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TK-Whitaker

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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Fiach Mac Conghail

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-Humphries

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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Henry Beeby

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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Paddy Coveney rolls the dice at Greencore

Date: January 25, 2017 - Moneybags

THERE ARE some troubling aspects to Greencore’s $751m (€700m) acquisition of the American Peacock Foods convenience food group. It is not clear if this is a deal that fits with Greencore’s proven expertise in the UK, while its record in the US is actually very poor despite a lot of blarney about expansion across the… Read more »

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First Derivatives’ sky-high share rating

Date: January 25, 2017 - Moneybags

ONE OF Ireland’s more impressive but little reported success stories is the fast growing financial software house, First Derivatives (FD), set up by Brian Conlon in 1996 in Newry, Co Down. The low profile is presumably because this thriving financial software house is headquartered north of the border and thus goes almost unreported by the… Read more »

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Workplace Relations Commission ‘grinding to a halt’

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

ALL IS not well at the new Workplace Relations Commission, according to a number of legal practitioners including Richard Grogan of Grogan & Associates Solicitors, a well regarded employment law firm. Recent public comments by him – on LinkedIn of all places – suggest the “WRC is grinding to a halt”, a view that appears to be endorsed… Read more »

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David Hughes’s timing issues

David Hughes’s timing issues

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

THE Courts Service last week published an intriguing judgment relating to liquidator David Hughes, who just before Christmas was ordered by the High Court to provide details of work he carried out during the liquidation of a company called Denis Finn Ltd (DFL). The Revenue, as a substantial creditor of the company, had queried Hughes’s… Read more »

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John Flanagan’s hotel woes

John Flanagan’s hotel woes

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for Doolin businessman John Flanagan who had a judgment for €62,000 registered against him by Clare County Council at the start of January. Flanagan has had a torrid time of it in recent years after the collapse of several of his property companies and his Atlantis Holiday Group Ltd, through which he… Read more »

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Monaghan Circuit Court

Legal eagle Madden’s tale of woe

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’s old pal, former solicitor Paul Madden, is set for a stint in the slammer after he got three and a half years at Monaghan Circuit Court last week. The embattled Madden pleaded guilty to stealing €850,000 from client accounts between 2006 and 2013 at his legal practice in Clones but it’s old ground for… Read more »

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More headaches for John Condon

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for unlucky solicitor John Condon who had High Court proceedings lodged against him last week by the dreaded taxman. Condon, who is the principal at McMahon Tweedy Solicitors in Dublin, already has a lot on his plate and his various spats with the Law Society will be familiar to fans of Goldhawk…. Read more »

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Taxman gets tough with Cork solicitors

Taxman gets tough with Cork solicitors

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’s old pals Michael and Seamus “James” Doody have fallen foul of the taxman again with the boys having identical judgments for €16,000 registered against them in early January. The Cork legal eagles – who trade as the well-known Doody Solicitors firm in Cork City – have had their fair share of headaches in recent years… Read more »

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A rough start to 2017

Date: January 25, 2017 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting names and companies that have popped up in Stubbs Gazette since the start of 2017. Meath choreographer and dance teacher Niall Newman’s year got off to a bad start after the taxman registered a judgment against him for €151,000 at the start of January. Described as Ireland’s “leading dance… Read more »

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Vol.35 No.02

Date: January 25, 2017 -

January 27 – February 9, 2017

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January 13 - January 26, 2017 (Vol 35 No 01)

Vol.35 No.01

Date: January 13, 2017 -

January 13 – January 26, 2017

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DENIS O’BRIEN BIDS ADIEU TO Mac EOCHAIDH

Date: January 12, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

WHATEVER about Shane Ross, one man who must be more than pleased to see Judge Colm Mac Eochaidh heading for Europe is Denis O’Brien whose action against Red Flag is estimated to have cost at least €1m to date. A classic metropolitan liberal of the Garrett FitzGerald variety, Mac Eochaidh is regarded as one of… Read more »

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Charity cases

Date: January 12, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE WAS no surprise when Jim Luby was appointed liquidator of the Friends & Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic Ltd before Christmas. Indeed, the winding up of this charity and fundraising arm of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) was recommended in the report of the Interim Administrator of the CRC, with the accumulated funds… Read more »

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Paul Smithwick

PAUL SMITHWICK’S NEW FRIENDS

Date: January 12, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LANDING of an OBE gong by legal-eagle Paul Smithwick of that brewing ilk, probably didn’t come as too much of a surprise given that he has been in close contact with the British security establishment down the years. He is now apparently preparing for a visit by Prince Charles to a brand new Yank-backed… Read more »

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Gerard-Griffin

JUDGE GRIFFIN’S AUDIO TAPE

Date: January 12, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

SPARE A thought for Judge Gerard Griffin of the Circuit Court who finds himself on the receiving end of serious allegations that surfaced in the High Court last month, where claims of unconstitutional and fraudulent actions were made. The hapless beak will be looking to have the matter cleared up pronto this week courtesy of… Read more »

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Madeleine-Thornton

BANKS BEWARE!

Date: January 12, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE banks, government and courts could be thrown into chaos by a most interesting legal challenge to home repossessions – with a little help from the George Soros funded Open Society Justice Initiative. Already two finance houses, AIB and Pepper Finance Corporation, have been temporarily prevented from repossessing family homes in recent cases where arguments… Read more »

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ESCORT AGENCY’S GENEROSITY COMES UNSTUCK

Date: January 12, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

CHRISTMAS proved an eventful period for the small Dublin charity, Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), which almost found itself screwed by a proposed charitable donation from an escort agency website. The hapless ICHH charity appears to have been caught unawares and although director Anthony Flynn told the Daily Mirror on December 21 that there had… Read more »

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