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Carroll and Heraty’s focus unlikely to boost CPL share price

Date: November 3, 2016 - Moneybags

PAUL CARROLL and his wife, Anne Heraty, run the successful 26-year-old Irish CPL Resources job agency and, had they adopted a less cautious strategy, could have grown this into a giant international group. However, their focus is almost exclusively on attempting to dominate the Irish market and see this as CPL’s strength rather than its… Read more »

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Nama damned by Project Eagle report

Date: November 3, 2016 - Moneybags

THE SPECIAL report of Seamus McCarthy, Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), on Nama’s sale of its Northern Ireland portfolio – Project Eagle – is a valuable document in a number of ways. It discloses a lot of hitherto unknown facts that highlight why we should be more concerned about the unsatisfactory way the state agency… Read more »

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Hammond Lane’s heavy metal

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

HAMMOND Lane Metal Ltd (HLM), a Dublin-based subsidiary of metal recycling giant Clearway Disposals, filed its latest accounts last week which revealed a mixed bag for the outfit. The good news is that the company, which operates on Pigeon House Road in Ringsend, had accumulated profits of a whopping €41.5m at the end of December… Read more »

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Stunning behaviour in Newcastle West

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

GALWAY rockers The Stunning, fronted by brothers Joe and Steve Wall, went public last week with a row that’s been brewing between them and music festival organisers in west Limerick. In a Facebook post that the band described as a “warning to fellow musicians”, the Brewing Up a Storm hit-makers said they played West Fest… Read more »

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Ready for strike-off

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting company listed for striking off the register recently. Marc MacSharry Properties Ltd. Marc MacSharry Properties (MMP) is an auctioneers and property valuation company named for its owner, the Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo-Leitrim and son of former Tánaiste Ray MacSharry. The company is listed for striking off having failed to file… Read more »

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Other strike-offs

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

SEPARATELY, Osberstown Developments Ltd – the property company through which the Millennium Park business complex was bought for over €310m by Nama developers Gerry Prendergast, Paddy Sweeney and Tom Considine in 2005 – is also strike-off listed having failed to file since 2014. According to those accounts, accumulated losses of a stomach-churning €460m had built… Read more »

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Redhill car crash continues

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

THE long-running saga of Redhill Properties Ltd continued last month when the company had a tax judgment registered against it – a mere four months after its fifth receiver was appointed. The judgment for €62,000 was registered by the taxman at the beginning of October against the embattled company through which businessman and would-be property… Read more »

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Baron Taylor’s hefty losses

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

ONE interesting company to file accounts recently was BOL Pubs Ltd, which trades as O’Loughlin’s Pub in Birr, Co Offaly. The unassuming pub company is owned by Baron John Taylor of Kilclooney, the bombastic former Ulster Unionist politician and media mogul who owns several properties through the company. But BOL’s latest set of accounts will… Read more »

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Ger Madden’s bad day in court

Date: November 3, 2016 - Briefcases

IT TURNS out that Goldhawk’s old pal Ger Madden was declared bankrupt in the High Court earlier this year. The former Radio Limerick One (RLO) station boss, who has had his fair share of court dates over the years, was found bankrupt by Judge Robert Haughton following a petition by one Desmond Hayes. Goldhawk fans… Read more »

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Vol.34 No.21

Date: October 20, 2016 -

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THE REAL COST OF ROBBO’S SHRINE

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

A VERY, very expensive precedent has been set by the government in accepting Mary Robinson’s presidential archive to qualify as acceptable under Section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act. The section relates to gifts which “must be an outstanding example of the type of item involved, pre-eminent in its class, whose export from the State… Read more »

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LIZ GARRAHY’S PEACE PROCESS

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

COULD PEACE be about to break out between the Arts For Peace Foundation (AFP) and the OPW? Relations between the two bodies hit rock bottom and the charity – fronted by Wicklow-based former actress, Elizabeth Garrahy – has not been able to carry out any of its programmes at Durrow Abbey Demesne for children from… Read more »

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INM’S O’BRIEN NERVY ABOUT TAKEOVER BID

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

SIGNS are that Denis O’Brien is nervous about securing approval from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and communications minister Denis Naughten for his purchase of the Celtic Media Group (CMG). And a recent survey by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) about the market share of his wholly owned broadcasting company, Communicorp, will not… Read more »

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GARDAÍ VISIT LAW SOCIETY

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE long-running battle between Kenmare solicitor Colm Murphy and the Law Society took a dramatic turn last week when detectives from the Garda Fraud Squad visited the society’s HQ seeking to interview various members connected to this legal saga. Murphy has engaged in litigation with the society for 12 years beginning with an action against… Read more »

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BOB’S BAUBLE

Date: October 20, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

by DAVID YEARSLEY THE NOBEL literature committee has wiped away the last blob of credibility or interest their annual awards might have retained up until the moment the Dylan announcement was made. In 1973, Marlon Brando declined a far more prestigious, and often more (indirectly) lucrative award – the Oscar – in protest over events… Read more »

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ALF SMIDDY’S SEAT

Date: October 20, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

INTERESTING to see outspoken Cork business consultant Alf Smiddy added to the board of the ESB earlier this month. Minister Denis Naughten obviously feels a little controversy is a good thing, given Smiddy’s starring role in the quasi civil war down south over the recommendation last year, by a committee chaired by Smiddy, that Cork… Read more »

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NO ROOM AT THE INN

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

PEACE CAMPAIGNERS being blacked in the media as well as barred from hiring premises presumably because of their dangerous and subversive message of peace. Shannonwatch, led by such as retired army commandant and UN peacekeeper Ed Horgan, is a group of peace and human rights activists who hold monthly protest vigils at Shannon Airport and… Read more »

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Denis O’Brien’s safe haven

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

LISTENERS to Denis O’Brien’s Newstalk were brought up to date on developments in Haiti last week during the breakfast news show fronted by Shane Coleman, who interviewed the chair of Digicel Haiti, Maarten Boute. Presumably, O’Brien and his lieutenant, Leslie Buckley, were delighted with the exposure given to a charity with which they are closely… Read more »

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Mary Mitchell O’Connor

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: October 20, 2016 - The Hot Air Brigade

“But if I had to work with [Donald Trump], if he is the president of the US, I will absolutely work with him and I will have a working relationship.” Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Sunday Independent, Submitted by reader “This baptism in the fire and flair of Dylan’s songcraft no doubt played a role in my… Read more »

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THERESA MAY

DUP’S EIGHT CRITICAL FOR MAY

Date: October 20, 2016 - Bird's Eye View

THERESA MAY, the British prime minister, is adamant she will deliver Brexit, “the will of the British people”, but she faces immense problems fulfilling that aim. Though most MPs now say they will honour the verdict of the referendum a huge majority in the House of Commons favours the closest possible relations with the EU…. Read more »

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SHANE ROSS’S ABORTION DEAL

Date: October 20, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

A STRANGE and little noticed U-turn by Taoiseach Enda Kenny a fortnight ago saw him tell the Dáil he was appointing – immediately – new judges to the Court of Appeal. This was followed, within hours, by the Taoiseach’s spokesman denying there were any plans to appoint new judges. Minister Shane Ross had stormed the… Read more »

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FF POISED FOR FIFTY PLUS SEATS

Date: October 20, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE perceived wisdom on Fianna Fáil’s medium term strategy – Fine Gael dissidents’ paranoia notwithstanding – is that Micheál Martin will wait for at last another 18 months before pulling the plug and forcing a general election. This is because he believes the party needs to be on at least 30% in the polls which… Read more »

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VLAD AND SIMON WOO COUNCILLORS

Date: October 20, 2016 - Last Refuge

WHAT a disappointment Simon Coveney delivered to councillors at a meeting of the local authority members’ association in Bantry this month when he had to backtrack on his promise to get them a €1,000 circa pay rise. But with Fine Gael councillors holding 10% of the vote in the party’s leadership contest, Simon himself was… Read more »

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Enda’s dynasty

Date: October 20, 2016 - Last Refuge

THERE has been a great falling out between Enda Kenny and one of his longest and most loyal party colleagues in Mayo, Castlebar neighbour Senator Paddy Burke. Burke’s reward for political services rendered was his position as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad for five years until 2016. Before that he had been Leas Cathaoirleach during the… Read more »

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FEMINISTS IN FIGHT FOR MAYO

Date: October 20, 2016 - Last Refuge

AN honourable and unusual mention in Miriam Lord’s Irish Times column for Sinn Féin Seanad leader Rose Conway Walsh – “a very impressive addition to her party’s Seanad team” – marks the lady out as something special. And SF sees Walsh (49) as someone who ticks all the boxes in its drive to present Dáil… Read more »

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TEACHERS UNION LIBELS HACK

Date: October 20, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE alleged campaign by Galway City Tribune journalist Dara Bradley against members of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has led to a libel case and consequent apology and damages. Tribune hack Bradley was libelled by the TUI and its GMIT branch secretary Nigel Morgan, who have had to… Read more »

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RTÉ’S COLD WAR EXPERTS

Date: October 20, 2016 - Fit to Print?

IS RTÉ incapable of sourcing geopolitical analysts and commentators who are not seriously conflicted by vested interests in Western war games and in the US and EU arms industry? And if the station, with its resources, cannot find more objective commentators, should they not at least outline the agenda and credentials of these pundits so… Read more »

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Frances Fitzgerald

Date: October 20, 2016 - Pillars of Society

NOT merely a safe pair of hands, as compared to the irascible Alan Shatter, but a potential successor to Enda Kenny was how Frances Fitzgerald was depicted shortly after her appointment as justice minister in 2014. But now poor Frances is beset by almost identical garda problems that Shatter faced just over two years ago…. Read more »

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NAUGHTEN’S CHALLENGE

Date: October 20, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

THE IRISH public could be forgiven for concluding that the term climate action has something to do with funding RTÉ. After all, since the establishment of the repackaged Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment earlier this year, the only time you’ll hear the phrase climate action uttered in public is at the end of… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: October 20, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

‘Don’t you touch my balls!’ A MAYO farmer was found guilty of assault after trying to bite a garda sergeant’s testicles. Seamus Murphy, of Moygownagh, was found guilty of the assault against Sgt James Murphy but acquitted of a similar charge in relation to another garda. Mr Murphy, a 40-year-old married farming contractor, was accused… Read more »

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Gerry Carroll MLA

Date: October 20, 2016 - The Young Bloods

People Before Profit’s MLA Gerry Carroll (29) is something of a political juggernaut. Translating working class frustration with an increasingly stale-looking Sinn Féin into votes, Carroll romped home in May’s Assembly elections to take a seat from SF in their own West Belfast backyard. But how did he do it and can Carroll and Trotskyite… Read more »

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BRONACH ROWELL’S €4M HOUSE

Date: October 20, 2016 - High Society

FOR MANY years, Bronach Rowell has been a go-to name in interior design and was behind the well-known Harriet’s House furniture stores in Dublin. However, she kept a very low profile herself and developed a reputation as something of a mystery business woman. Now she is selling up the impressive D4 pile she bought nearly… Read more »

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CHARLES NOELL’S BLACK HOLE

Date: October 20, 2016 - High Society

THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House estate in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noell III, has been spending lots of moolah despite Meath County Council shooting down his plan to install a lift in the expensive house. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 12/7/13) that Charles Noell bought David Maher’s splendid Ardbraccan House for… Read more »

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ALI AND BONO’S BUSINESS BLUES

Date: October 20, 2016 - High Society

THE NEWS that Jordan Hewson, daughter of Ali and Paul Hewson (aka Bono) has raised $2m for her fledgling Speakable social issues business suggests she may have a knack for business. This contrasts with mummy and daddy, whose fashion and cosmetic efforts through Nude Brands and Edun, have proved hugely costly, notably for Bernard Arnaud’s… Read more »

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DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2016

Date: October 20, 2016 - Theatre

WITH NO overarching theme and no headline sponsor, Willie White delivered a back-to-basics festival in his fifth year as director. Blending art forms is de rigueur; a quarter of White’s shows featured live music as a central element; nearly as many were dance performances. The international offerings dabbled in riskier territory, but the Irish work… Read more »

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SELINA CARTMELL’S GATE GIG

Date: October 20, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

MICHAEL COLGAN may have run the Gate for 33 years, but it didn’t take too long to find his replacement. Four months after announcing his departure, the theatre unveiled director Selina Cartmell as Colgan’s successor, starting next January. But will she be rewarded as generously as her predecessor or will theatre director and #wakingthefeminists spokeswoman… Read more »

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