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O’Leary’s powerful friends

Date: July 2, 2016 - Briefcases

MORE on Monkstown modernist Michael O’Leary (not that one), whose new house in south Dublin has locals in a tizzy (see The Phoenix 17/06/16). O’Leary is a director of several Irish companies, but one outfit, an energy company called VP Power Ltd, caught Goldhawk’s eye. Set up in 2005, O’Leary is in situ there with… Read more »

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Vol. 34 No. 13

Vol. 34 No. 13

Date: July 1, 2016 -

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Roger O'Callaghan

TALLY-HO’S BAD LUCK

Date: June 28, 2016 - Sport of Kings

IT HAS been a tough breeding season for the O’Callaghan family of Tally-Ho Stud. The Westmeath farm, owned and run by Tony and Anne and their sons, Roger and Henry, had high hopes for its new stallion recruit G Force at the beginning of the year, but the rookie was lacking one major requirement for… Read more »

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DUBLIN’S GANGLAND WAR – TV3

Date: June 28, 2016 - ReviewsTV

JOINING THE conga line in over-the-top documentaries focusing on the continuing Kinahan-Hutch feud, this latest attempt went through the familiar motions of what now passes for serious popular journalism. The programme was introduced by Donal MacIntyre, who loitered nervously beside a routine Garda checkpoint and insisted: “They’ve never known anything like this” and “You can… Read more »

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PUSSY-FOOTING WITH PHONEY PHARAOH

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

FOR almost three years now an Irish boy has been incarcerated without trial by the Egyptian military regime and all diplomatic attempts to have Ibrahim Halawa released and repatriated have been met with nothing but contempt. It’s time to apply different pressure on the Egyptian regime. In 2004, the Egyptian government was happy to sign… Read more »

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Marc MacSharry

MacSHARRY JUNIOR SHAFTED BY MARTIN

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

MARC MacSHARRY’S sulk in refusing Micheál Martin’s offer of the chair of the finance committee – because he was not given a front bench position – is deeply ironic given the relationship between the two men and also between Martin and Marc’s dad, former finance minister Ray MacSharry. In the dying days of the Brian… Read more »

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Jim O'Callaghan

O’CALLAGHAN OUT OF PROCEDURE TALKS

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE have been further knowing looks within Fianna Fáil at the absence from the Dáil Committee on Procedure (CP) of the party’s legal advisor and justice spokesperson, Jim O’Callaghan. The committee’s immediate and urgent task is to deal with Denis O’Brien’s High Court action against the committee for finding that Catherine Murphy had not abused… Read more »

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TURF CLUB’S DRUGS CZAR

Date: June 17, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THE TURF Club is getting serious about weeding out drug cheats, with the appointment of Lynn Hillyer as chief veterinary officer and head of the new anti-doping unit. Hillyer will begin her role in September, having previously worked in a similar area for both the British Horseracing Authority and the Jockey Club. The appointment comes… Read more »

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Joseph O'Brien

NEW WORLD ORDER?

Date: June 17, 2016 - Sport of Kings

IT WILL not come as a surprise to fans of Goldhawk that Joseph O’Brien, son of Aidan, has officially been granted his trainer’s licence by the Turf Club. It will be recalled that retired champion jockey Tony McCoy had hinted at the move by young Joseph into daddy’s business and also that JP McManus was… Read more »

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THIRD TIME LUCKY?

Date: June 17, 2016 - Sport of Kings

IT’S LOOKING like Brian Kavanagh could have his position as chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) extended – for a second time – without competing for the role on the open market. Having almost completed two seven-year terms as head of the state-funded body, the second which he was awarded following an open competition,… Read more »

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Alan Moloney

Alan Moloney

Date: June 17, 2016 - Pillars of Society

ALTHOUGH Alan Moloney of Parallel Films was executive producer, he managed, as usual, to stay pretty much below the radar when Brooklyn earned three Oscar nominations earlier this year. However, the recent revelation that he is behind a plan to develop a huge new movie studio in Dublin has pushed him towards centre stage. While… Read more »

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Anne Clarke

AFTER COLGAN AT THE GATE

Date: June 17, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

WHEN NEWS of Michael Colgan’s retirement as director of the Gate Theatre surfaced last week, media attention quickly focused on his legacy. But the more interesting question is, who will next ascend to the throne on Parnell Square? In some ways, the Gate’s transition is even trickier than the changeover from Fiach MacConghail at the… Read more »

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Naoise Barry

STAR WARS Vs THE TAXPAYER

Date: June 17, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

AN INTERESTING detail was included in the congratulatory press release issued by the Irish Film Board (IFB) at the start of the month, when the Star Wars shoot finally wrapped. It confirmed that former IFB film commissioner Naoise Barry’s Dublin outfit, Pinewood Productions Ireland (a subsidiary of the UK Pinewood Group), co-produced the Irish leg… Read more »

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Orlaith MacBride

ORLAITH McBRIDE’S CONTRACT

Date: June 17, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

The plenary session of the Sheila Pratschke-chaired Arts Council (which is currently three members shy) is set to discuss the renewal of McBride’s contract. The policy that is generally adopted by the state when it comes to fixed-term contracts is that there should only be one term. Indeed, this is the recommendation from the Department… Read more »

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The Ponzi Man

THE PONZI MAN – DECLAN LYNCH (HACHETTE)

Date: June 17, 2016 - BooksReviews

SINDO columnist Declan Lynch has written several books exploring addiction and his weekly column regularly focuses on the subject. This latest novel is about a compulsive gambler waiting to be sent to jail for running what is believed to be a Ponzi scheme and stealing his clients’ money. It’s also the story of Ireland’s reckless… Read more »

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Ingrid Miley

RTÉ POL CORR CONTEST

Date: June 17, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE two senior political journalists in the state, RTÉ’s political correspondent, David Davin-Power (DDP), and Irish Times political editor Stephen Collins, are due for retirement within months. But while the succession stakes at the IT have been sorted (see The Phoenix, 15/1/16), there will be a mad scramble for the RTÉ position. The Sunday Business… Read more »

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Irish Examiner’s preoccupation

Date: June 17, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE Irish Examiner’s preoccupation with anniversaries of IRA outrages in the Republic 20 and 30 years ago is proving to be a litigious and costly exercise. The paper’s coverage of past IRA activity has already cost it well over €130,000 in libel damages and legal costs. Tralee’s James Sheehan recently took this amount from the… Read more »

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TOWN IS DEAD – PEACOCK THEATRE

Date: June 17, 2016 - ReviewsTheatre

IT’S ALL too easy for new playwrights to be tempted by social commentary. Wrapping stories in broad themes helps drama to take on some greater significance – especially when the action doesn’t stand up on its own. Phillip ‘Philly’ McMahon should know better than to fall into this trap. Former writer-in-residence at the National Theatre,… Read more »

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Denis O'Brien

COSTS PUT SCREW ON RED FLAG

Date: June 17, 2016 - Fit to Print?

WHILE Denis O’Brien continues his compulsive, serial litigation against anybody that blinks at him, the most insidious legal vendetta he is pursuing is against Red Flag, the PR company he claims mounted a defamation and conspiracy against him. Red Flag’s costs in this case have reached something like €1.3m, with legal fees and high tech… Read more »

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Patrick Treacy

PATRICK TREACY’S TAX BILL

Date: June 17, 2016 - High Society

ONE of the most interesting names to appear on the recent list of tax defaulters was that of Patrick Treacy, founder of the Ailesbury Cosmetic Clinic. However, the cosmetic surgeon – who developed quite a knack for dropping the name of his former good pal, superstar Michael Jackson, into the conversation – has other problems… Read more »

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Eva Orsmond

Dr Eva’s profits

Date: June 17, 2016 - High Society

RTÉ has just offloaded a number of programmes to Australian broadcaster SBS, one of which is the documentary Sugar Crash, fronted by celebrity health guru Dr Eva Orsmond. No doubt, this will further boost her belt-busting coffers. Orsmond – who counts pole dancing as a hobby – has made a name for herself as an… Read more »

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LABOUR WEIGHED DOWN WITH OLDIES

Date: June 17, 2016 - Last Refuge

BRENDAN HOWLIN’S effort to resurrect the Labour Party began with a successful Dáil motion on workers’ rights and, despite his Mr Austerity epithet, it is clear that Howlin sees the need to claw back the party’s working-class identity. The traditional trade union, workers’ issues have been submerged under Sandymount liberalism for the last five years… Read more »

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FF LEGAL THREAT OVER MURDER CASE

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

FIANNA FÁIL has threatened to sue journalist Gemma O’Doherty over various allegations she has made against party leader Micheál Martin and others in the party concerning political interference in a Garda investigation into the 1977 murder of six-year-old Mary Boyle from Donegal. O’Doherty has been pursuing allegations made by retired gardaí that a member of… Read more »

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MUHAMMAD ALI’S FIGHT AGAINST RACISM AND WAR

Date: June 17, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

A FORTNIGHT last Friday marked the death of arguably the greatest and most beloved Black athlete in history: Muhammad Ali. No sport has exploited athletes, particularly Black athletes, quite like boxing.The very first boxers in America were African slaves. White slave owners would amuse themselves by forcing slaves to box to the death while wearing… Read more »

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Iain Finnegan

MODERNIST MOVES IN MONKSTOWN

Date: June 17, 2016 - High Society

AN UNUSUAL looking new building is creeping into view from behind the high walls at the junction of Seapoint Avenue and Albany Avenue in Monkstown, south County Dublin. The new house – which is being built for local businessman Michael O’Leary (not that one) and his wife, Kate – is attracting plenty of attention. It… Read more »

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Bertie’s Handball Alley Feud

Date: June 17, 2016 - Last Refuge

IT’S a long way from the Middle East, Russia and Turkey to the Clonliffe Road area, but Bertie has been asked to arbitrate in the conflict at the GAA’s handball alley off Croke Park and will hopefully prove more successful in resolving this local spat than those in various global hot spots. In recent months… Read more »

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EU COMMISSION WATER LEAKS

Date: June 17, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE EU Commission has issued a statement on the contentious water charges directive which contradicts statements given off the record to RTÉ and which every media, as well as the Taoiseach, took as gospel in the recent furious debate over water charges. The EU response to Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan’s query as to whether… Read more »

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Savyon Liebrecht

LISTOWEL WRITERS WEEK

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

Listowel Writers Week stood by its decision to invite Israeli-feminist writer Savyon Liebrecht to address its annual festival recently but, after some debate, it refused money from the Israeli embassy to support the event. Festival organisers invited Liebrecht some time ago but when supporters of BDS (boycott, disinvestment and sanctions) lobbied the group about Israeli… Read more »

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KATE O’CONNELL IN LUCINDA MOULD

Date: June 17, 2016 - Last Refuge

IS newly elected TD Kate O’Connell grateful for the concerted and hugely resourced Fine Gael campaign that delivered her to the Dáil for Dublin BaySouth (DBS) like some well-packaged girl band? Actually, Kate believes that ifanyone should be grateful it is Enda Kenny and the party as she took a second seat in the constituency… Read more »

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Cathal Friel

No quick cure for Amryt Pharma investors

Date: June 17, 2016 - Moneybags

IN A complete shift of gear, Cathal Friel has turned Fastnet Oil & Gas into Amryt Pharmaceuticals. At first sight, moving from a failing oil and gas business into a pharmaceutical operation specialising in ‘orphan’ drug development seems simply bizarre. Friel, who is both the chairman and largest shareholder in Fastnet, with a 12% stake,… Read more »

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Catherine Ardagh

Catherine Ardagh

Date: June 17, 2016 - The Young Bloods

Thirty-three year-old Catherine Ardagh has risen above personal hardship and defeat in 2016 to become Fianna Fáil’s Seanad leader. The first few months of the year saw her lose out on a Dáil seat in Dublin South Central, only to win a senate seat on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. In May, her father, former… Read more »

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Shane Ross

LORD ROSS’S PRIORITIES

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE absence of the voluble Shane Ross from the pages of the Sunday Independent, a platform he used to great effect in his ascent into cabinet over the last number of years, is not because the Sindo has sacked him. Nor is it because Fine Gael has asked him to desist from his usual trenchant… Read more »

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Frank Scapaticci (l), Brian Nelson (r)

LOUGHINISLAND MASSACRE: COLLUSION AGAIN

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

Last week’s report by the north’s Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire on the Loughinisland killings of June 1994 is an important landmark not just because he concluded that “collusion was a significant feature of the murders”. It’s important because Maguire went beyond the examination of the incident itself and produced a narrative to set the… Read more »

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PTSB launches ‘Explore Account’

Date: June 17, 2016 - Moneybags

IN MAY last year the company floated off 25% of Permanent TSB on the Irish Stock Exchange and, in the process, raised €500m by issuing 25% of its share capital at €4.50 per share. At the time Moneybags (see The Phoenix 5/6/15) said that this was “almost impossible to justify for investors” and suggested “that… Read more »

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Dermot Desmond’s graduates

Date: June 17, 2016 - Briefcases

IT HAS been a busy few weeks for Dermot Desmond’s Uversity, the ‘cultural odyssey’ idea he floated at the Global Economic Forum in Farmleigh back in 2009. Initially it was set to take the form of “a world-class centre for the performing arts and Irish culture” in a landmark building. What DD eventually delivered was… Read more »

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Paul Williams to trial with Newstalk?

NEWSTALK CRISIS RESHUFFLE

Date: June 17, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE exit of Ivan Yates, gradual retirement of George Hook and ongoing slide in Pat Kenny’s ratings has created a perfect storm at Newstalk radio and emergency measures will be presented as a revamp in the next week or so. Taking advantage of the crisis, as they say, will be a move to shore up… Read more »

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