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TIERNAN BRADY’S BRAINSTORM

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

“WORLD renowned marriage equality campaigner” was just one of the accolades showered on Ireland’s Yes Equality political director Tiernan Brady by the Australian media when he arrived to assist the Aussies’ own campaign for gay marriage last April. But Tiernan put his foot right in it at a vital stage of July’s Australian general election… Read more »

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Trouble at Yeomanstown stud

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

HOW UNFORTUNATE for the respected O’Callaghan family of Yeoman Stud fame to find themselves caught up in a controversy, following the alleged discovery of illegally held animal remedies on their premises. Three members of the family – Gay, Annette and David O’Callaghan – are among those now facing prosecution in relation to the matter, but… Read more »

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The Hot Air Brigade

Date: September 7, 2016 - The Hot Air Brigade

“In my case, gaining a stone pretty quickly was a huge knock to my self-esteem, as I hadn’t really struggled with my weight that much up until then.” Rosanna Davison on body confidence, Sunday Independent “Should I call the cops and demand a new identity and a safe space for my moobs to call their… Read more »

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Ian Paisley Jnr

BREXIT BACKLASH IN NI WASTELAND

Date: September 7, 2016 - Bird's Eye View

WHILE PEOPLE in the Republic argue the merits of appealing the EU’s €13bn tax demand from Apple, in the north the prospect of having any major companies owing tax is a consummation devoutly to be wished. As textiles and heavy engineering collapsed in the 1960s the old Stormont regime and then the same civil servants… Read more »

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Sarah Keane

SARAH KEANE’S OLYMPIC AMBITIONS

Date: September 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE IRISH Rio Olympics controversy is not going away any time soon, with Pat Hickey – president of the OCI until he stepped aside last month “temporarily” – questioned by the police this week about ticketing allocations. Meanwhile, back in Dublin the race is on to replace Hickey in a not so temporary capacity. While… Read more »

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Denis Naughten

DENIS NAUGHTEN’S GAME PLAN

Date: September 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

WHAT a dependable cabinet member Fine Gael defector turned Independent Denis Naughten has turned out to be. Independent Alliance ministers Shane Ross, Finian McGrath and John Halligan have caused FG ministers trauma on various issues, although they declined to bite the apple last week after some posturing. Even Kath-erine Zappone threw shapes before capitulating on… Read more »

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In praise of Peter Barry

Date: September 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

“TOO gentlemanly for a fight” and acting from “more a sense of noblesse oblige than any burning ambition”, were just two of many media quotes about the late Peter Barry following his death. The Fine Gael grandee was depicted as the prime example of that party’s genre who, unlike vulgar Fianna Fáil politicians who lust… Read more »

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Pat Sheehan

SINN FÉIN GOING SOFT ON ISRAEL?

Date: September 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

THERE is consternation at Sinn Fein’s dalliance with the ruling Israeli Likud party – lead party in perhaps the most discriminatory and murderous government in Israeli history – and a storm of criticism is brewing among Palestinian solidarity groups in Ireland and abroad. SF youth members as well as Belfast MLA and senior SF member… Read more »

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Date: September 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE WAVE of barely disguised leaks from Fine Gael of a most bellicose kind against Ross’s “showboating” on the Apple tax appeal and alleging that the Alliance could cause an election indicates a virtual state of war within cabinet. There were two lines of attack last weekend with The Sunday Times and Sunday Independent reporting… Read more »

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Cliff Taylor

APPLE OF MEDIA EYE

Date: September 7, 2016 - Fit to Print?

FINANCE minister Michael Noonan’s ill-prepared handling of the €13bn (and counting) Apple tax EU ruling has led to the Irish Independent demanding his resignation. But the financial press was not exactly alert and in some cases was downright misleading in the days leading up to last week’s ruling. The Irish Times and Sunday Business Post… Read more »

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Holy Orders

Date: September 7, 2016 - Fit to Print?

RECENT Sunday Times coverage of “Angel of Death” priest Fr Michael Kennedy, a cousin of the American Kennedy clan, has given the inadvertent impression that a High Court action against him concerns his infamous remarks about a local woman deliberately infecting dozens of local men with Aids. But the action against Kennedy and the retired… Read more »

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JUDGES’ ADVOCATE

JUDGES’ ADVOCATE

Date: September 7, 2016 - Fit to Print?

INFLATED front page promotion two days running, masquerading as news stories, of Irish Times former legal affairs correspondent, Ruadhán Mac Cormaic’s book, The Supreme Court, told of the judiciary’s hysterical reaction to government plans to cut their salaries in 2011. The IT’s current legal affairs corr Colm Keena described how the judges’ resistance to similar… Read more »

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Brendan O’Carroll

Date: September 7, 2016 - Pillars of Society

IN THE recent Radio Times survey to name the Best Sitcom of the 21st Century, smutty comedian Brendan O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown’s Boys came out top of the bunch, from a vote of 14,000, much to the consternation of the ‘thinking’ metropolitan press. He has been selling his old Dubblin’ coddle for decades but only in… Read more »

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KENNY TRUMPS CLIMATE ACCORD

Date: September 7, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

DONALD TRUMP is probably not the first name that springs to mind when major international breakthroughs in tackling climate change are being discussed. The prospect, however remote, of The Donald being installed in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January has concentrated minds in Washington and and galvanised the world’s top two polluters to ratify last December’s… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: September 7, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

Arrested for drink-driving twice in a day A 33-YEAR-OLD Derry man arrested for drink driving twice in one day was disqualified from driving. Stephen O’Donnell of Ballyorr Drive pleaded guilty to two charges of driving with excessive alcohol on his breath at Derry’s Magistrate’s Court. The court heard that police were sent to Water Street… Read more »

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Cora Sherlock

Date: September 7, 2016 - The Young Bloods

In 2016, Cora Sherlock (41) has become the most prominent Irish anti-abortion personality, surpassing the Iona Institute’s David Quinn and Breda O’Brien to become the de facto face of the movement in the media. Describing herself as a pro-life feminist, Cora represents something of a break from the anti-abortion campaign’s history, presenting a warmer, fuzzier… Read more »

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Belinda Strudwick

BELINDA STRUDWICK’S GOOD TIMES

Date: September 7, 2016 - High Society

LAST MONTH glamorous Belinda Strudwick popped up in The Owner column of the Irish Field to give her tuppenceworth on horseracing. When asked what advice she would offer to someone thinking of becoming a racehorse owner, she advised they should “be realistic and enjoy the good times”. She might also have added “and marry a… Read more »

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Suing Dermot O’Rourke

Date: September 7, 2016 - High Society

THE SINDO society pages focused last month on the Berkshire wedding of Iain O’Rourke and Charlie McKinney. Iain was described as the son of “property developer multi-millionaire Dermot O’Rourke”, Goldhawk’s old pal. Poor Dermot may have gained a daughter-in-law, Charlie, but is currently being sued by his son-in-law. Certainly, the term “multi-millionaire” is one that… Read more »

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TANYIA DEANE’S CASTLE

Date: September 7, 2016 - High Society

INTERESTING to see fashion designer-turned horse healer Tanyia Deane and her hubby upping sticks to move to sunny Florida. This means the couple have put their sprawling home on the market for €1.5m and got a nice spread in the Sunday Times headlined “Happy living in a fantasy”. Tanyia Deane was responsible for designing the… Read more »

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SMALLTOWN – TV3

Date: September 7, 2016 - Reviews

THE FIRST episode of the new three-part television drama by award-winning Kerry writer/director Gerard Barrett focused largely on the power of unarticulated feeling. It represents a jump for TV3’s indigenous dramatic output and puts Montrose on warning. While the story of a young person forced to leave rural Ireland for a better life isn’t exactly… Read more »

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LYING IN WAIT – LIZ NUGENT (PENGUIN IRELAND)

Date: September 7, 2016 - Reviews

BEFORE FINDING success as a crime novelist, Liz Nugent had written regularly for radio and TV drama, including RTÉ’s Fair City. There were obvious signs of this in her psychological thriller, Unravelling Oliver (about an abusive husband), which was published in 2014. Not surprisingly, this highly successful debut novel quickly became a firm favourite with… Read more »

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Seána Kerslake

A DATE FOR MAD MARY – DIRECTED BY DARREN THORNTON

Date: September 7, 2016 - Reviews

IRISH CRITICS have been falling over themselves to praise A Date For Mad Mary, the latest feature from director Darren Thornton. “A triumph,” declared The Irish Times. “Another Irish film to be proud of,” crowed the Irish Examiner. These days, Irish audiences could be forgiven for thinking domestic cinema was enjoying a golden age comparable… Read more »

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Sarah Durcan

FEMMES FATALES AT THE ABBEY

Date: September 7, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

THE INTRODUCTION by the Abbey Theatre of new “guiding principles for gender equality” – including “achieving gender equality in all areas of the artistic programme by presenting more work led by female theatre practitioners” – has raised eyebrows. It is a very wide ranging policy that brings up questions about the National Theatre’s quality priorities…. Read more »

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Ed Guiney

CREDITS NOT ROLLING FOR SOLAS PROJECT

Date: September 7, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

GOLDHAWK IS beginning to wonder if only the 30-year archive rule will shed light on the dealings around the overspend on Galway’s Picture Palace cinema, now assigned on a bargain lease arrangement to Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe’s Element Films. Promoted as far back as 2002 by Lelia Doolan’s Solas group of Galway film buffs,… Read more »

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Davy Russell

CULLOTY AND RUSSELL RIDE AGAIN

Date: September 7, 2016 - Sport of Kings

AT LAST, jockey Davy Russell and trainer Jim Culloty have sorted out their differences. The pair famously teamed up to land the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Lord Windermere in 2014 but following the horse’s tame display in the 2015 Gold Cup under a sympathetic Russell ride, Culloty fired the Youghal man, saying he wouldn’t be… Read more »

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GRASSICK GETS THE NOD

Date: September 7, 2016 - Sport of Kings

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Sally-Ann Grassick who has been selected to join the ITV racing team which takes over the terrestrial coverage of British racing from Channel 4 next January. The Kildare native has been based primarily in France for some years, where she gained experience working for French racing channel Equidia, while more recently… Read more »

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POT LUCK for Henry De BROMHEAD

Date: September 7, 2016 - Sport of Kings

IT WILL be recalled (see The Phoenix 3/6/16) that Alan and Ann Potts have severed ties with their original trainer, Henry De Bromhead. The horses have now been fully dispersed. The last 13 Potts horses were removed from De Bromhead’s care recently and distributed between Jessica Harrington, Colm Murphy, Jim Dreaper and Mouse Morris. These… Read more »

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DAVID WACHMAN’S RETIREMENT

DAVID WACHMAN’S RETIREMENT

Date: September 7, 2016 - Sport of Kings

SO, WHAT next for David Wachman? After 20 years as a trainer, the 45-year-old has obviously decided there is more to life and plans to hand in his trainer’s licence at the end of this season. Wachman, who is married to John Magnier’s daughter, Katie, certainly won’t be on the breadline but eyebrows have been… Read more »

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Mike Donoghue

Ormonde Mining’s heavy metal fatigue

Date: September 7, 2016 - Moneybags

ORMONDE MINING is an unusual entity, particularly in the resource sector. Its business is developing a tungsten mine in western Spain, a process carrying significant risks, yet the risk has been significantly mitigated by a $100m funding arrangement put in place a year ago. All the factors are now more or less in place to… Read more »

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Sean McLoughlin

Millionaire McLoughlin’s Eye for Profits

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Irish YouTube sensation Sean McLoughlin, who made it into a recent Irish Times list of the “22 twenty-somethings” who are set to take the world by storm. The piece by Una Mullally entitled, “Ireland: The Next Generation”, listed online video game pundit McLoughlin – better known to his fans as… Read more »

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Tipp solicitor’s noble clientele

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted a tax judgment registered against a very interesting Tipperary solicitor recently. John G O’Donnell, of O’Donnell Solicitors in Tipperary Town, had the judgment for u19,000 registered against him by the Revenue. O’Donnell, who is the firm’s principal, is remembered as the former solicitor for Goldhawk’s old pal, Terence MacCarthy, the fake chieftain of… Read more »

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MARIE GORMAN

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

A LIMERICK fashion company called Claraffa Ltd had a judgment registered against it last week by South Dublin County Council. The company operates the Little Chancers women’s clothes shop at the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick but the judgment for €42,000 in unpaid rates related to the company’s Dublin operation, based at the Liffey Valley… Read more »

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Limerick liquidator’s court battles

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting judgment in the Court of Appeal recently related to Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick. He was voluntarily appointed liquidator to a door and window manufacturing company, Star Elm Frames (SEF) Ltd, formerly owned by Cork businessman Willie Murphy before it went into examinership in 2013 and then liquidation earlier this year…. Read more »

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Ronan O’Gara misses touch

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Irish rugby ace Ronan O’Gara who, along with his wife Jessica, was named sport and style ambassador for the Longines Champions Weekend at the Curragh this month. Ronan and the glamorous Jessica were interviewed by the Sunday Independent’s Niamh Horan recently, and the former Munster out-half cut a fine dash… Read more »

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Another bad day for Ken McMoreland

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’s old pal, Sligo accountant Ken McMoreland had a miserable day in the High Court recently, courtesy of Judge Miriam O’Regan. In the latest episode of the continuing saga of Foresthaze Developments Ltd, the court granted summary judgment for an eye-watering u6m against McMoreland in favour of AIB. It will be recalled that Fianna Fáil… Read more »

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Marie Gorman’s costs

Date: September 7, 2016 - Briefcases

MORE on Marie Gorman, wife of Roscommon agricultural consultant Pauraic Larkin. It will be recalled that Eugene McCarthy, appointed liquidator to Pauraic Larkin & Associates Ltd, successfully applied to have Larkin restricted from acting as a company director in the High Court last month (see The Phoenix 26/08/16). McCarthy sought to restrict Gorman as well… Read more »

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