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Bad times get worse for O’Connor brothers

Date: July 28, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

THERE WAS bad news in July for Kerry developers and builders WK O’Connor & Sons Ltd (WKOC) which had a receiver appointed to it on foot of eight Anglo Irish Bank mortgages, some dating back to 2001. The company, which is already in NAMA, also showed some eye-watering losses in its latest set of accounts…. Read more »

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Solicitor Condon’s saga of litigation

Solicitor Condon’s saga of litigation

Date: July 28, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

DUBLIN solicitor John F Condon was the subject of a judgment by the president of the High Court, Judge Peter Kelly, last week, which provided an interesting insight into the solicitor’s practice. Condon was refused his appeal against a decision by the Law Society to grant him a solicitor’s practising certificate for 2016 subject to… Read more »

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Another bad day in court for Peter McCann

Date: July 28, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

GOLDHAWK’S old pal Peter McCann had a rough day in court last week when the High Court upheld a ruling that he intended to defraud a solicitor out of €411,000. But McCann, the Dublin-based developer behind the dissolved Lance Group of property companies, already has a lot on his plate and will be familiar to… Read more »

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Some good news for Peter Lavelle

Date: July 28, 2016 - The Hot Water Brigade

CONGRATULATIONS to property investor and financial markets trader Peter Lavelle, who had a great day in the High Court last week in front of Judge Marie Baker. A Luxembourg-controlled vulture fund, called Stapleford Finance Ltd, was refused summary judgment against Lavelle for €6m and the court ruled that Lavelle is entitled to a full hearing… Read more »

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THE PRIVILEGED – EMILY HOURICAN (HACHETTE IRELAND)

Date: July 28, 2016 - Reviews

THIS DEBUT novel by Sindo hack Emily Hourican explores the lives of three female protagonists, focusing mainly on dysfunctional relationships between friends and lovers. Stella, Laura and Amanda have known one another since their teens and share the usual schoolgirl interests. None of them is likeable, but Amanda (“a fully fledged movie star”) is exceptionally… Read more »

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Garrett Keogh

THE WEIR – PAVILION THEATRE

Date: July 28, 2016 - Reviews

LOOKS LIKE Andrew Flynn is on to something. The Galway-based producer-director is wrapping up his first major show of 2016. As usual, it has been a national tour, this time of Conor McPherson’s breakthrough 1997 play. It has all the echoes of last year when Flynn raised eyebrows – and packed bums onto seats –… Read more »

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Michael Creed

BREXIT IS BAD FOR THE PLANET

Date: July 28, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

“A MORE flexible approach to environmental protection” – this Orwellian promise from UK farming minister George Eustice ominously sums up the likely direction of UK environmental policy post-Brexit. Eustice, a Leave campaigner, speaking three weeks before the fateful referendum was implausibly claiming the UK could develop better environmental protections by going it alone. His real… Read more »

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SINN FÉIN’S ‘TRANSITIONAL LEADERSHIP’

Date: July 27, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

SINN FÉIN’S new 10-year plan, currently being put to members at meetings around the country, has yet to be fully decoded by the media. When the penny drops it will be seen that apart from hints of “transitional leadership”, the real change is in SF’s attitude to future coalition. The party is preparing to drop… Read more »

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Vol. 34 No. 14

Vol. 34 No. 14

Date: July 15, 2016 -

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SIMON COVENEY IS THE REAL FAVOURITE

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST week’s poll showing that Fine Gael members favour Leo Varadkar above Simon Coveney by 43% to 29% is misleading. FG’s leadership colleges are composed of the parliamentary party, which has 65% of the vote; party members 25%; and county councillors 10%. It is the parliamentary party that will decide whether glamorous Vlad or boring… Read more »

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JOHN BRADY’S DAY IN COURT

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE FULL ruling, just published, from Judge Max Barrett on a case taken by Sinn Féin TD John Brady and his wife, Gayle, against Wicklow County Council, makes for interesting reading. Certainly, there are aspects of the case that raise serious questions about the Council’s modus operandi. Moreover, the spat has added to the Council’s… Read more »

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Water Celebrates Leave Result

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

DUBLIN born but British based Brexit campaigner, Anne Marie Waters, exultant after the Leave vote, is making waves in British right-wing circles with her membership of UKIP and also Pegida, a virulently anti-Islamic organisation originating in Germany. Anne Marie warned followers recently that a Brexit victory was only the first step in reclaiming British and… Read more »

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Console Unawarded

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE unforgiving organisers of the People of the Year Awards were quick to demand that ex-Console boss, Paul Kelly, return his award in order to protect the standing of the awards. The Rehab group have organised the awards for over 40 years and Angela Kerins, former Rehab chief executive, was chairperson of the adjudication committee… Read more »

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Lelia Doolan

GALWAY’S €9M HORROR SHOW

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

FANS of Goldhawk will recall that Galway City Council manager, Brendan McGrath unveiled a deal to get Lelia Doolan’s expensive Solas ‘Picture Palace’ cinema finally finished and into the welcoming lap of Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney’s Element Pictures (see The Phoenix 23/10/15). It now turns out that yet more money is to be poured… Read more »

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Tony Walsh

TONY WALSH’S FERTILE FERTILITY CLINIC

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

A NOTICE was published on June 30 announcing the planned striking off of the Companies Register of three businesses – The Sims Institute Ltd, Sims EDE Ltd and Zentra Labs. This turns out to be part of a restructuring process within the Sims Clinic assisted fertility group, until recently controlled by David and Tony Walsh… Read more »

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Michael Wright

ROBBIE AND MICK’S MYTHICAL BAR

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK is happy to report that the stand-off between solicitor-cum-property developer, Ivor Fitzpatrick, and the promoters of a proposed ‘mythical bar’ off South Anne Street, D2 – Michael Wright of the Wright Venue and Goldhawk’s old pal, Robbie Wootton – has come to a peaceful end. Fitzpatrick had appealed the green light given to the… Read more »

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Zappone sinks Wallace bill

Date: July 15, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

ALPHA male Shane Ross was likened to Boris Johnson and his Independent Alliance ministers have also been condemned for sticking to their opposition stance allowing for abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormality. But what about feminist icon, Independent minister, Katherine Zappone, who stuck with Fine Gael and voted against Mick Wallace’s bill? Zappone… Read more »

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Arlene Foster, Acting Northern Ireland First Minster, arrives for her first day in office at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. In an emotional statement Monday, First Minister Peter Robinson said he would step aside for a few weeks to answer questions about his wife's romantic and financial dealings with the 19-year-old for whom she helped raised tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) when she was 58. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

BREXIT SOFTENS ORANGE COUGH

Date: July 15, 2016 - Bird's Eye View

IT looks as if Brexit and its consequences will dominate political discourse in the north for the foreseeable future remarkably even pushing the ‘Twalf’ and Orange marches to the sidelines. The UK vote to leave the EU did not go unnoticed in speeches at some venues by senior Orange brethren many of whom voted Leave… Read more »

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ENDA KENNY GIFTED A REPRIEVE

Date: July 15, 2016 - Last Refuge

BAD politics and even worse journalism combined to give the Taoiseach a lifeline, however temporary, last week with RTÉ and The Sunday Times being the worst culprits. But the political blunderers can be identified as rebel backbench TDs, John Deasy and Brendan Griffin. The ST ran a front page lead story on Sunday 10 July… Read more »

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Regina Doherty

REGINA DOHERTY’S SELF CONFIDENCE

Date: July 15, 2016 - Last Refuge

A revealing insight into government chief whip, Regina Doherty’s self esteem came in a most supportive Irish Times article last weekend. Revealing a detailed awareness of Regina’s thinking, journalist Sarah Bardon strongly implied that Enda Kenny deserved everything he got last week when she stated publicly that the Taoiseach should end confusion by outlining his… Read more »

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31/01/2011. Statement of Micheal Martin TD Leader of Fianna Fail Announcement of Frontbench and Deputy Leader. Pictured are appointees not currently elected to the Dail These include are Averil Power, Political Reform(left) and Cllr Mary Fitzpatrick with Spokesperson on Financial Sector Reform Michael McGrath(right) Housing and Urban Development out side of the Dail. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

BERTIE STILL LURKS IN DUBLIN CENTRAL

Date: July 15, 2016 - Last Refuge

WITH Fianna Fáil flying high in the polls, the battle in Dublin Central between last February’s candidate, Mary Fitzpatrick and the BEGOBs (Bertie’s Good Ol’ Boys) champion, Brian Mohan has already been renewed. With just 3% separating Paschal Donohoe and Fitzpatrick last time, whoever is the FF candidate will be in pole position to take… Read more »

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Frank Feighan

FRANKIE FEIGHAN’S FIGHT-BACK

Date: July 15, 2016 - Last Refuge

RUN out of politics because of his loyalty to Enda Kenny (or disgraced because of broken pledges to retain Roscommon hospital’s A&E unit), Senator Frank Feighan is plotting his Dáil comeback – with a little help from Enda. A sob story in The Irish Times recently, albeit one with a happy ending, told how Frankie… Read more »

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Pat Carey

PAT CAREY’S PRIVACY CASE

Date: July 15, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE mother of all High Court cases is coming down the tracks in the form of ex-minister, Pat Carey’s action for breach of privacy. That Carey’s action is jointly and separately against the Irish Independent and the gardaí indicates that the nexus between certain gardaí and the media will come under the most searching scrutiny… Read more »

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Colette Fitzpatrick

New Presenter for Drive Time

Date: July 15, 2016 - Fit to Print?

BRAVELY, Sarah McInerney, due to co-host Newstalk’s new Drivetime programme in September, has left The Sunday Times to take up her new job. The same cannot be said for two of the other ‘stars’ – Paul Williams and Colette Fitzpatrick – who hope to compensate for Ivan Yates’ exit from the station’s Breakfast show. Williams,… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: July 15, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

KERRY RIVER CHANGES DIRECTION A BUILD-UP of gravel in the River Laune in Killorglin, Co Kerry, has caused the river to change direction. The Killorglin Rowing Club is looking into dredging the river because the silt and gravel deposit is causing damage to their boathouse. But Kerry County Council has said that it’s not their… Read more »

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Sandra Murphy

SANDRA MURPHY BOUNCES BACK

Date: July 15, 2016 - High Society

THIS WEEK, fashion blogger and accomplished self-promoter, Sandra Murphy (“one of Ireland’s most fashionable women”) popped up on TV3 to shoot the breeze on the Midday programme, where she is a regular presence. Indeed, TV3 is very familiar with the thirty-something businesswoman, who was also a candidate on The Apprentice show, where she got the… Read more »

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Patricia Tsouros

Tsouros makes a sale

Date: July 15, 2016 - High Society

CONGRATULATIONS to Patricia Tsouros, who looks to have made a few bob from the sale of her art venture, set up in the aftermath of a public spat. Patricia Tsouros managed to make a name for herself when she popped up campaigning for a ‘No’ vote alongside Declan Ganley in the run-up to the Fiscal… Read more »

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Aisling O’Sullivan

THE WAKE – ABBEY THEATRE

Date: July 15, 2016 - Reviews

MOST THEATRES use their summer programming slot as a cash cow, targeting tourist audiences with predictable crowd-pleasers by Friel, Wilde, or Boucicault. The Abbey started bucking this trend under director Fiach Mac Conghail, and, in the last few years, this prime position has been more likely occupied by a writer with something to say. And… Read more »

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Luigi Iafrate

BYPASSED – RTÉ ONE

Date: July 15, 2016 - Reviews

HAVING ENTERTAINED us no end with the Conor McGregor series, Notorious, the production company, Motive TV (Jamie D’Alton, Catherine McLoughlin and Michael Pilsworth), has made a documentary that could not be further from the frenetic world of the motor mouth of mixed martial arts. Tracing the construction of Ireland’s first motorway – the M7 from… Read more »

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NOTHING ON EARTH – CONOR O’CALLAGHAN (DOUBLEDAY)

Date: July 15, 2016 - Reviews

DUNDALK-born O’Callaghan is better known for his poetry, but here he tries his hand at Gothic fiction. The result is a haunting debut novel whose dysfunctional characters play their parts in an edgy drama where people suddenly disappear without trace. Although no place-names are ever mentioned, the setting for this eerie story is an Irish… Read more »

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Rhona Byrne

IMMA’S EXPANDING COLLECTION

Date: July 15, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

THIS WEEK sees the opening of an exhibition at IMMA featuring four works by Irish artists that have been acquired by the Hennessy Cognac-funded ‘Art Fund for IMMA Collection’. The works are by Kevin Atherton, David Beattie, Rhona Byrne, and Dennis McNulty. Given the paucity of direct purchases of Irish art by IMMA since 2011,… Read more »

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TENDER TIME

Date: July 15, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

A COUPLE of tenders have been advertised this month in the arts world – one for the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) and the other for the Arts Council. The NMI tender relates to a master plan to create what is described as “a clear and concise road map and a sustainable long-term vision” for… Read more »

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Annie Doona

NEW FILM BOARD SCRIPT

Date: July 15, 2016 -

THE NEW Strategic Plan 2016-2020 for Annie Doona’s Irish Film Board (IFB) arrives five years after the last, heavily hyped Creative Capital report promised a whopping 10,000 audiovisual sector jobs by today. Needless to say, those jobs targets were never remotely attained. This time around there are plenty of promises but significantly there appears to… Read more »

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OXX NOT DONE WITH YET

Date: July 15, 2016 - Sport of Kings

NOT SURPRISINGLY, there has been much lauding of Irish Derby winner, Harzand, its owner the Aga Khan and trainer Dermot Weld. Spare a thought, however, for a certain master trainer, John Oxx, who under different circumstances could have been the winning Irish Derby trainer. Oxx was formerly the Aga Khan’s only trainer in Ireland, and… Read more »

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Dermot Weld

WELD’S WOES

Date: July 15, 2016 - Sport of Kings

TRAINER Dermot Weld reached a landmark last month when he trained his 4,000th winner, with Sea Swift winning at Naas on June 22. The sense of occasion was boosted by the fact that the horse was bred by his late mother, Marguerite. But other news took the gloss off somewhat. What Weld didn’t know when… Read more »

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James Lambe

LAMBE SEEKING RETURN

Date: July 15, 2016 - Sport of Kings

ARMAGH-BASED Jimmy Lambe has had a turbulent few years but the trainer is hoping to bounce back, having reapplied for his trainer’s licence. Lambe declared himself bankrupt earlier in the year and was subsequently stripped of his trainer’s licence in March, following the introduction of a Turf Club rule which restricts bankrupts from holding a… Read more »

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