRNS RETAIN HER SEAT?

Date: February 22, 2024 - Last Refuge

THE MEDIA darling that is Holly Cairns is regarded by the same media as the best thing going for the Soc Dems as they face up to local, European and general elections in the next 12 months or less. But this advantage could turn out to be quite the opposite if the party leader loses… Read more »

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JETTISONING JOSEPHA

Date: February 22, 2024 - Last Refuge

THE FINE GAEL establishment and supporters of junior minister Josepha Madigan received a shock following senator Regina Doherty’s victory at the convention for the party’s Dublin EU candidate last Sunday. Nobody in the party expected Doherty to win, although readers of The Phoenix would not have been surprised (see edition 9/2/24). However, it was the… Read more »

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JOHN MCGUIRK’S STRATEGY

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE right-wing commentator and Gript editor John McGuirk has now been named as the defendant in the libel action filed by the man claiming he was wrongly identified as the Parnell Square attacker, it looks like there will be no day out in the Four Goldmines for McGuirk against the Village magazine, even though he… Read more »

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Portrait of Marian Keyes

‘DONATING’ MARIAN KEYES

Date: February 22, 2024 - High Society

HUGELY SUCCESSFUL scribbler Marian Keyes was “bowled over” following the commissioning by the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) of her portrait, which was unveiled earlier this month. Presumably, she is grateful to the mystery private donor who covered the full cost of the commission from artist Margaret Corcoran. In the aftermath of the unveiling of… Read more »

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Colm Wu

COLM WU’S TAXING TIMES

Date: February 22, 2024 - Briefcases

THINGS ARE clearly not getting much better for Goldhawk’s favourite hotelier Colm ‘Bo Vision’ Wu (aka Guoqing Wu), with the dreaded Revenue moving to wind up one of his many companies, Kerry Hotel Ltd. This may ring a few bells in Cahirsiveen. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 2/11/23) that last year no less… Read more »

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Margaret Kelleher MoLI

HOLY MOLI!

Date: February 22, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

PERHAPS PREDICTABLY, a fledgling Irish cultural entity finds itself in a financial mess. This time it is the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), which has struggled to carve out an identity for itself. No doubt keeping an eye on the plot here is Orla Feely, president of UCD, which is picking up the tab. A… Read more »

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Jack Cantillon

JACK CANTILLON’S ‘RE-IMAGINING’

Date: February 22, 2024 - High Society

“THIS ISN’T the same old boring news of a stallion retiring, this is a re-imagining of what a stallion deal should look like for the benefit of breeders” was the PR spiel last summer from lawyer-turned-bloodstock entrepreneur Jack Cantillon of Syndicates.Racing, where broadcaster etc Kevin Blake plays a supporting role. Syndicate.Racing Ltd, based at the… Read more »

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VOL 42 NO 04

Date: February 22, 2024 -

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Simon Coveney

GOVERNMENT’S GAZA VERBIAGE

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

As the Israeli slaughter in Gaza reaches genocidal proportions, the disconnect between the Irish Government’s rhetoric and the reality of its commercial actions in recent years could hardly be starker. Enterprise minister Simon ‘Covetous’ Coveney has been quite strident in his criticism of Israel as it commenced bombing Rafah in advance of a ground offensive,… Read more »

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Dame Richardson Brendan Simms

RICHARDSON: DAME OR IRISH COMMONER?

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheál Martin would have been reassured to learn that the person chairing the neutrality session at the Munich conference last week was Dame Louise Richardson, who was so adept at dealing with pinko radicals and pacifists at Martin’s security forum last year. But the awkward voice at the Munich neutrality… Read more »

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Ian Kehoe

IAN KEHOE’S NO-SHOW

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

IT IS worth quoting The Currency website’s “over-arching philosophy”, which founders Ian Kehoe and Tom Lyons proclaim as “journalism that is fearless, focused and always interesting” and is also free from “any corporate, sectoral or political interest – including our own”. This detachment would, of course, be equally important in Kehoe’s other job as a… Read more »

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Naoimh McNamee Glencree Centre

CONCERNS OVER GLENCREE CENTRE

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE IS not much sign of reconciliation between the worthies at the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in Co Wicklow and their paymasters in Micheál Martin’s Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), who appear to be getting a little nervous. Fans of Goldhawk will be aware that there has been rather a lot of coming… Read more »

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Anne Rabbitte SJOG

JUDGING JOHN OF GOD

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

DISABILITIES MINISTER Anne Rabbitte expressed her “incredible disappointment” at the stand-off between Saint John of God (SJOG) and the HSE, which was caused by last week’s announcement of the former’s plan to withdraw disability services. She will, however, be well aware that this represents merely the latest surfacing of the tensions between the two entities…. Read more »

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Barrie Gane

BRITISH ‘DIPLOMACY’ AT WORK

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

BARRIE GANE CMG OBE, of MI6, born on September 19, 1935, died of a stroke on December 10 last. His official resumé alleges that he was a “diplomat”, a description that masks his true role as an MI6 high flier. Also concealed is the fact that he served in Ireland in the early 1980s. By… Read more »

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Anthony Hart MI6

MI6 HONEY TRAPS

Date: February 22, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

In 2016, an anonymous MI6 officer swore under oath to Judge Anthony Hart that MI6 had never engaged in sexual blackmail. This delicate piece of perjury was uttered during Hart’s inquiry into child sexual abuse in the north. Hart lapped it up, despite the publication of confessions by a string of MI6 officers that they… Read more »

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BRITISH AND IRISH RIGHT WING

Date: February 22, 2024 - Hush Hush

When the notorious British far-right activist Stephen Yaxley Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) arrived in Ireland in February last year, he caused a significant amount of rancour and tension among Ireland’s far-right milieu. It was not so much Robinson’s multiple convictions for crimes involving violence, stalking, financial and immigration fraud, drug possession, public order offences etc… Read more »

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