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Honohan v Ryan

Date: February 9, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

MASTER of the High Court Ed Honohan irked Me’ Luds yet again in the New Year with a front page splash in The Irish Times where he attacked Circuit Court judges and the government that “pump people into homelessness”. Honohan argued that EU law was being ignored by the courts’ determination to make summary judgments… Read more »

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VIRGIN SAVIOUR FOR ‘IRISH TIMES’?

Date: February 9, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE is little disagreement about the extent of The Irish Times’ financial crisis with Denis O’Brien taking pleasure in pointing to it last year and the newspaper’s managing director, Liam Kavanagh, emphasising the life-threatening situation the paper faces. Kavanagh told staff and readers last year that “if we don’t make a profit we don’t exist”… Read more »

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Cashing in on AIB float

Date: February 9, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

RECENT reports that AIB is planning the sale of hundreds of properties to vulture funds such as Cerberus suggests the move to privatise AIB is imminent. The news of AIB follows the appointment, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Davy and Deutsche Bank as “global coordinators” for any potential initial public offering (IPO). These will… Read more »

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The Hot Air Brigade

Date: February 9, 2017 - The Hot Air Brigade

We were those emigrants who first saw Ms Liberty appearing out of the Hudson fog and said we had realised our ambition to be able to go to the US. Micheál Martin, reported by Kevin Doyle, Irish Independent I also have to say, from a metrosexual perspective, my man-crush on Roger grows. He’s much better… Read more »

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SIPTU BOSS CHALLENGES HOWLIN

Date: February 9, 2017 - Last Refuge

IS LABOUR preparing for a new party chief already? Current leader Brendan Howlin’s “welcome” for Siptu boss Jack O’Connor’s bid for chair of the party was a little lukewarm. Howlin described O’Connor’s candidacy as “interesting” and said he shared the same “broad” world view of politics as the union leader. Very broad, if you ask… Read more »

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Greedy-Raes

Date: February 9, 2017 - Last Refuge

KERRY’S EYE turned its beady focus on TD brothers Mikey and Danny Healy-Rae recently with a wealth of detail about the mountain of moolah the lads bring home from their politicking up in the big smoke. There was much speculation about Mikey becoming minister for rural affairs when Enda Kenny was courting Independents last April… Read more »

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RONAN FANNING’S ‘WHITE NIGGER’

Date: February 9, 2017 - Fit to Print?

“A DEEP appreciation of the importance of archives” and “a relish for the power plays of high politics” were just two of the glowing – and very accurate – tributes that academic colleagues heaped recently on the late Prof Ronan Fanning. When it came to the opening of significant British government archives opened under the… Read more »

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Denis-Obrien

O’BRIEN’S DAMNED STATISTICS

Date: February 9, 2017 - Fit to Print?

COVERAGE of the latest JNLR (12 months to December 2016) radio ratings of Denis O’Brien’s Newstalk in Denis O’Brien’s Irish Independent was hilarious in its efforts to obscure the deepening crisis at the station. The Indo referred to the “significant” increase on the last quarter’s results at Newstalk which, it reported, was due to Newstalk’s… Read more »

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Sindo discretion

Date: February 9, 2017 - Fit to Print?

IRISH TIMES literary correspondent Eileen Battersby would not have been displeased at her newspaper’s review last autumn of her first novel, Teethmarks on My Tongue, penned by Katherine A Powers – “remarkably accomplished work … excellence … dark wit” and so on. She will also be pleased the Sunday Independent has chosen, so far, not… Read more »

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FRACKING: TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN?

Date: February 9, 2017 - Fowl Emissions

THE Times of India described the Dáil’s progress of the bill as “historic”, while Russia Today recorded “an important moment in the history of the Divestment Movement”. But if you rely on Irish media you probably missed it. On January 28, the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill, 2017, brought by Donegal Independent TD Thomas Pringle, passed… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: February 9, 2017 - Bog Cuttings

‘Go and fuck yourselves. Read the Irish Times!’ A DROMOD man was given probation when he appeared at Carrick-on-Shannon District Court charged with threatening, abusing or insulting behaviour during an incident last summer. Inspector Denis Harrington said that gardaí were dealing with an incident on Bridge Street in the town when Bernie M McDonagh, of… Read more »

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Rudi Butler

Date: February 9, 2017 - The Young Bloods

Rudi Butler, far left THE RISING tide of the property market is bringing a new generation of plucky young developers to prominence, few of them more ambitious than Limerick’s Rudi Butler (29). Through his company Kirkland Investments Ltd, Butler has laid the groundwork for a major project in Limerick City, which could establish him as… Read more »

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BIG BUCKS IN BEAUTY BUSINESS

Date: February 9, 2017 - High Society

INTERESTING to discover that Marissa Carter, the woman behind the very popular Cocoa Brown tanning product, is set to expand her burgeoning empire, as is another player in the increasingly lucrative Irish beauty game, Suzanne Jackson. Fans of Goldhawk will recall (see The Phoenix 3/7/15) that Carter first came to prominence courtesy of a celebrity… Read more »

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LUCY NAGLE’S FASHIONABLE FIGURES

Date: February 9, 2017 - High Society

THE SINDO’s favourite designer, Lucy Nagle, got yet another plug last weekend when described by Barry Egan as, er, “the Goddess of the gansey” in an article promoting her fashion show at the RDS next month. Meanwhile, there was good news for her filthy rich hubby. Before Christmas, the Sindo’s fashion scribe, Constance Harris, raved… Read more »

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Patrick Doran

PATRICK DORAN’S PROFITS

Date: February 9, 2017 - High Society

ONE NAME that has popped up in the ongoing saga over the proposed sale of Walford to a Dermot Desmond family trust is that of Foxrock-based Patrick Doran, who is claimed to have had dealings with Sean Dunne in relation to a possible sale. He could certainly afford a pile on Shrewsbury Road. The low… Read more »

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JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL … GATE THEATRE

Date: February 9, 2017 - ReviewsTheatre

TEMPTING as it is, you can’t blame La La Land. The Hollywood awards favourite may bring American musicals back into the mainstream, but Irish theatre producers have been dubiously dabbling with the saccharine-infused artform for more than a decade. Punters here can barely take their seats without the risk of someone on stage bursting into… Read more »

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DRIVETIME RADIO – RADIO 1, NEWSTALK, TODAY FM

Date: February 9, 2017 - RadioReviews

WELCOME to la la land. Sarah McInerney, co-presenter of Newstalk Drive, couldn’t contain her giddiness as she introduced a discussion on this year’s Oscar nominees. Her exhilaration even extended to the tune her producers chose as background for the item. “I love that music,” McInerney burbled, as Hooray For Hollywood faded. “It just makes me… Read more »

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HOSTAGES – OISÍN FAGAN (NEW ISLAND BOOKS)

Date: February 9, 2017 - BooksReviews

MIXING MAGIC realism with sci-fi dystopian horror and elements of pulp fiction, this series of standalone parables consists of five (longish) short stories, each set in a disturbing world not that far removed from our own. Oisín Fagan’s characters are all volatile, often edged with menace. Most live highly demented lives within the moment –… Read more »

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KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY

Date: February 9, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

FOLLOWING THE exit at the end of 2016 of Sarah Lynch, general manager of Galway’s Druid Theatre for the previous 18 years, there has been something of shake-up at the company. The good news for Druid’s artistic director, Garry Hynes, is that her nephew is now playing a starring role. Lynch told Hynes et al… Read more »

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Hot Chocolate

Date: February 9, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

AN ARTS centre on King’s Street in Dublin 1, the Chocolate Factory, has initiated legal action against Dublin City Council (DCC), although nobody is saying what the problem is. The High Court proceedings were lodged by the operating company, Chocolate Arts Factory Ltd, where the manager of the venue, Val Ruttledge is a director, although… Read more »

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FILM BOARD’S FAMILIAR WINNERS

Date: February 9, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

THE IRISH Film Board (IFB) has just published its fourth quarter offers for 2016 and it transpires that “loans” amounting to €2m were dispensed with the generosity of Santa Claus on foot of applications received in the last few months of the year. It will be recalled that, in late December, arts minister Heather Humphreys… Read more »

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SADDLING UP AT HRI

Date: February 9, 2017 - Sport of Kings

AFTER MORE than 15 years with Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Michael O’Rourke has called it a day as director of marketing to pursue a career as a consultant. The result is a shake-up at HQ. Before HRI, O’Rourke worked at the Turf Club and the Curragh racecourse. Throughout his time in HRI, he has held… Read more »

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NEW FACES

Date: February 9, 2017 - Sport of Kings

IT WAS surprising to see John Osborne deciding to step down from his position as chief executive of the Irish National Stud at the end of the 2017 breeding season (July). He has completed his seven-year term as head of the state body and will not seek to be reappointed. Having inherited a business in… Read more »

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BEFORE TRUMP, THE BORDER WALL WAS A BIPARTISAN PROJECT

Date: February 9, 2017 - Foreign Frolics

by OLIVER ORTEGA RIGHTWING fantasies of a southern border wall are not new. Nor are they limited to Republicans or Trump supporters. When President Trump signed an executive order last week to complete a wall along the 2,000 mile border with Mexico, he was building on decades of bipartisan consensus among lawmakers. In fact, Congress… Read more »

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BALLYMORE BACK IN THE GAME

Date: February 9, 2017 - Sport of Kings

HOW LONG before Sean Mulryan’s silks are back on the racecourse? Not long it seems, following news that his Ballymore Properties has resumed its sponsorship at the Punchestown Festival. Back in the heady days, Ballymore used to sponsor a whole day at the April National Hunt bonanza held at Mulryan’s local track but when the… Read more »

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Small mercies for Tadhg Gunnell

Date: February 9, 2017 - Briefcases

FORMER Bloxham director Tadhg Gunnell had a rare spot of luck at the end of January when he managed to successfully appeal part of a disciplinary tribunal ruling of Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). Goldhawk fans will recall that Gunnell was head of compliance and finance at the stockbroker when it all went pear-shaped in 2012… Read more »

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Dublin City Council’s pyrite saga rolls on

Date: February 9, 2017 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’s old pals at Irish Asphalt (IA) Ltd had a bruising start to 2017 after Cavan builders James Elliott Construction (JEC) Ltd registered a judgment against it for nearly €2.7m in January. The judgment relates to a €2.5m award granted to JEC after the High Court ruled that IA had supplied the builders with materials… Read more »

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Taxman tackles Clare businessmen

Date: February 9, 2017 - Moneybags

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting names in Stubb’s Gazette recently, including Clare publican Martin Tubridy who had five separate tax judgments registered against him in January totalling €17,000. Luckily for the Cooraclare man – who owns a civil engineering and draughting company called GMD… Read more »

Derek O’Leary’s good day in court

Date: February 9, 2017 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS to Goldhawk’s old pal Foxrock developer Derek O’Leary who had a pretty decent day in the Court of Appeal recently. One of O’Leary’s property companies, D&L Properties Ltd, is currently suing a Guernsey registered outfit called Yolanda Ltd, alleging that the latter company failed to repay money owed to D&L from a development in… Read more »

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Industrial distress in Trinity College

Date: February 9, 2017 - Briefcases

A ROW between management and workers has been on the boil in Trinity College where Unite and Siptu have been involved in talks with the college’s human resources department for the last number of weeks. The dispute between the college and non-academic staff centres on the introduction of a management-led employee evaluation scheme – which… Read more »

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Stephen Donnelly

WICKLOW’S SOCIAL DEMOCRAT

Date: February 9, 2017 - Last Refuge

MEDIA punditry about Stephen Donnelly reneging on his Independent, social democrat principles was predicated on the notion that he had cunningly negotiated his way into a future Fianna Fáil cabinet. But the former Wicklow Independent had become dangerously isolated, nationally and in his constituency, since last year’s general election, especially since he split from the… Read more »

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SINN FÉIN’S COALITION STRATEGY

Date: February 9, 2017 - Last Refuge

A CAREFULLY formulated article on coalition government by key Sinn Féin strategist Eoin Ó Broin in the Sunday Business Post recently was, if anything, more indicative of the party’s coalition intentions than Mary Lou’s recent statement. Ó Broin is the left figurehead in SF’s ongoing, agonising debate about government participation and he led the charge… Read more »

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Dara Murphy

Date: February 9, 2017 - Pillars of Society

THE perverse priorities of An Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s political appointments are personified by the undistinguished Dara Murphy, junior minister for European affairs. Murphy has a weak political record as well as a chequered business and academic CV, but he is a loyal Kenny supporter. With Ireland facing, as we are told, the greatest political and… Read more »

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Aryzta is now a buy-out target

Date: February 9, 2017 - Moneybags

OWEN KILLIAN in Aryzta has been hit by a perfect storm and is under particular pressure from his new largest shareholder, Causeway Capital Management, which last year bought a 7.5% stake when the shares collapsed from a peak of €73 in March 2014 to U40. But last month’s dive in the share price offers a… Read more »

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Charles Gallagher

Abbey shareholders increasingly isolated

Date: February 9, 2017 - Moneybags

HAVING GAINED control of the Abbey house building group with the blessing of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) authorities, Charlie Gallagher has now begun the final round of buy-ins that will inevitably lead to an eventual full take-out. Maybe this is the best option for the long-suffering shareholders. The process of the Gallagher takeover required… Read more »

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Carlow beer barons brew up success

Date: February 9, 2017 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the beer barons at Carlow Craft Brewery Ltd, the company behind the increasingly popular O’Hara’s range of craft beers. The Mhuine Beg brewer filed its annual accounts recently and will certainly make uplifting reading for the company’s new investors with the outfit making an annual profit of close to u½m… Read more »

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