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CHELTENHAM CHOICES

Date: March 9, 2016 - Sport of Kings

WITH THE annual Irish pilgrimage to the Mecca of national hunt racing that is Cheltenham set to begin next week, Goldhawk has the onerous task of marking the festival card for readers. Closutton governor Willie Mullins will have a strong hand again this year and all the talk surrounds his Supreme Novice Hurdler, Min, which… Read more »

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MEDIA RIGHT AND WRONGS

Date: March 9, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THE HOT TOPIC of media rights within Irish racing is set to continue as a divisive factor within John Moloney’s Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR). The retired Galway racecourse manager and long-time Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) board member has signed a controversial new five-year media rights deal with SIS, which for the first time will… Read more »

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RECAP: Inside Ireland’s Financial Crisis

Date: March 9, 2016 - BooksReviews

Kevin Cardiff  (The Liffey Press) KEVIN CARDIFF was a senior mandarin at the Department of Finance from 2006 to 2010 and secretary general from 2010 to February 2012 – a period which saw the emergence of the banking and economic crises and the faltering, indeed flawed, response of governments to them. As such, he was… Read more »

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THIS LIVING AND IMMORTAL THING

Date: March 9, 2016 - BooksReviews

AUSTIN DUFFY (GRANTA) THE TITLE of this debut novel refers to the remarkable effort cancer cells give to growing and multiplying. Duffy’s story opens with the narrator’s compassionate account of Henrietta’s clinical treatment. After some time, we find out that he is actually describing one of the lab mice. What follows is an unsentimental but… Read more »

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JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK

Date: March 9, 2016 - ReviewsTheatre

GATE THEATRE WHEN IT comes to tenement life in 1920s Dublin, Thomas Hobbes nailed it: poor, nasty, brutish and short. That’s the dominant aesthetic in the Gate Theatre’s grim production, directed by erstwhile bad-boy of Irish theatre, Mark O’Rowe. There are some laughs to be had, but they’re for people who find humour in familiar… Read more »

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Noel O’Callaghan’s Expansion

Date: March 9, 2016 - High Society

WEALTHY property developer-turned-hotelier, Noel O’Callaghan, generated plenty of headlines during his time as a director of both Bord Fáilte and CIE in the 1990s, thanks to assorted controversies. He is now upsetting An Taisce with new plans for 3 and 4 Harcourt Street, D2, the birthplaces of Edward Carson and playwright George Fitzmaurice. In recent… Read more »

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THE RETURN OF TOM COUGHLAN

Date: March 9, 2016 - Beyond the Pale

LITTLE has been heard in recent years from the colourful former owner of Cork City Football Club and former Progressive Democrat candidate, Tom Coughlan, who also built up substantial property interests during the boom. Last month, however, a subsidiary of the vulture fund, Cerberus, installed receivers in two of Coughlan’s property related vehicles, Emirates Investments… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: March 9, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

CLIMBED CITY CENTRE CHRISTMAS TREE A 22-YEAR-old man climbed the Christmas tree in Derry city centre while ‘baring his rear’ to passers by. Phillip O’Donnell, of Baldrick Crescent, pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour. Derry Magistrates Court heard city centre CCTV operators contacted police after they saw O’Donnell climb the Christmas tree. He had dropped his… Read more »

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UL Ponders Libel Action

Date: March 9, 2016 - Fit to Print?

UNIVERSITY of Limerick president and vice-president, Don Barry and Paul McCutcheon respectively, are weighing up the unpalatable prospect of backing down from the Limerick Leader, against whom the college had lodged High Court writs, including one personally against editor Alan English. This follows an inquiry by consultants Mazars into allegations of inappropriate expenses claims, and… Read more »

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(S)INDO ELECTION TARGETS

Date: March 9, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE Sunday and Irish Independent had a bad election in so far as their ‘side’ lost, but they derived some compensation hits against selected targets at a lower level. The Indo’s election day photo spread across the front page of Enda and missus, Fionnuala, was hardly JFK and Jackie, but it summed up the editorial… Read more »

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LABOUR MINISTERS SURVIVE BLOODBATH

Date: March 9, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE most fascinating statistic in the entrails of Labour’s general election massacre is that out of the seven surviving TDs, no less than four are ministers (out of a total cabinet complement of five). While communications minister Alex White lost his seat in Dublin Rathdown, Joan Burton (Dublin West), Brendan Howlin (Wexford), Alan Kelly (Tipperary)… Read more »

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PARTIES’ (MIS)FORTUNES

Date: March 9, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE new Dáil arithmetic occupied the minds of various parties’ leaders and handlers post-election, but attention quickly turned to the knock-on effects on party finances. Fianna Fáil is in line to receive around €1 million a year in additional funds. While nowhere near the amount their historic support levels would have gained them, it will… Read more »

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Kenny to Survive?

Date: March 9, 2016 - Last Refuge

IS Enda Kenny really a dead duck? Enda may not be Francois Mitterrand or Winston Churchill but he is one of the canniest political operators in the business and the future may not be as bleak for the Taoiseach as it appears. If Kenny is able to form a government with Fianna Fáil then he… Read more »

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KENNY TO FORCE FF COALITION

Date: March 9, 2016 - Last Refuge

ENDA KENNY is determined to drag Fianna Fáil into coalition government – by any other name – and will threaten a general election if Micheál Martin continues to refuse. This tactic may or may not work but if it fails, then an election there will be, insist FG ministers and strategists planning their current trajectory…. Read more »

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ABORTION UNITES TAIGUES AND DUP

Date: March 9, 2016 - Bird's Eye View

ENDA Kenny told the Irish Examiner in January that if Fine Gael were returned to power a referendum on the Eighth Amendment would take place ‘over the next couple of years’, whatever that means. However he added, ‘You have to have the support of the people. I think if that were put to the people… Read more »

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The Hot Air Brigade

Date: March 9, 2016 - The Hot Air Brigade

She is beautiful, but not intimidating. She is impeccably groomed but wears mostly high street. She’s someone that women think they can almost emulate. Sarah Caden on Pippa O’Connor-Ormond, Sunday Independent A holiday is like coming off heroin. If I didn’t have this, I don’t know how I’d live. Stephen Grant, maker of condensing boilers,… Read more »

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FICKLE FG SENATORS

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

POLITICAL reform is a moveable feast and the decision of several Fine Gael TDs who lost their seats at the election to now go for the Seanad reflects the deep thought and soul searching that these parliamentarians have devoted to such issues. Take the highly regarded Jerry Buttimer who, then a senator, made the most… Read more »

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Tim Caffrey’s Departure

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

FAREWELL then to former Longford County Council (LCC) boss, Tim Caffrey, who retired earlier this month. Last October, Caffrey was found by ethics watchdog SIPO to have acted negligently “to a high degree” by failing to disclose his interest in a property, to be acquired in 2013 for a housing agency using a grant applied… Read more »

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TONY GREGORY’S LEGACY

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

WAS it for this that Tony Gregory created a movement of the wretched of the inner city? So that Maureen O’Sullivan could become Ceann Comhairle with a guaranteed double term in the Dáil and a salary approaching twice that of a TD? If Fine Gael or any of the big parties were to have one… Read more »

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PR OWN GOALS IN SOUTH DUBLIN

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

FOR A school to be involved in one public controversy is unfortunate, two starts to look like carelessness. The Harold School in Glasthule, south County Dublin, has been hit by a high profile row over the use of a play area as a car park for teachers, with The Irish Times publishing a story last… Read more »

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HALAWA INTERNED IN CAIRO

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

IT is now clear that the Egyptian government has effectively interned Ibrahim Halawa, with the latest adjournment of his trial and nearly 500 others being the 13th postponement since his incarceration in August 2013. It is also clear that the Egyptians are more than happy with the soft diplomacy of the Irish government, something that… Read more »

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WHAT PRICE THE IRISH TIMES?

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

“DELIGHT” was expressed by The Irish Times’ editor and managing director, Kevin O’Sullivan and Liam Kavanagh respectively, in a recent message to staff announcing that the newspaper had secured “substantial funding” from Google to develop an online initiative. The IT explained that the dosh being gifted by the generous giant of internet technology is part… Read more »

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NORA KHALDI’S BACKERS

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

HOT SHOT entrepreneur Nora Khaldi has been generating plenty of headlines recently, as a result of securing one of the ten places available at the ‘TEDx Talks’ final to be held as part of the Dutch EU presidency, which takes place in The Hague this week. Meanwhile, the scientist has been busy raising loads of… Read more »

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JOHN GRAYKEN: THE IRISH VULTURE

Date: March 9, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LATEST Forbes list of billionaires included assorted ‘Irish’ moneybags who obtained citizenship here under the now defunct passport-for-sale scheme in the late 1990s, the most interesting of whom is surely John Grayken, owner of Lone Star, the biggest vulture fund operating in Ireland. He has just been the subject of an entertaining profile in… Read more »

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HOOK CRASH TACKLES SEXTON

Date: March 9, 2016 - Fit to Print?

DON’T mess with George Hook if you want a quiet life seems to be the message from someone who can certainly dish it out himself, but who also has a habit of suing members of his peer group. The threatened libel action against The Irish Times and Ireland outhalf, Jonny Sexton, over the latter’s commentary… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

Date: March 9, 2016 - Pillars of Society

HAS Sinn Féin vice-president Mary Lou McDonald’s time arrived at last, or is she destined to be forever the bridesmaid? Gerry Adams’ public broadcasting performances during the election campaign damaged SF’s prospects, but not fatally. And the hugely inflated media emphasis on his flaws has probably delayed any plans he may have for retirement. So… Read more »

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Lorraine Higgins

Date: March 9, 2016 - The Young Bloods

THE dismal electoral record of Senator Lorraine Higgins continued at last month’s general election, after she failed to win a seat for Labour in Galway East. This is just the latest in a series of electoral misfortunes endured by Higgins, who was nominated to the Senate in 2011 by the Taoiseach. The good news is… Read more »

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MARTIN NAUGHTON’S FOUNDATION

Date: March 9, 2016 - High Society

THE LATEST Forbes list of billionaires estimates Martin ‘Glen Dimplex’ Naughton’s wealth at $1.6bn – the only Irish-based moneybags on the list, with the likes of Denis O’Brien and Dermot Desmond having long since adopted tax exile status. Naughton keeps a very low profile for such a heavy hitter and the foundation he established with… Read more »

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JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW RECIPE

Date: March 9, 2016 - High Society

THE NEW restaurant at Brown Thomas has been officially launched and the man brought in to spice things up is Goldhawk’s old pal, Johnnie Cooke. For a handy €50 a pop, hungry BT shoppers will be able to dine on Duck Foie Gras Ravioli and Lobster Fettucine, washed down with a glass of Bauget-Jouette bubbly… Read more »

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OPERA IRELAND’S FINAL SHOW

Date: March 9, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

STRANGE GOINGS-ON at the defunct Opera Ireland, where a skip-load of documents have just been filed in the Companies Registration Office in order to have the entity restored to the Register. This comes many years after the Opera Ireland tragedy resulted in its dissolution. It turns out that this exercise will require the directors getting… Read more »

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What went wrong at Tullow Oil?

Date: March 9, 2016 - Moneybags

OVER the past 20 years, Aidan Heavey has adopted a deliberate strategy of exposing Tullow Oil to the high risk end of the oil and gas industry, with a huge focus on exploration and production. The collapse in the price of oil has shown how dangerous this strategy is. Billions have been wiped off the… Read more »

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Tax Judgment For Labour Lawyer

Date: March 9, 2016 - Briefcases

SPARE A THOUGHT for Joe Revington, a senior counsel and a former advisor to Dick Spring, who has recently fallen foul of the Taxman. The Revenue has just landed the legal eagle with a judgment of €30,000, which might surprise Revington’s colleagues at the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT), where he is a vice-chairman. Revington served… Read more »

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Vol. 34 No. 04

Date: February 26, 2016 -

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Edmond O’Reilly Vs The Minnesota O’Shaughnessys

Date: February 25, 2016 - Briefcases

THINGS have gone horribly wrong for highflying Tipperary businessman Edmond O’Reilly, who made millions when he sold his recycling business Clearpoint to Mr Binman in 2007, but who has been far less fortunate with a separate enterprise. Late last year, an O’Reilly company that manufactures cleaning devices, ECTG Ltd, collapsed into liquidation, while its subsidiary,… Read more »

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Sean Rainey’s Tax Troubles

Date: February 25, 2016 - Briefcases

NOT long after a partnership he is involved in appeared on the Revenue’s list of tax defaulters, Cork developer Sean Rainey has had more tax trouble. Earlier this month, the Taxman registered a judgment of €247,000 against Rainey. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 15/1/16) that in December, the defaulters’ list revealed that CDRN… Read more »

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Battle Of The Liquidators

Date: February 25, 2016 - Briefcases

THERE’S more trouble afoot for well-known liquidator Barry Forrest, of Forrest & Co, whose adventures will be familiar to fans of Goldhawk (see The Phoenix 24/10/14). Last week, High Court proceedings were lodged against Forrest at the instruction of liquidator Aidan Garcia, in his capacity as liquidator of a company called Sloyan Brothers Ltd (SBL)…. Read more »

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