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LEO SHERLOCK’S LIBERAL AGENDA

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT AN interesting family the Sherlock clan from Louth are. Cora Sherlock is one of the most strident spokespersons for the pro-life movement, but her brothers, Leo and Enda, are also fascinating characters with firm opinions of their own. Leo Sherlock is perhaps the better known of the two brothers, having set up The Liberal.ie,… Read more »

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DUBLIN MAYOR IN HIGH COURT ROW

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

DUBLIN Lord Mayor Brendan Carr expressed unalloyed “joy” at his recent elevation as well as much gratitude to not only his own Labour Party but also Sinn Féin and the Greens for placing such “faith and trust” in bestowing this “great honour” upon him. And the “first citizen” had a special message on the front… Read more »

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BORELAND SHOT IN LOYALIST FEUD

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

John Boreland Raymond McCord LAST SUNDAY night a notorious UDA gangster John Boreland (47) was shot dead. It was a botched murder attempt on Boreland and his fellow extortionist Andre Shoukri two years ago, that set the current phase of UDA factionalism in train. Boreland and Shoukri were targeted because of a takeover bid of… Read more »

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Fraser rules OK

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE strangled diplomatic language coming out of the Taoiseach’s office about the sudden transfer back to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of second secretary Rory Montgomery marks yet another coup for Martin Fraser, secretary general at the Taoiseach’s office. The creation in early 2015 of a special committee to deal with Brexit saw a… Read more »

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€40,000 HIT AGAINST JAMES CAHILL

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

DEAR me, what a stern judgment was delivered recently by Mr Justice Michael Moriarty (he of the tribunal of the same name) in an embarrassing action taken by a solicitor alleging bullying and harassment against her solicitor employer in Castlebar. Mona Jackson, a late entrant to the legal profession (in her mid-50s, as the judge… Read more »

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Indo hacks Shane Ross

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

AS Irish Independent readers can probably tell, Fine Gael ministers are very cross with their one time party colleague, Shane Ross. Last month, Indo editor Fionnan Sheahan wrote an angry article headlined “Attorney General severely undermined by Shane Ross, the Boris Johnson of Government”. Apparently, Ross “craves the power but has no desire to accept… Read more »

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The Hot Air Brigade

Date: August 10, 2016 - The Hot Air Brigade

“I absolutely love and adore children. Sometimes when I see a child, I go up to them and say ‘I’m your Minister’.” Katherine ‘Zapper’ Zappone, Irish Daily Star “Fringe is made for adventurous types. The kind of person who likes to think big, laugh themselves sick and leave it all on the dance floor. The… Read more »

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THE PROPAGANDA WAR WITH PUTIN

Date: August 10, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

Hilary Clinton Vladimir Putin by Renee Parsons IF IT HAD NOT already been apparent, the net effect of the Democratic National convention (DNC) email hack has been to kick open the door to a deep American antagonism towards Russian President Vladimir Putin. In what has become an old fashioned American pile-on, President Barack Obama, Presidential… Read more »

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WILL ROSS OUTFOX O’CALLAGHAN?

Date: August 10, 2016 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL has laid a cunning trap for Independent Alliance leader Shane Ross with Jim O’Callaghan’s Judicial Appointments Commission Bill that Ross may or may not find hard to oppose. But Ross made reform of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board (JAAB) the centrepiece of his bargaining position in negotiations for government and will not want… Read more »

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GARDAI INVESTIGATE MICHAEL NOONAN

Date: August 10, 2016 - Affairs of the NationLast Refuge

THE GARDA investigation into Michael Noonan’s conduct as health minister 20 years ago – in the case of an abused, seriously challenged girl – could hasten the finance minister’s departure from cabinet, regardless of the inquiry’s outcome. The garda inquiry was stimulated by former Fine Gael councillor, Garry O’Halloran, who wrote to Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan… Read more »

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FF targets Varadkar

Date: August 10, 2016 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL’S demand for the government to increase the pension by “at least” €5 a week, five times that proposed by social protection minister Leo Varadkar – Vlad foolishly floated this figure recently – is a master stroke. But is FF targeting Fine Gael or is it more focused on Leo himself? FF’s social protection… Read more »

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‘IRONMAN’ MURPHY TO SUCCEED MCGUINNESS?

Date: August 10, 2016 - Last Refuge

HEAVILY TIPPED to succeed Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister in the northern executive is Conor Murphy as part of Sinn Féin’s transitional leadership changes, which will also see Mary Lou McDonald succeed Gerry Adams (at least in the Dáil). But if Mary Lou is regarded as a pussy cat compared to the sulphurous Adams,… Read more »

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LET HACKS EAT CAKE

Date: August 10, 2016 - Fit to Print?

IRISH TIMES Ltd MD Liam Kavanagh was mistaken if he thought his recent message to staff would temper the hacks’ displeasure about yet another round of cuts. Saying that the gloomy annual report (showing a €1.1m operating loss), released that day, needed to be put in context, he reeled off the “key developments” of 2015…. Read more »

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Deirdre Foley’s PR

Date: August 10, 2016 - Fit to Print?

CONGRATS to FleishmanHillard which is making herculean efforts to rehabilitate the battered public image of new Clerys’ owner Deirdre Foley, who had been presenting as a modern, female version of William Martin Murphy. There was no mention of the hundreds of salt-of-the-earth sacked employees in the lyrical coverage of Deirdre’s development plans for Clerys penned… Read more »

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ALISON O’REILLY’S GUARDIAN ANGEL

Date: August 10, 2016 - Fit to Print?

A COPY of the Irish Mail on Sunday’s (IMS) inquiry into that “interview” given to its reporter, Alison O’Reilly, by Louise James(James’s partner, two young sons, mother and sister died when their car went into the sea in Buncrana in March) has been leaked to the Guardian. And the Guardian’s media guru, Britain’s premier media… Read more »

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Morgan O’Sullivan

Date: August 10, 2016 - Pillars of Society

ONE OF the country’s most successful film and television companies, Octagon Films, is set to be wound up by its principals and majority shareholders, Morgan O’Sullivan and James Flynn, following their petition to the High Court on July 6. The move is the latest in a… Read more »

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HEALY-RAE’S CLIMATE CLOWNING

Date: August 10, 2016 - Beyond the Pale

WHEN HISTORIANS come to document the climate meltdown, what will they make of the fact that the biggest climate story of 2016 was ignored by Ireland’s print media? And that when a newspaper did get around to covering the most severe warning yet about the global crisis, it was only to have the prognosis denounced… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: August 10, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

‘Are you for real?’ A MAN who allegedly crashed into a Robertstown pub and then punched two Naas gardai in the face was refused bail and remanded in custody. Anthony Quinn, with an address listed as Bluetown, Naas, was in Athy District Court. On June 13 at Robertstown, it was alleged that at 9.25pm, gardai… Read more »

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Renua’s John Leahy

Date: August 10, 2016 - The Young Bloods

OFFALY County Councillor John Leahy (38) is odds-on favourite to become leader of a decimated Renua at the party’s September AGM. Since its electoral wipe out in February and the resignations of leader Lucinda Creighton, deputy leader Billy Timmins and party president Eddie Hobbs, Leahy has effectively taken the reins and is the only real… Read more »

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THE HEALY philanthropy

Date: August 10, 2016 - High Society

ONE FINALIST in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition is Maurice Healy, the multi-millionaire businessman, described by The Irish Times as one of Ireland’s most high profile philanthropists. In recent times, however, Healy has been pulling back his direct charitable involvement. Healy certainly has a reputation for philanthropic endeavours and claims that the most… Read more »

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MICHAEL SMURFIT AT 80

Date: August 10, 2016 - High Society

IF ONE is to believe even a fraction of Niamh Horan’s gushing account in the Sindo of Michael Smurfit’s 80th birthday bash aboard the Golden Odyssey cruise in the Mediterranean, the ageing boxmaker had a really “Happy Birthday” this time round. Michael would have most enjoyed the sunset entertainments when each night “one of the… Read more »

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WHAT NOW FOR THE KNIGHTS OF GLIN?

Date: August 10, 2016 - High Society

WHAT GOOD news that the FitzGeralds are “staying on” in Glin Castle as announced by Dominic West the husband of Catherine FitzGerald, eldest daughter of Desmond who died in 2011. Having failed to get a decent offer for the castle and 400-acre estate which runs down to the Shannon estuary near the village of Glin… Read more »

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BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS

Date: August 10, 2016 - Reviews

Directed by Brendan J O’Byrne BOBBY SANDS’S story has already been given the cinematic treatment in Steve McQueen’s acclaimed Hunger, though Brendan J O’Byrne’s powerful documentary differs significantly in approach. Whereas McQueen’s drama was an intimate character study, O’Byrne’s documentary explores the wider political context of the hunger strikes. One area both films do overlap… Read more »

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OOPS, THEY’VE GOT MORE MONEY

Date: August 10, 2016 - TV

THE PRODUCTION, Two By Two – Ooops The Ark Has Gone, was a surprise inclusion in the Irish Film Board’s recent list of animation development loans. The project, it turns out, is a TV series spin-off proposed by Siún ní Raghallaigh and Moe Honan’s Moetion Films, who were behind the successful animation feature film of… Read more »

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GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL – ARLINGTON

Date: August 10, 2016 - ReviewsTheatre

WHAT’S UP with Enda Walsh? The widely fêted playwright has been riding a wave of notable productions and awards, but now seems caught up in an awkward artistic transition. This latest work (Landmark Productions) covers familiar ground, since Walsh’s plays always explore themes like death, limbo, isolation and claustrophobia, through characters who, due to their… Read more »

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THE LONELY SEA AND SKY – DERMOT BOLGER

Date: August 10, 2016 - BooksReviews

NEW ISLAND In December 1943, one of the most extraordinary events in Irish naval history occurred when a small ship en route from Portugal to Ireland, rescued 168 stranded German sailors. Bolger’s latest book recreates the voyage in fictional form, narrated by Jack Roche, a Wexford youth who talks his way into serving as a… Read more »

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HUMPHREYS’S ARTS COUNCIL ADVERT

Date: August 10, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

THE MINISTER for Arts, Heather Humphreys, has finally got around to filling those empty seats at the Arts Council, although Goldhawk hopes the unfortunate timing of the advert doesn’t cause her to miss out on any suitable candidates, especially those who could do with an extra €6,000 a year. There have been three vacancies on… Read more »

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LUKE COMER MAKES HIS COMEBACK

Date: August 10, 2016 - Sport of Kings

IT LOOKS like Luke Comer is planning a return to racing in a big way. The multimillionaire developer come horse trainer is well known for having hoovered up a swathe of properties throughout the country during the recession. He applied a similar strategy to his burgeoning horse empire in the past few years, mopping up… Read more »

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DERMOT WELD DETHRONED

Date: August 10, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THE ANNUAL jamboree that is the Galway races is over for another year and despite the new manager Michael Moloney’s best efforts attendances could not match those of last year, when his father John oversaw his last festival. Persistent rain on the Tuesday was blamed for an almost 3,500 drop in bodies that evening which… Read more »

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ANOTHER RECORD IN SIGHT FOR O’BRIEN

Date: August 10, 2016 - Sport of Kings

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S achievements have been well documented over the years but the Ballydoyle trainer is on target for another major milestone this year. Not only is he well out in front as usual in the Irish trainer’s championship but he is also running away with the UK trainer’s title. Unlike the jockey’s title which is… Read more »

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What’s next for Doyle hotels?

Date: August 10, 2016 - Moneybags

PV Doyle’s legacy is a pale image of its past. Instead of dominating the Dublin hotel market as it did 20 years ago with the 500-bed Burlington Hotel on Sussex Road, the Berkeley Court in Ballsbridge and Grafton Street’s Westbury along with the Montrose, Skylon and Green Isle and Tara Towers, it now has only… Read more »

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Shareholders hit by Aminex dilution

Date: August 10, 2016 - Moneybags

THE €25m placing confirmed on August 2 last at an EGM was a real shock for Aminex shareholders. Unlike the desperate position Providence was in when it had to raise new money to save it from going into liquidation, Aminex is, on the other hand, in an excellent position having just put on tap its… Read more »

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Some good news for the Foys

Date: August 10, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

CONGRATULATIONS to Blackrock businessman Aiden Foy and his son, Philip, who both had a good day in the High Court before the summer recess before Judge Anthony Barr. At the end of July, a vulture fund called LSREF III Stone Investments Ltd was denied summary judgment against the pair for a whopping u1.1m and the… Read more »

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Mixed results for chef Nolan

Date: August 10, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

THERE was some bad news for creditors in Galway last month as Green Leaf Restaurant Ltd, trading as the Green Leaf Restaurant in Liosban, appointed a liquidator. It’s the fifth in a string of foodie companies co-owned by businessman Shanmugam Sundaram to go into liquidation in just over a year, all of which are linked… Read more »

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Publicans feeling the pressure

Date: August 10, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

ONCE again, the owners of Galhoy Inns Ltd have had a receiver appointed on foot of two AIB mortgages secured against pubs in Kildare and Longford. The company is owned by three well-known Kildare publicans and it’s the fifth time that a receiver has been appointed over the mortgages, which date back to 2002. Galhoy… Read more »

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Andreucetti’s Annus Horribilis

Date: August 10, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

SPARE a thought for Dublin hotel operator Theresa Andreucetti who lost her court battle to extend the deadline for the handing over of Lynam’s Hotel to a receiver on August 1. In a case which garnered a lot of media attention, the High Court in April granted Andreucetti a temporary injunction with Judge Paul Gilligan… Read more »

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