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FG’S HAPPY FAMILY IN NEWCASTLE WEST

Date: September 21, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE political and enterprising activities of sport and tourism junior minister Patrick O’Donovan’s extended clan in Limerick brings a whole new meaning to the concept of the Fine Gael family. In a speech announcing the planned creation of US firm Ortec’s European HQ in Newcastle West recently, O’Donovan congratulated the “promoters” of the medical device… Read more »

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‘IRISH TIMES’ AND AN EU ARMY

Date: September 21, 2016 - Fit to Print?

COVERAGE OF post Brexit developments by The Irish Times, whose own appetite for Irish involvement in an EU army has been consistently enthusiastic, was marked by a front page article from European correspondent Suzanne Lynch. Commenting on EU governments’ increased appetite for a military capacity, Lynch described the Irish government’s position thus: “Ireland has traditionally… Read more »

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PAUL WILLIAMS DUMPED BY NÓIRÍN

Date: September 21, 2016 - Fit to Print?

LIKE some unresolved lovers’ tiff, the Indo’s ace cops’n’robbers hack, Paul Williams (now also in Newstalk’s Breakfast line-up) and garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan continue their squabbling. The day after Irish and Spanish police raided Kinahan gang linked homes and premises in both countries, Williams penned a most resentful article on the Indo’s website. Dismissing the… Read more »

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UNA MULLALLY’S SURPRISING RANT

Date: September 21, 2016 - Fit to Print?

WOW! Irish Times columnist Una Mullally socked it to Apple, the “tech sector” and international corporations following the recent Apple tax scandal. These all-powerful entities are capable of influencing vast changes in lifestyle behaviour and lend gravity to social media platforms, while all the while they are only interested in profit, Una opined breathlessly. As… Read more »

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Max Barrett

Date: September 21, 2016 - Pillars of Society

The news that justice minister Frances Fitzgerald intends appealing last month’s High Court ruling by Mr Justice Max Barrett, allowing retired judge Barry White to practise criminal law in the upper courts, will be balm to the bar’s fevered brow. That ruling has left our learned friends with a Catch-22 quandary similar to Baldy Noonan’s… Read more »

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IRELAND EXPORTS FRACKING OPS

Date: September 21, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

IRELAND HAS been mostly quiet on the fracking front, but last month Goldhawk’s attention was caught by reports of an Irish company having to suddenly close some of its fracking operations due to “a recent earth movement”. Alarmed? Well, this was not in Ireland, but Africa. Ireland is still a no-fracking zone, with a moratorium… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: September 21, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

FISHY GOINGS-ON IN KERRY THREE members of the same Kerry family have been fined for poaching on the Blackwater salmon fishery near Kenmare. Jack Clifford of Derrendarragh, Blackwater, his brother Tony and son Tim were found by Inland Fisheries officers throwing stones into a net in the river. Exchanges between the Cliffords and the officers… Read more »

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Anne Marie McNally

Date: September 21, 2016 - The Young Bloods

Stephen Donnelly’s departure has rent apart the Social Democrats’ ruling triumvirate and made visible some previously well-disguised cracks within the party. Soc Dem supporters are adamant that Donnelly’s exit is not a terminal blow and the party’s new political director, Anne-Marie McNally (36), has been helping to lead that charge. But McNally’s juggling of numerous… Read more »

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O’REILLY’S NATIONAL TREASURE

Date: September 21, 2016 - High Society

THE ONGOING bankruptcy of Bahamas-based Tony O’Reilly continues to generate plenty of media interest much to the chagrin of the hapless former moneybags. The Irish Times reported on the upcoming sale of furniture and antiques from the Castlemartin estate, but there is still no sign of Tony Boy’s art collection and, in particular, an Irish… Read more »

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DOC O’DONNELL’S FERRARI

Date: September 21, 2016 - High Society

INTERESTING to see a Waterford hospital consultant heading to the Four Goldmines over the sale of his Ferrari. He has made headlines before for something rather slower than a Ferrari. Eddie O’Donnell of Waterford Regional Hospital is suing a company called Ocean Vehicle Trading Ltd and its director Oisín Legaspi, claiming the defendants failed to… Read more »

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AISLING HOLLY’S COSMETIC CLINICS

Date: September 21, 2016 - High Society

LISA MURPHY, former fiancée of legal eagle Gerald Kean, featured on the cover of VIP magazine last month, where she told readers she was “rediscovering my passions in life”. It turns out that Lisa is also back in the cosmetic surgery game after her own business, New Lisa Life, shut its doors a couple of… Read more »

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THE FATHER – GATE THEATRE

Date: September 21, 2016 - ReviewsTheatre

ALZHEIMER’S disease has appeared frequently enough on stage and screen in the last few years. Arguably, The Father by French writer Florian Zeller led the way, scooping up a handful of Molière, Olivier and Tony awards. All those five-star accolades for previous productions certainly raise expectations for a new Irish version. Thankfully, the team assembled… Read more »

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MINDS OF WINTER - ED O’LOUGHLIN

MINDS OF WINTER – ED O’LOUGHLIN

Date: September 21, 2016 - BooksReviews

BORN IN Toronto, Ed O’Loughlin grew up in Ireland and worked as a journalist before publishing his debut novel, Not Untrue and Not Unkind, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2009. His latest novel interweaves an entirely fictional sub-plot with historical snapshots of famous polar explorers, such as Roald Amundsen, John Franklin,… Read more »

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THE YOUNG OFFENDERS - DIRECTED BY PETER FOOTT

THE YOUNG OFFENDERS – DIRECTED BY PETER FOOTT

Date: September 21, 2016 - MoviesReviews

ACCOMPANIED by the hype that’s now de rigueur for every Irish film, The Young Offenders – based on true events in Cork in 2007 – tells the story of two young Cork lads, Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley), who go searching for bales of cocaine washed up on the Irish shore. While boasting… Read more »

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SHERIDAN’S SECRET STINKER

Date: September 21, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

THE REVIEWS of Jim Sheridan’s adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture have already attracted attention to the movie for all the wrong reasons. Noel Pearson’s production was heavily backed by Annie Doona’s Irish Film Board (IFB) and the warning signs were there for all to see (see The Phoenix 20/5/16). After its screening at… Read more »

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EUGENE DOWNES’S WARNING SHOT

Date: September 21, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

WHEN THE Joint Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht, chaired by Meath Sinn Féin TD Peadar Tóibín, met on September 7 to discuss Heather Humphreys’s Culture 2025 policy document, it failed to generate media interest. Nevertheless, Goldhawk noted the odd interesting observation, at least from those who bothered to speak. Four… Read more »

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GOFFS CHAMPIONS DAMP SQUIB

Date: September 21, 2016 - Sport of Kings

MUCH HAS been written about the success of Irish Champions Weekend and how the main race – the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes – can now be regarded as one of the world’s premier races. However, little had been said about the damp squib that was the Goffs Champions Sale, which preceded racing at Leopardstown. Like… Read more »

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Ruby Jockying for Position

Date: September 21, 2016 - Sport of Kings

WITH Sir Anthony McCoy not in the running for a position in the ITV racing team (or else not interested in a position) it would appear there may be a vacancy for someone of his ilk to fill the void. Step forward Ruby Walsh. Some of the new ITV racing dream team, lead by anchorman… Read more »

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DANNY GRANT UNSADDLED YET AGAIN

Date: September 21, 2016 - Sport of Kings

JOCKEY Danny Grant is in hot water again over his troublesome eczema. Grant was removed from his intended mounts at Navan and Dundalk recently by order of the stewards after another unsatisfactory drug test. Two years ago, Grant received a two-year ban after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine but 18 months of that… Read more »

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JOSEPH O’BRIEN V COOLMORE

Date: September 21, 2016 - Sport of Kings

JOSEPH O’BRIEN cut a slightly fuller figure recently when he made a brief return to race riding at Doncaster. On the training front, he also made quite an impact … at Coolmore at least. The 23-year-old, who weighed out at just under 11 stone, took part in the ‘Leger Legends’ contest and showed his competitors… Read more »

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DERMOT STOPFORD SMURFIT

Dermot Smurfit’s high stakes gamble with GAN

Date: September 21, 2016 - Moneybags

DERMOT STOPFORD SMURFIT – the 41-year-old nephew of Mick Smurfit – invested and took management control of the gaming software development house, Game Account Network, in 2002. With the help of Dermot Desmond and Smurfit family money, Dermot Smurfit has tried to develop Game Account Network (GAN) into a serious world player. This has not… Read more »

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Profitable Kingspan needs to avoid distractions

Date: September 21, 2016 - Moneybags

KINGSPAN has had a fantastic record over the last five years and is now one of a handful of Irish companies playing a dominant role in the global market. With the insulated boards and insulation panels divisions throwing off huge sums now, the only way should be up for Kingspan. Distractions such as growing the… Read more »

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End in sight for Edgeworth debacle

Date: September 21, 2016 - Briefcases

IT LOOKS like the Pilot Training College of Ireland Ltd (PTC Ireland) saga might be coming to an end now that the company’s liquidator is moving to have company boss Mike Edgeworth restricted from acting as a director. Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton has finally lodged restriction proceedings against Edgeworth and the two sides were… Read more »

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City Council gets tough over pyrite damage

Date: September 21, 2016 - Briefcases

INTERESTING to see Dublin City Council’s senior structural engineer Peter Finnegan admitting just how difficult it will be to recoup costs from developers who built faulty homes in North Dublin. Finnegan has warned DCC in a report that the cost of repairs to some 200 social housing units damaged by pyrite could exceed €11.5m (see… Read more »

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High-flying Stritch’s crash landing

Date: September 21, 2016 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for Goldhawk’s old pal, Peter Stritch, the colourful Clare farmer who has had several high profile run-ins with the authorities over the years. Documents filed with the Companies Office earlier this month show that a third receiver was appointed in May to Stritch’s property development company, Bellisle Properties Ltd, on foot of… Read more »

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Elliot Hughes’s Porterhouse profits

Date: September 21, 2016 - Briefcases

QUIET congratulations are in order for Elliot Hughes who, under tragic circumstances, looks set to take over the Porterhouse network of pubs and restaurants. Documents filed with the Companies Office last month show that 23-year-old Elliot has been named a director of various companies within the Porterhouse group following the sudden death of his father,… Read more »

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HILCO’S ‘GANGSTER CAPITALISM’ IN HMV

Date: September 21, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE SUDDEN closure of Clery’s generated plenty of media criticism given the manner in which the hapless staff were treated. Now over in HMV, a rather different winding up has taken place but, once again, the staff found themselves taken by surprise. This is the second time this year that the owner of HMV, Hilco… Read more »

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Geoff Wycherley misses the fairway

Date: September 21, 2016 - Briefcases

SPARE a thought for Co Cork builder and businessman Geoffrey “Geoff” Wycherley whose company Totus Developments Ltd had a receiver appointed to it last week. Rosscarbery native Wycherley is a well-known figure in West Cork owing to his local business interests — which include the Smugglers Cove golf and adventure centre – as well as… Read more »

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Vol. 34 No. 18

Date: September 16, 2016 -

September 9 – September 22, 2016

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WHO WILL STOP DENIS?

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

INM’s intended purchase of another raft of regional newspapers is a measure of Denis O’Brien’s apparently well-founded belief that nothing and nobody will put a halt to his media empire building. So, too, is INM’s business strategy as enunciated by its own directors, that media acquisitions are still on the agenda. This, more than any… Read more »

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INDO’S APPLE PIE

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST WEEK the Indo was remarkably supportive of Apple in relation to the tax row, which may not be a surprise after last year’s love-in with chief executive Tim Cook. Michael Noonan, however, got an unmerciful hammering from the paper. Last year, Cook had a ball on his visit to Ireland as he strolled around… Read more »

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SUING THE JEHOVAH’S

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

PROCEEDINGS have just been issued by one Ruth Moram against the Jehovah’s Witnesses reigniting a colourful saga that appeared to have reached a conclusion last year. Moram is representing herself as she did in previous actions against the Jehovah’s Witnesses. She had originally taken a… Read more »

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STEPHEN DONNELLY WALKS

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

GIVEN that Stephen Donnelly had about as much time for social democracy as Danny Healy-Rae it is hardly surprising that his split from the Social Democrats had little to do with ideology or policy and everything to do with who was top dog in the party. The drift between Donnelly and the other two joint… Read more »

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BLUE BLOUSE TRUSTEES

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

FINE GAEL general secretary Tom Curran must be hoping that a robust and defiant letter sent recently to Sligo councillor Hubert Keaney, as well as ex-TD John Perry, will soften their cough. Keaney and Perry alleged in letters sent to party HQ that Keaney had been warned about his political future should he give evidence… Read more »

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KEITH DUFFY’S CHARITY COSTS

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

B-LIST entertainer Keith Duffy responded like an A-List diva recently to remarks allegedly made by the chief executive of Irish Autism Action (IAA), Brian Murnane. Amid a welter of criticism about the charity’s financial crisis, Murnane was quoted as saying that a reported €8m raised by Duffy for IAA cost the charity €7m. But Duffy,… Read more »

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SIMON COVENEY SLIPS UP

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE little noticed announcement last July by environment minister Simon Coveney of the Constituencies Commission to scrutinise and revise electoral boundaries has dismayed Fine Gael ministers and party HQ. Simon earned brownie points for his astute handling of government coalition formation but it is the next government that HQ is more concerned with now. The… Read more »

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