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Donegal bookies running out of luck

Donegal bookies running out of luck

Date: June 1, 2016 - Briefcases

THE odds aren’t looking good for Donegal bookies Wizzy Browns Ltd, after being struck off the companies register. The chain of bookies, which operates mainly in Letterkenny and east Donegal, hasn’t filed an annual return since it was incorporated in September 2014. Before then, WB Realisations traded as Wizzy Browns until it was liquidated in… Read more »

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Pricey Grafton shares have potential

Date: June 1, 2016 - Moneybags

OVER THE last 40 years, Mike Chadwick built up one of the most successful builders’ merchants businesses in Europe. Grafton Group is now the largest in Ireland and the third largest in Britain. Over the last few years it has expanded into continental Europe, where the group now has a significant position in both Holland… Read more »

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Aminex shares now good for a gamble

Date: June 1, 2016 - Moneybags

WITH THE much larger and better resourced Petroceltic going down the tubes two months ago, the much smaller Irish exploration company, Aminex, now looks undervalued. Petroceltic’s shareholders were totally wiped out in the examinership process – a dreadful outturn less than two years after being on the verge of €700m takeout by Dragon Oil –… Read more »

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Sandra Hughes

O’LEARY WIELDS HIS AXE

Date: June 1, 2016 - Sport of Kings

MICHAEL O’LEARY isn’t known for applying sentiment to his business decisions and this is also true of his approach to horse trainers. The Squire of Gigginstown House has recently dumped two of his trainers, Sandra Hughes and Tony Martin, despite both having provided the Ryanair boss with major success on the track in recent years…. Read more »

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Gerry Callanan

CALLANAN VS KAVANAGH

Date: June 1, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THOROUGHBRED breeder Gerry Callanan has been a thorn in the side of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) chief executive, Brian Kavanagh, for quite a while and it seems that thorn has just got bigger, following Callanan’s victory over HRI in the small claims court over the princely sum of €154. Callanan, whose small Kildare farm is… Read more »

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MONTROSE CALLING

Date: June 1, 2016 - Sport of Kings

WILL THE lure of Montrose be too strong for Racing Post editor Jonathan Mullin? The Mayoman is a former Gaelic Games correspondent for RTÉ and a little bird tells Goldhawk that the powers that be in Montrose have been wooing Mullin in an effort to bring him back to the station. He originally left Montrose… Read more »

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Michael O’Hagan

O’HAGAN’S NEW ROLE

Date: June 1, 2016 -

THE colourful former leader of Horse Racing Ireland subsidiary, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM), Michael O’Hagan, is keeping a much lower profile these days. The ubiquitous O’Hagan left the organisation in 2012 in mysterious circumstances, shortly after receiving a promotion within HRI to deal with their public affairs (see The Phoenix 29/6/12). Since then, O’Hagan has… Read more »

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Lenny Abrahamson

LENNY’S ARTS SALVO

Date: June 1, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

HARDLY HAD the ink dried on Heather Humphreys’s appointment as Minister for Farms and Arts, than Oscar-nominated film director Lenny Abrahamson launched a salvo of tweets in the Government’s direction, following Enda Kenny’s heritage junket to Washington. “Irish art is a photo op for Enda Kenny while a once in a lifetime opportunity to create… Read more »

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Ciarán Lennon

CIARÁN LENNON’S STUDIO

Date: June 1, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

SPARE A thought for artist and Aosdána member, Ciarán Lennon, who has been embroiled in a legal spat over access to his Dublin studio. The property at Foley Street, D7, is owned by one Dermot Goggins and a receiver, David Van Dessel, has been appointed to the building – a move Goggins has challenged. When… Read more »

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Michael Maughan

ARTS COUNCIL ON THE MOVE?

Date: June 1, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

COULD the Arts Council be moving out of Merrion Square? This may depend on the outcome of the appeal by its landlord – moneybags Michael Maughan – against a refusal by Dublin City Council. The planners have shot down his application for a new development to the rear of the Arts Council headquarters at 70… Read more »

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SPILL SIMMER FALTER WITHER

Date: June 1, 2016 - BooksReviews

SARA BAUME (WINDMILL) THIS UNLIKELY story traces an eventful year in the life of a 57-year-old recluse who adopts an abandoned one-eyed dog. The book’s title (referring to the four seasons) typifies Baume’s keen interest in wordplay. Her debut novel begins and ends with the image of a dog “running, running, running”. In between, there… Read more »

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THE GUARDS

Date: June 1, 2016 - ReviewsTV

RTÉ2 DIRECTED BY Barry O’Kelly and filmed over two years, this short series shadowing the work of gardaí in Dublin got off to a predictably dramatic start. Hand-held cameras recorded a raid on a north-inner city apartment complex. This sensational opening sequence (one of the great clichéd documentary motifs) reflected the programme’s efforts in creating… Read more »

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QUINNT-ESSENTIAL FEARGAL

Date: June 1, 2016 - BooksReviews

FEARGAL QUINN – (O’BRIEN) PERHAPS the biggest revelation in Superquinn tycoon Feargal Quinn’s memoir, Quintessential Feargal, is that he once lost his temper. He was let down by a speaker at a charity event and “gave him a piece of my mind”. The tale of how the implausibly mild-mannered Quinn built up his Superquinn supermarket chain… Read more »

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Dery Desmond

DERY DESMOND’S REVIEWS

Date: June 1, 2016 - High Society

WHILE Dermot Desmond has fingers in many pies, the food and drink business is not one associated with the moustachioed one. However, his youngest son, Dery Desmond, has gone down this route and has just opened Zozimus, a flash restaurant/bar on the ground floor of his dad’s casino business, The Sporting Emporium, off Grafton Street,… Read more »

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IN THE RED AT RESIDENCE

Date: June 1, 2016 - High Society

THE OWNER of private members club, Residence, on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green – Olivia Gaynor-Long – continues to pump money into the struggling business but the good news is that she claims it just might make a few bob this year. Gaynor-Long bought Residence back in 2010 and the experience has been an expensive one… Read more »

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Barry O’Callaghan

BARRY’S BARGAIN AT LYONS

Date: June 1, 2016 - High Society

MEDIA SHY Barry O’Callaghan has swooped on the Village at Lyons, the restored Famine Village on the edge of the Lyons Demesne in Co Kildare. The previous owner, Declan Ryan, looks to have taken a bath here. O’Callaghan’s first move into the restaurant business was with Richard Corrigan through Bentley’s on the Green (although Corrigan… Read more »

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Charlie McConalogue TD

Charlie McConalogue TD

Date: June 1, 2016 - The Young Bloods

IT’S a long way from the relative obscurity of north Donegal to the corridors of power in Leinster House, but that is the journey made by 38-year-old Charlie McConalogue with his surprise appointment to the Fianna Fáil government programme negotiating team. While McConalogue topped the poll in Donegal in the recent election with 17.1% of… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings (03 June 2016)

Date: June 1, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

WESTPORT CHIPPER ROW STARTED OVER ’96 ALL IRELAND FINAL MEATH man Sean Fitzsimmons with an address of Addinstown, Delvin, Co Westmeath appeared before Judge Mary Devins, after he was arrested following an argument with locals over the 1996 All Ireland football final between Meath and Mayo, which featured an infamous brawl between the two teams…. Read more »

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Sammy Wilson

FRACKING BY ANOTHER NAME

Date: June 1, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

“LIKE having a pissing section in a swimming pool,” is how Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan TD described the notion of allowing fracking on only one side of the border, a reminder that when it comes to water – and water contamination – Ireland is already united. Monday, May 16 was the day the fracking industry got… Read more »

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Peter Boylan

Dr Peter Boylan

Date: June 1, 2016 - Pillars of Society

DR PETER Boylan, former Master of the National Maternity Hospital (NMH), recently ramped up the row between the NMH and St Vincent’s Hospital over the proposed co-location of the two hospitals on the Merrion Road D4 site. Boylan, who is currently chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (IOG), wants the NMH to retain… Read more »

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Maurice-McCabe

GARDAÍ AND MEDIA LEAKS

Date: June 1, 2016 - Fit to Print?

A THOROUGH breakdown of Judge Kevin O’Higgins’ findings on whistleblower Garda Maurice McCabe’s eight central allegations against the force were published in The Irish Times last weekend. The article showed that O’Higgins upheld every one of these complaints, qualifying some conclusions with comments about the whistleblower’s exaggeration and that an accusation about corruption in one… Read more »

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IRISH TIMES Vs DENIS O’BRIEN

Date: June 1, 2016 - Fit to Print?

LOOKS as though The Irish Times has summoned up previously untapped reserves of courage and is engaged in a serious confrontation with the most powerful man in Ireland, Denis O’Brien. O’Brien’s recent letter of admonition to the IT for not explaining in an article some… Read more »

Jennifer Cuffe

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S PC SENATE GESTURE

Date: June 1, 2016 -

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S personal decision to accept three Senate nominations and then select three non-Fianna Fáil people was a bit too clever for his own good. Certainly, he has enraged several party candidates who lost out in the Senate elections. If he wanted to avoid the appearance of cosy intimacy with FG then he should have… Read more »

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Lucinda Creighton

RENUA ‘CONFIDENTIAL’

Date: June 1, 2016 - Last Refuge

LAST weekend’s media leaks about Renua’s name change carried nothing like the full flavour of the party post mortem that has gone on at various meetings of members around the country. A quite intriguing report from the meeting in Portlaoise at which Lucinda’s resignation was announced comes in the most “strictly confidential” document issued by… Read more »

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Brendan Howlin

RÓISÍN TO REJECT BRENDAN

Date: June 1, 2016 - Last Refuge

WHO does Brendan Howlin think he’s kidding? Howlin may have assumed leadership of Labour via a clause in the party’s constitution that confers divine right on the former minister, but he will find that Róisín Shortall will decline to become one of his subjects. Howlin told the party and media at his recent coronation that… Read more »

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ENDA KENNY’S FAVOURITES

Date: June 1, 2016 - Last Refuge

SURPRISE, surprise, the FG internal inquiry has found those most responsible for the election disaster were the HQ officials (mainly general secretary Tom Curran) and consultants (PR guru Mark Mortell) and others drafted in (Brian Hayes as an MEP is a semi-detached politician, but not an FG minister). The report focuses on the need to… Read more »

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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

PAPAL POLITICS AND IRISH VISIT

Date: June 1, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

A SUCCESSFUL visit to Dublin by Pope Francis in August 2018 will depend on Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s ability to persuade his fellow bishops to make peace with the majority of Irish Catholics – now more liberal and modernist – who favour allowing priests to marry. A second factor enabling Il Papa Francesco to emulate anything… Read more »

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Mathias Feki

THE END OF GLOBALISATION?

Date: June 1, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

by MURRAY DOBBIN AT the height of the battle over the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 1988, the biggest pushers of the deal, the Business Council on National Issues (the 160 largest public corporations), took out full page ads promising the country it would bring “more jobs, better jobs.” It was intended to counter… Read more »

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The Hot Air Brigade

Date: June 1, 2016 - The Hot Air Brigade

It was when her first book, Eat Yourself Beautiful came out last year, that Rosanna felt really naked and felt that she was really revealing herself. Sarah Caden, Sunday Independent (submitted by reader) Taken in isolation his paintings might remain puzzling in their idiosyncrasy, but seen in the context of his championing of such notionally… Read more »

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Royals not invited

Date: June 1, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

KILDARE SOUTH general election candidate, Fine Gael’s Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy, got whacked in the Kildare County Council chamber and in the Irish Independent this week for demanding accountability about 1916 commemoration grants. Moving a motion of no confidence in her party colleague and council mayor, Brendan Weld – for allegedly conspiring with Fianna Fáil… Read more »

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Vol. 34 No. 10

Date: May 20, 2016 -

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Investigating Dan McCarthy

Date: May 18, 2016 - Briefcases

A COUNTY Cork vet who recently found himself in trouble with the Department of Agriculture has plenty on his plate. Dan McCarthy pleaded guilty earlier in the month to impeding a department investigation into the alleged selling of veterinary antibiotics to customers without prescription, and now faces a probe by the Veterinary Council of Ireland… Read more »

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Veneto is Finito

Date: May 18, 2016 - Briefcases

ITALIAN banking operation Veneto Ireland Financial Services Ltd is to be wound up and placed in voluntary liquidation. The company – where local directors include financial consultant Adrian Masterson – is a subsidiary of the Italian Veneto Banca and managed to lose over U7m in 2014. This left accumulated profits standing at €54m. It’s unclear… Read more »

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CARB gets Frank with accountants

Date: May 18, 2016 - Briefcases

THE CHARTERED Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB) has had a busy couple of weeks. One unlucky accounting firm in Galway has had its investment authorisation revoked by CARB after failing to file an annual return. As a result, Frank McDonagh & Co of Shangort, Knocknacarra Cross, is no longer allowed to give investment advice to its… Read more »

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Dublin publicans’ tangled web

Date: May 18, 2016 - Briefcases

A COMPANY that owns popular Dublin sports bar, The Living Room, is facing a winding up petition in the High Court after losing a personal injuries claim. Andrew Quigley is due to have a petition heard in the High Court to liquidate Murraywalsh Ltd after he was awarded around €45,000 in Dublin Circuit Court in… Read more »

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Liquidator’s bad day in court

Date: May 18, 2016 - Briefcases

AN INTERESTING judgment was handed down in the High Court a couple of weeks ago when a liquidator failed in his attempt to restrict three members of the same family under section 150 of the Companies Act. Lacrombs Ltd, which owned the China Sichaun restaurant in Stilllorgan, operated by the Hui family, went into liquidation… Read more »

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