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BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH

Date: January 26, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

ONE of the most skilful tactics Enda Kenny has deployed in retaining his leadership is that of presenting continuous staging posts – the budget, the upcoming St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump, the papal visit etc – thereby blocking any window of opportunity for a heave against him. Such a period now looms into… Read more »

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Sean Lyons’s Doomsday Challenge

Date: January 25, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

A COMPANY with the interesting name of Doomsday Challenge has just been restored to the register by the High Court, presumably in connection with proceedings lodged against it by one Steve Armstrong. The principal in the company, Sean Lyons, is well known to fans of Goldhawk, having made a mint out of housing asylum seekers…. Read more »

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LAURA MAGAHY’S HEALTHY CONTRACTS

Date: January 25, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Laura Maghahy GOLDHAWK’S old friend, Laura Magahy, found herself back under the spotlight last week after a number of years in which she managed to keep out of the headlines. The former chief executive of Temple Bar Properties is well known for her uncanny ability to land contracts in the public… Read more »

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THE QUEEN OF KING’S INNS

Date: January 25, 2017 - Wigs on the Green

IF barrister Maura King’s elders and betters thought she was an irritable crank in her recent polemic against the Bar Council’s autocratic MO they got a rude awakening at the recent elections to the Council of the King’s Inns, the body that trains and admits barristers to the Bar. Not only was King elected on… Read more »

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JAMES CAHILL’S LAW SOCIETY PROSPECTS

Date: January 25, 2017 - Wigs on the Green

A RATHER unusual precedent has been set by the junior vice-president of the Law Society, Castlebar solicitor James Cahill, who has taken the society to the High Court. This follows a finding by the society’s client relations committee (CRC) that its junior vice-president had overcharged a client, a finding that Cahill is disputing vigorously and… Read more »

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THE RACE TO SUCCEED PAT HICKEY

Date: January 25, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE THERE has been much talk of a changing of the guard at the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), next month’s election of a new president could yet see the gold medal go to one of Pat Hickey’s old pals, Willie O’Brien. He is up against a couple of fancied performers but the campaign to… Read more »

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Peter Prendergast’s prescriptions

Date: January 25, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH THE Christmas festivities fading into the memory, eager members of the public have turned to diets, gyms and purification regimes and there is presumably less call for the cocktail hangover cure promoted by Venus Medical clinic in Dundrum, Co Dublin, for around €300 a pop. The good news is that the owner, surgeon Peter… Read more »

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FROM TV3 TO LAGOS

Date: January 25, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE mystery surrounding Andrew Hanlon’s sudden departure from his job as TV3 director of news, a post he occupied since the station was launched in 1998, is easily explained. Hanlon has taken the job as CEO of Nigeria’s main broadcasting conglomerate, TVC, owned by leading government politician and one of the country’s richest men, Bola… Read more »

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RONAN CAVANAGH’S GOALS

Date: January 25, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

IT WAS interesting to see An Post in the headlines the same week as the deadline for the filing of returns by lobbyists. One of those who turns out to have been lobbying TDs for the postal workers union is Ronan Cavanagh, of Cavanagh Communications, who has fingers in some tasty pies. Cavanagh set up… Read more »

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The Hot Air Brigade

Date: January 25, 2017 - The Hot Air Brigade

From the real source of religion to the infinite reach of rock ‘n’ roll; from the puzzle of the human ‘I’ to the true meaning of money, John Waters speaks and writes about his exhilarating, totally original reflection on the meaning of life in the modern world. From the homepage of John Waters’s website, Submitted… Read more »

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A ‘BRUTAL’ BAPTISM FOR O’NEILL

Date: January 25, 2017 - Bird's Eye View

SINN FÉIN has shot the DUP’s fox. In the 2016 Assembly elections, Arlene Foster campaigned on the basis that a vote for the UUP was a vote for Martin McGuinness to be First Minister. It wasn’t feasible because there was no way Sinn Féin was going to win 10 extra seats and overtake the DUP… Read more »

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BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE FOR FLANNERY?

Date: January 25, 2017 - Clerical Errors

REBEL CLERIC Fr Tony Flannery may have seriously miscalculated by defying a five-year-old Vatican ban on celebrating mass to mark his 70th birthday. Worse still, the Founding Father of the unapproved Association of Irish Priests has compounded his error by publicly ridiculing as an outdated relic from the 16th century, the Catholic Church’s deadly weapon… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

SF LEADERENES

Date: January 25, 2017 - Last Refuge

THE switch from South Armagh’s ex-IRA man Conor Murphy to health minister Michelle O’Neill as Sinn Féin’s chosen leader in Stormont, surprised everyone, including most SF members. The swift and forensic manner in which O’Neill was delivered to the membership and the public was via a nomination from Gerry Adams to the ard comhairle last… Read more »

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ONE, TWO, THREE – BINGO!

Date: January 25, 2017 - Last Refuge

A BRIEF but fascinating discussion at last week’s Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting has caused much anxiety among the party leadership and they fear the avenging crusader of new politics, Shane Ross, will exact a heavy price for his silence on the matter. Junior sport and tourism minister Patrick O’Donovan introduced the gathering to ex-TD… Read more »

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FG DISMANTLING THEIR OWN BILL

Date: January 25, 2017 - Last Refuge

FINE GAEL is playing a most insidious game with its own Alcohol Bill and is effectively caving in to the blitzkrieg of lobbying from the alcohol and retailers that has nobbled its party members. Junior health minister Marcella Corcoran Kennedy has in turn been subject to intense pressure from party TDs. The minister has stated… Read more »

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THE JEAN MONNET OF CASTLEBAR

Date: January 25, 2017 - Last Refuge

MUCH wincing as well as suppressed giggling at the Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting last week as junior minister for European affairs Dara Murphy delivered an uninhibited accolade to his leader, Enda Kenny. But while Murphy’s overblown rhetoric embarrassed most (and annoyed others) the content of Murphy’s tribute was more calculating and emphasised the De… Read more »

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IVAN YATES OFF AIR

Date: January 25, 2017 - Fit to Print?

THE return from his US sojourn of former minister, bookie and broadcaster Ivan Yates has not resulted in Denis O’Brien begging him to resume his post at O’Brien’s ailing Newstalk radio station; not yet, anyway. Yates’s departure last summer left a gaping hole in the broadcasters’ line up and the Breakfast Show in particular, has… Read more »

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TK WHITAKER’S VIEW OF DENIS O’BRIEN

Date: January 25, 2017 - Fit to Print?

THE Sunday Independent wrote with typical hyperbole about recently deceased TK Whitaker, pointing out that he had been voted the greatest living Irish man of the 20th century and was, according to Eoghan Harris, a “peerless public servant”. Particular praise was heaped on Whitaker for what Des O’Malley described as his “proper” ethos as a… Read more »

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Damery dismisses apology

Date: January 25, 2017 - Fit to Print?

AN apology appeared in the Irish Examiner last week to Ciaran Damery for wrongly accusing him of the rather serious crime of involvement in the IRA killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in Adare over 20 years ago. However, it appears that the wording of the apology has not satisfied Damery who is now proceeding… Read more »

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BRENDAN OGLE

Date: January 25, 2017 - Pillars of Society

BRENDAN OGLE is a dangerous man. You can tell that from the media reaction to the Ogre’s leadership role in the Apollo House homeless occupation. But Ogle has also incurred the disapproval of various personalities and forces across the political spectrum – from Fine Gael housing minister Simon Coveney to most big union bosses, the… Read more »

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DONALD TRUMP’S CLIMATE CREED

Date: January 25, 2017 - Fowl Emissions

THE Trump presidency has become reality and with it eight years of American leadership on global efforts to curb the ever-worsening impacts of climate change have been eviscerated. This is unlikely to create any discord when The Donald hosts The Enda on Paddy’s Day, given Irish government policy on climate change. Within a minute or… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: January 25, 2017 - Bog Cuttings

‘THE DPP can kiss the ring of my arse’ A 21-YEAR-OLD man appeared in Ennis District Court charged with assault causing harm following an alleged incident in the town in 2015. Declan Sherlock, Dromard, faces two charges arising from the incident at Friar’s Walk near the Dunnes Stores car park where it is alleged he… Read more »

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Leo Sherlock

Date: January 25, 2017 - The Young Bloods

Leo Sherlock, owner and publisher of The Liberal.ie, is enjoying a moment of notoriety. At a time when the alt-right and fake news phenomena have come to haunt the nation’s opinion columns, Sherlock has managed to find himself at the Irish intersection of these two issues du jour. So who is the man behind the… Read more »

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DOMINIC WEST’S TAX PLANNING

Date: January 25, 2017 - High Society

YET MORE confusion at Glin Castle in Co Limerick, where the on-again off-again boutique hotel concept could be back on the cards. There may even be a tax wheeze to keep the property in the FitzGerald family, judging by a comment from actor Dominic West last week. Or maybe this is simply an another attempt… Read more »

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Image magazine’s editorial strategy

Date: January 25, 2017 - High Society

INTERESTING TO see where the priorities lie at the glossy Image magazine these days. A Sunday Business Post interview with chief executive of Image Publications Ltd (IP) Clodagh Edwards revealed that “editorial, design and commercial work much closer together now … Editorial spends a lot of time working on brand extensions, social events and dealing… Read more »

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MAY FRISBY’S NEW RECIPE

Date: January 25, 2017 - High Society

AFTER 27 years of operating Pasta Fresca on Chatham Street in Dublin 2, May Frisby’s restaurant has served up the last bowl of spaghetti and shut its doors. This is part of the fallout associated with plans by the current owner of a number of buildings on Chatham Street – vulture fund Lone Star –… Read more »

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WHY FIACH IS SMILING

Date: January 25, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

NOW THAT the Irish theatre industry’s annual navel-gazing exercise is just over a month away, it’s time to tally up the nominations for The Irish Times theatre awards. In that ego-serving numbers game, the judges have already crowned one clear winner for 2016 – the Abbey. You can almost hear the grin on Fiach Mac… Read more »

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IRISH FILM BOARD’S LATEST AUDITIONS

Date: January 25, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

AN ARTICLE earlier this month by Colm McCarthy in the Sindo characterising the Revenue’s Section 481 tax credit as grants will not have cheered the film industry’s players, accustomed as they are to raiding the public coffers under a variety of guises. Of course, as far as the industry goes, the less light shone on… Read more »

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HEATHER’S ‘IMPLICIT POWER’

Date: January 25, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

THE DECISION by arts minister Heather Humphreys to add a surrender letter signed by Pádraig Pearse to the register of cultural objects has been the subject of extensive legal discussion, judging by documents released to Goldhawk. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 16/12/16) that the State did not bid for the surrender letter auctioned… Read more »

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Vacancies at the IMC

Date: January 25, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

A YEAR after their terms expired, Heather Humphreys has advertised for applications to sit on the board of the Irish Manuscripts Commission (IMC). It is currently chaired by James Maguire, who got an extension to his term in 2014 until February last year, along with the other appointed members. It appears this period was subsequently… Read more »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS – RTÉ ONE

Date: January 25, 2017 - ReviewsTV

THE NEW centrepiece of RTÉ One’s weekend schedule is a fluffy light entertainment effort filled with shameless attention seekers – and no, it’s not The Week In Politics. Rather, it’s the national broadcaster’s belated attempt at a version of the BBC’s wildly popular Strictly Come Dancing. Of course, the unlikely breakout star of that show’s… Read more »

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LYREBIRD – CECELIA AHERN (HARPERCOLLINS)

Date: January 25, 2017 - BooksReviews

SINCE WRITING PS I Love You in 2004, Cecelia Ahern has had extraordinary success and there is no doubt that her 14th novel will be eagerly welcomed by her many readers. Ahern undeniably understands the dynamics of popular storytelling, having shifted a whopping 25 million copies of her books worldwide to date. Through her formulaic… Read more »

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DAVID MULLINS EYES NEW PRIZE

Date: January 25, 2017 - Sport of Kings

LAST YEAR teenage jockey David Mullins became a household name

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ANOTHER GOFFS DISPERSAL

Date: January 25, 2017 - Sport of Kings

GOFFS HAS landed some valuable coups in recent years by being chosen to handle not one but two major dispersals of world class bloodstock. And another tasty deal has now landed in its lap, albeit on a smaller scale. Enigmatic Australian Paul Makin gave Henry Beeby’s team the nod to dissolve his bloodstock interests back… Read more »

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Justin Carthy’s new role

Date: January 25, 2017 - Sport of Kings

JUSTIN CARTHY, best known for being a bookie to the high rollers, has branched out into the role of bloodstock agent. Carthy recently came out on top in an online auction held by French sales company Arqana for a 10-year-old broodmare named Blissful Beat. His final bid of €235,000 was enough to secure the mare… Read more »

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TURF CLUB TINKERING

Date: January 25, 2017 - Sport of Kings

WHAT AN eventful start to the year for the Turf Club, where the rules are changing but the legal eagles still look likely to earn a few bob. Last year’s Pyromaniac saga has finally come to an end – and a rather embarrassing one it turned out to be for the Bowler Hats. Not only… Read more »

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