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Left ‘Unity’

Date: October 5, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE joint announcement recently by the six TDs in the Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit (AAA/PBP) about seeking unity with others on the left, including some TDs, has not yet seen a broadening of the alliance. And given that the two groups in AAA/PBP (run by the Socialist Party and Socialist Workers Party, respectively) appear to… Read more »

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Fiona McLoughlin Healy

FG’S NEW POLITICS

Date: October 5, 2016 - Last Refuge

FINE GAEL’S star chamber has hauled general election candidate, Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy, in front of it to face disciplinary charges following her motion of no-confidence in party colleague, the then Kildare Mayor, Brendan Weld, last May. The energetic but perhaps naive Fiona took seriously the party’s gender quota policy and also all that stuff… Read more »

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Kate O’Connell

SINDO PLAYS THE O’CONNELL CARD

Date: October 5, 2016 - Last Refuge

HAVING helped in no small way to create the girl-band politician that is Dublin Bay South Fine Gael TD, Kate O’Connell – by running a smear campaign against Lucinda Creighton – the Sunday Independent is now nurturing its creation with high profile, complimentary coverage. Recent coverage has referred to the “rising Fine Gael star”, and… Read more »

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Ciara Rose Thornton

IAN O’DOHERTY’S CULTURE BLACK OUT

Date: October 5, 2016 - Fit to Print?

IRISH Independent shock jock, Ian O’Doherty, revels in dissing Muslims, feminists, gay activists etc and he has even had a pop at alcoholics for their “lack of self control” and who, he argues, only have themselves “to blame for their predicament”. But his contribution to Culture night in Kilkenny saw Ian face his own boozy… Read more »

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Kevin O'Sullivan

Tasteful Times

Date: October 5, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE Irish Times criteria for inclusion in its letters pages states merely that such letters should represent a wide range of opinion constrained only by taste and libel. Clearly, some are distasteful (most Republican views for a start) while a select few are so tasteful and legally safe that their letters litter the pages like… Read more »

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Marion McKeone

O’Brien and media

Date: October 5, 2016 - Fit to Print?

SUNDAY Business Post coverage of Donald Trump’s onslaught against Denis O’Brien was a little hard to follow. Editor, Ian Kehoe suggested that it could “sink the Digicel flotation” while Irish commentator on American affairs, Marion McKeone, told readers “No-one in America is listening” as Denis is “a virtually unknown figure in the US”. McKeone not… Read more »

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Jim Sheridan

Date: October 5, 2016 - Pillars of Society

FILM DIRECTOR Jim Sheridan has had a helluva ride since he struck lucky with his very first film, My Left Foot, in 1989. He’s picked up numerous awards and six Oscar nominations – for directing, writing and producing – spread over his nine films. And he’s joined that select ‘A-list’ of Irish showbiz luvvies who… Read more »

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JOHN FITZGERALD

JOHN FITZGERALD DISAPPOINTS

Date: October 5, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

THE great and good of Ireland’s environment world were treated to a bewildering double act last month that laid bare the gaping chasm between, on the one hand, civil society’s sense of urgency on climate change and, on the other, the “Sure it’ll be grand” mindset of our foot-dragging Government. The actors in question were… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: October 5, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

BACK to family bosom A LIMERICK man has been found not guilty of threatening to kill a grandad last year. Thomas O’Neill (28) denied threatening to kill Liam Casey Sr. Mr Casey (52) said he was parked near his daughter’s home when the defendant crossed in front of his Mercedes car. “He told me you… Read more »

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Una Mullally

Una Mullally

Date: October 5, 2016 - The Young Bloods

Una Mullally (33) has been the fastest rising star in Irish media since joining the Irish Times in 2012 as a columnist. Owing to a liberal shift in Irish discourse and the IT’s obsession with online content, Mullally has become the embodiment of the paper of record’s political agenda for a younger generation of readers…. Read more »

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David Wildenstein

GOFFS AND THE BILLIONAIRES

Date: October 5, 2016 - High Society

THE GOFFS Orby sale this year attracted more attention than usual, thanks to the decision by David Wildenstein to offload over 100 horses through the auction house. The sale comes at a time when the billionaire Wildenstein dynasty has been generating headlines for all the wrong reasons. David Wildenstein is very much part of high… Read more »

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SHARON’S SWING

Date: October 5, 2016 - High Society

WHILE EUROPE was getting stuffed in the Ryder Cup last weekend, the K Club has been celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its hosting of the competition in 2006, as well as its 25th birthday. Among those enjoying the festivities has been Sharon Smurfit, daughter of Mick and, like him, quite a fan of the little… Read more »

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SHAKE-UP AT RESIDENCE

Date: October 5, 2016 - High Society

THE OWNER of private members club, Residence, on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green – Olivia Gaynor-Long – who has pumped millions into the struggling business has finally gotten around to taking some action. The membership system is to be overhauled and members are being promised an “exciting future”. Maybe Olivia will then spend more time on… Read more »

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THE STAR MAN - CONOR O’CLERY

THE STAR MAN – CONOR O’CLERY

Date: October 5, 2016 - BooksReviews

  PERHAPS because of the overdose this year on anything and everything related to 1916, earlier Irish historical material, fictional or otherwise, seems to have gone out of fashion. So this new Irish novel based in the final decade of the 18th century is welcome both for its rarity and its unusual theme. Conor O’Clery,… Read more »

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DON GIOVANNI – GAIETY THEATRE

Date: October 5, 2016 - Theatre

ON PAPER, it makes plenty of sense. Get a brand-name writer to put a modern spin on classic opera, in order to lure in new audiences and demonstrate that the art form can have contemporary Irish appeal. In practice, it’s trickier. Opera Theatre Company’s last attempt at this, 2015’s Rigoletto, translated by Marina Carr, turned… Read more »

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THE LESSER BOHEMIANS - EIMEAR McBRIDE

THE LESSER BOHEMIANS – EIMEAR McBRIDE

Date: October 5, 2016 - BooksReviews

IN THIS follow-up to her highly acclaimed (and much hyped) 2013 debut, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing, Eimear McBride retains the familiar coming-of-age theme and writes in her signature high voltage stream-of-consciousness style. Set in 1994, the fraught story follows a naïve 18-year-old Irish girl who comes to London to take up a place… Read more »

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A Man Doing Accounts

A MAN WITHDRAWING PAINTING

Date: October 5, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

Man Doing Accounts (detail) THERE WAS an interesting aside in last weekend’s account of the latest Adams Irish art sale, penned by Michael Parsons in The Irish Times. The reference was to a painting titled A Man Doing Accounts, which was withdrawn from sale. It had once been owned by Derek “tax leakage” Quinlan before… Read more »

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REVIEWING THE CORK FILM FESTIVAL

Date: October 5, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

DOCUMENTS released to Goldhawk shine some light on the machinations leading to the recent bailing out of the Cork Film Festival and the ousting of its long-time principals. Two senior employees of the festival, Mick Hannigan and Una Feely, respectively festival director/CEO and programmer, were made redundant in March 2013 following a review of the… Read more »

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COLM MURPHY

COLM MURPHY’S EXIT

Date: October 5, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THE IRISH jumps scene will be missing some familiar faces this season. Not only will jockeys Adrian Heskin, Davy Russell and Jonathan Moore be plying their trade across the water on a regular basis, but trainer Colm Murphy becomes the latest handler to call it quits after a relatively short career. The costs associated with… Read more »

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Jessica Harrington

COBALT MILKSHAKES?

Date: October 5, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THE TURF CLUB has come under fire recently over its perceived inefficiency in implementing a new drug testing procedure for horses, particularly for elevated carbon dioxide levels (TCO2) and Cobalt. Trainers Jim Bolger and Jessica Harrington have both been vocal in expressing their disappointment over the Turf Club’s lack of action in the wake of… Read more »

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Davy Russell’s moment of madness

Date: October 5, 2016 - Sport of Kings

DAVY RUSSELL seemed to lose the plot at Clonmel last week riding Little Folke to a narrow victory for Henry De Bromhead. Russell was seen to strike the runner-up, Solar Heat, three times across the face with his whip in the closing stages. The stewards took a dim view of Russell’s actions, reversing the placings… Read more »

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WILIE MULLINS

WILIE MULLINS’S ROUGH RIDE

Date: October 5, 2016 - Sport of Kings

MICK O’LEARY has managed to get into a stand-off with someone as stubborn as himself. Despite being faced with the prospect of losing 60 high class horses, champion trainer Willie Mullins, has not entertained the Ryanair chief’s bargain-hunting tactics. The loss in income to the trainer is in the region of €100,000 a month. Mullins… Read more »

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Dermot Smurfit

Smurfit dynasty goes out with a whimper

Date: October 5, 2016 - Moneybags

WHEN DERMOT Smurfit (younger brother of Mick), originally bought the Finnish Savon Sellu paper mill in 2005, at the age of 61, it looked as if the family was preparing for its second round at creating a cardboard box empire dynasty. However, the Smurfit-led sale now to Madison Dearborn Partners – the same private equity… Read more »

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David McCann

Fyffes strange plunge into mushrooms

Date: October 5, 2016 - Moneybags

LAST YEAR Fyffes enjoyed a good year’s trading with revenue up 12% to €1.2bn and operating profits up a very healthy 37% to just on €45m to leave trading margins at 3.6%. There is a seasonal bias in Fyffes towards the first half of the year with the second half only accounting for 47% of… Read more »

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Peter Gallagher

Sibling rivalry at Abbey

Date: October 5, 2016 - Briefcases

THERE COULD be fun and games at the annual general meeting of the Abbey plc house building operation this week when Peter Gallagher, younger brother of chief executive Charlie prepares to let fly with both barrels about what he perceives to be the company’s shortcomings. According to the Sunday Business Post Peter also wants the… Read more »

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Val Timon’s Taxman troubles

Val Timon’s Taxman troubles

Date: October 5, 2016 - Briefcases

ONE interesting name to pop up on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters was solicitor Val Timon, who was fined €1,500 in the second quarter of this year for failing to file income tax returns. But it’s not the first time the Killiney solicitor has been in trouble with the Taxman, having been fined… Read more »

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Robert Butler’s Hanging Gardens

Date: October 5, 2016 - Briefcases

ONE of the four sites named in the Limerick Twenty Thirty (LTT) development plan has an interesting history, linked to NAMA developer, Robert Butler. The ‘Garden Site’ on Henry Street in Limerick City is now in the possession of the LTT designated company after it was bought back by Limerick Council from NAMA, and the… Read more »

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Michael Noonan

Noonan’s Limerick Curtain Call

Date: October 5, 2016 - Briefcases

FINANCE minister Michael Noonan must be delighted that the Limerick development plan seems to finally be getting off the ground. The strategy, which is supposed to bring u500m in inward investment to the city, was re-launched in September at an event in Limerick. Central to the development plan is an outfit called Limerick Twenty Thirty… Read more »

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Alan Barrett’s court dates

Date: October 5, 2016 - Briefcases

FORMER director of EventElephant Ltd, Alan Barrett will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty to charges relating to the incorrect filing of VAT returns earlier this year. In the meantime, the Courts Service last week published the full judgment from his High Court disqualification case in July and it’s full of interesting details… Read more »

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Hangover for Cork accountant Twohig

Date: October 5, 2016 - Briefcases

ONE familiar name to appear on Revenue’s latest list of Tax Defaulters was Goldhawk’s old pal, Cork accountant and ex-publican Edward Twohig. Edward, who trades as Twohig Kelleher accountants on Washington Street in Cork City, was fined a modest €2,500 for failing to lodge VAT returns, but it’s not the first time that the number-cruncher… Read more »

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Vol.34 No.20

Vol.34 No.20

Date: October 5, 2016 -

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Vol. 34 No. 19

Date: September 22, 2016 -

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Enda Kenny

NEUTRALITY: SEE NO EVIL

Date: September 21, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

DESPITE Ireland facing one of the most fundamental issues in our history, the virtual silence surrounding our accelerating involvement in the militarisation of the EU is deafening. At the recent EU summit committing EU governments to further co-operation in defence and increased military expenditure, Enda… Read more »

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O’LEARY’S TURBULENCE IN D4

Date: September 21, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE RYANAIR boss Mick O’Leary is clearly annoyed at objections to the planned new Dublin Airport runway, he is also facing an objection to his latest personal property project in the heart of leafy Ballsbridge. A big site at the rear of 3 Clyde Road (a stone’s throw from O’Leary’s pile on Raglan Road) was… Read more »

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KEVIN McGARRY’S VERY PRIVATE SECURITY

Date: September 21, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERESTING to see an apology in The Irish Times earlier this month to company KTech Security and its owner Kevin McGarry, who turns out to be doing rather well for himself. Moreover, the wily millionaire has moved his operation offshore. Despite the usually obscure nature of this sector, KTech has been one of the more… Read more »

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GERRY CALLANAN’S HORSE TRADING

Date: September 21, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH AN appeal lodged by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) against a recent Small Claims Court ruling, it appears the innocuous looking challenge by Gerry Callanan of Nanallac Stud in Kildare to the Thoroughbred Foal Levy could have far reaching consequences. Callanan initiated proceedings against HRI through the Small Claims Court given that the sum at… Read more »

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