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Noel Rock

Noel Rock TD

Date: April 7, 2016 - The Young Bloods

IN AN otherwise disappointing election, a shining light for Fine Gael in Dublin was the surprise success of 28-year-old Noel Rock in Dublin North-West, a constituency where the party hadn’t held a seat since Mary Flaherty lost it in the 1997 general election. Interestingly, Mary Flaherty herself was only 28 when she won her seat… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Date: April 7, 2016 - Bog Cuttings

MAN STRUCK IN HORSE MANURE ROW A CO CLARE pensioner has been convicted of assault in a row with his neighbour over the pensioner piling horse manure on a wall that divides the two men’s properties. At Ennis District Court, Brett Payton, 46, told the court how he was assaulted by 68-year-old neighbour, Joe Williams… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan

HOW GREEN WILL GOVERNMENT BE?

Date: April 7, 2016 - Fowl Emissions

AS talks on forming a government drag on, what hope of an environmentally friendly government? With 2015 the hottest year on record globally, and Ireland careering towards a huge – and costly – failure to meet EU 2020 targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, who might be left holding the critical ministries of Environment and Energy… Read more »

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Joe Duffy

Joe Duffy

Date: April 7, 2016 - Pillars of Society

ADDRESSING a gathering of rebels’ relatives in the incongruous top-hat-‘n’-tails surrounds of Dublin’s RDS, President Michael D Higgins thanked historians and descendants of the Rising’s participants for rescuing from oblivion the individual stories of the Irish state’s seminal revolution. He singled out RTÉ broadcaster Joe Duffy for mention, citing his Children of the Rising, which was… Read more »

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Ní Bheoláin Libel

Date: April 7, 2016 - Fit to Print?

PRIVACY is fast becoming the new weapon of choice by those who claim undue coverage of their affairs in the media, and two minor celebs have recently taken such cases to the High Court. RTÉ presenter Sharon Ní Bheoláin’s action against three red tops – the Mirror, Star and Sun – is heading for a… Read more »

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THE GUARDIAN ON IRELAND

Date: April 7, 2016 - Fit to Print?

PUBLISHERS Cork University Press (CUP), recently advertised an interesting critique of the Northern troubles, entitled Britain’s Algeria, France’s Ireland, written by Toronto based author and teacher Patrick Anderson. However, even more recently, CUP withdrew all copies of the book from reviewers and pulped the entire print run of several thousand copies. This is a little… Read more »

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IRISH TIMES: 1916-2016

Date: April 7, 2016 - Fit to Print?

THE Irish Times souvenir edition of the 1916 Rising managed the notable feat of airbrushing out of history not only Sinn Féin but its own reportage of the event 100 years ago. According to the souvenir edition, the IT headline on its front page report of the Rising in April 1916 was, “THE DARKEST WEEK… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

SINN FÉIN ON THE SIDELINES

Date: April 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

THE party political leader watching the slow dance towards a government – more monochrome (blue) than rainbow coloured – with greater anxiety than even Enda Kenny or Micheál Martin is Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams. Adams’ tenure as party leader is likely to be determined by the lifetime of the current Dáil and, whether a… Read more »

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FF Coalition Split

Date: April 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

AT least five senior Fianna Fáil figures are now in favour of a ‘grand’ coalition with Fine Gael, and it comes as no surprise that three of them constitute an informal clique who have consistently opposed Micheál Martin’s leadership. Martin’s Cork South-Central colleague and finance spokesperson, Michael McGrath, jobs and enterprise spokesperson Dara Calleary and… Read more »

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Regina Doherty

ENDA’S POTENTIAL NEW CABINET

Date: April 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

THAT 50:50 gender-based cabinet pledged by Enda Kenny before the election can be binned under the new circumstances. The appointment of probably four male Independent ministers means that Fine Gael would have to come up with seven women and four men as ministers to reach that ratio in Enda’s potential cabinet. Some chance! With FG… Read more »

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THE PROBLEMS WITH THE KARADŽIĆ VERDICT

Date: April 7, 2016 - Foreign Frolics

by BINOY KAMPMARK THE uneven distribution of justice is the bane of any system that purports to be fair. The problems are made even more problematic when it comes to the issue of war crimes trials conducted by international tribunals. Radovan Karadžic, the Bosnian Serb leader of Republika Srpska during the Yugoslavian Civil Wars of… Read more »

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Bob Geldof

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: April 7, 2016 - The Hot Air Brigade

I’ve done all the F16 zero gravity stuff. I don’t believe in the rock star way to go, but if that was the way it were to happen I wouldn’t give a shite. Bob Geldof on his planned space mission, Sunday Independent (submitted by reader) After Kim’s hipster hairstyle, are we now seeing peak dip-dye?… Read more »

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JIM NUGENT’S LATEST SETBACK

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

THERE WAS yet another setback last month for one of Bertie Ahern’s ‘dig-out’ pals, Jim Nugent. His attempt to extend protection from assorted creditors was reversed by Judge Mary Baker, who found there had been a “lack of candour” by Nugent’s adviser. Nugent was one of the lower profile names to pop up in the… Read more »

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Arlene Foster

NI: GUESS WHO’S NOT COMING TO DINNER

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

IN January, Belfast City Council voted in favour of a motion to host a dinner for the NI and the ROI football teams (both their managers are Northerners) to congratulate them on qualifying for the 2016 European Championships. The Alliance Party later proposed instead a joint civic reception (one notch down from a feed) which… Read more »

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Kelly’s Heroes

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

THE seriously diminished Parliamentary Labour Party might want to reconsider their ferocious onslaught against Alan Kelly given the sort of firepower the minister’s brother, Declan Kelly, has recently acquired. Declan is head and co-founder of US consultancy Teneo Holdings and was a fund raiser for Hillary Clinton’s losing presidential campaign in 2008. He is also… Read more »

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TV3 and RTE’s DG

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

DISAPPOINTED luvvies at RTÉ, whose new director general, Dee Forbes, is neither a programmer nor even a production techie, may be even more traumatised to learn that her Irish broadcasting connection has been, indirectly, with vulgar rivals TV3. Forbes, as is known, worked for Turner Broadcasting and was at one point in charge of seven… Read more »

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Michael Nugent

MICHAEL NUGENT’S MANY COLOURS

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

ATHEIST IRELAND (AI) founder and chairman, Michael Nugent, struck a blow for the Enlightenment by refusing an official invite to the state ceremony celebrating the 1916 Rising. In a most gracious rejection of the invite, Nugent denounced the Rising as “an undemocratic group killing innocent people” and criticised the holding of the commemoration on the… Read more »

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DENIS O’BRIEN’S TOPAZ LOSS

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK was always suspicious of the reports that Denis O’Brien had sold his Topaz petrol retailer to the Canadian giants Couche-Tard for E450m. Now figures filed in Canada by the new owners reveal the amount paid to DOB was E258m. By Goldhawk’s calculation, Dinny may have dropped E40m on this one deal. Perhaps the most… Read more »

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Brendan-Howlin

BRENDAN HOWLIN’S DIVINE RIGHT

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

IF Alan Kelly is addicted to power, then Brendan Howlin is a megalomaniac who believes he can assume leadership of the Labour Party without the bother of a vote. Or is Howlin’s fear of a contest derived from a belief that he, as the five-year long champion of austerity, will be rejected by a membership… Read more »

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Ivan-Yates

IVAN YATES TO LEAVE NEWSTALK

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

IVAN Yates has decided to leave Newstalk and this time he means it. The broadcaster is now in negotiation with station bosses about the manner and timing of his departure, unlike two years ago when he was persuaded to withdraw his resignation. Then, Denis O’Brien pulled out his cheque book to make Yates the second… Read more »

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Michael-D-Higgins

MICHAEL TWEE’S SHARPER TONE

Date: April 7, 2016 - Affairs of the Nation

NO wonder the director of the Iona Institute, David Quinn, denounced President Michael D Higgins’ 1916 commemorative speeches in the Irish Independent last week. Quinn railed against Higgins’ left wing rhetoric but while he did not mention it, what probably irked him most was the President’s critique of “Ireland’s Catholic Hierarchy” and “restrictive religiosity” in… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

MORE POWER TO LEO’S LEADERSHIP BID

Date: April 7, 2016 - Last Refuge

WHAT is Leo Varadkar playing at with his outspoken support for Averil Power in the TCD Senate election? The Irish Independent, edited by Mr Averil Power, aka Fionnan Sheahan, first reported Vlad’s message of support for Averil. Group political editor Kevin Doyle put it on the Indo’s website and also posted a video of Vlad’s… Read more »

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POWER SHIFT AT GEORGIAN SOCIETY

Date: April 7, 2016 - High Society

THERE HAVE been some significant changes at the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) where the committee of management has increased its control over the body, in particular in relation to the roles of president and vice president. Meanwhile, there are some new faces now in situ, although there is no sign of a new vice president…. Read more »

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GLUCKSMAN GALLERY’S ‘HEDGE FUND WAG’

Date: April 7, 2016 - High Society

THE GLUCKSMAN Gallery in UCC has added some significant overseas firepower to its board in the form of two London-based players – arts consultant Lawrence O’Hana and Giancarla ‘Gianni’ Alen-Buckley, daughter of famous hotelier Charles Forte. Married to a super wealthy hedge fund operator, Michael Alen-Buckley of RAB Capital, she is the rather more interesting… Read more »

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A FANATIC HEART – RTÉ 1

Date: April 7, 2016 - ReviewsTV

THIS two-part documentary traced familiar aspects of WB Yeats’s life – including his obsessive interest in fairytales, the occult and Celtic mythology. There was the usual focus on the poet’s romantic relationships and sexual frustration. From the start, Bob could see no wrong in his hero or find sufficient words to praise “Willy” – but… Read more »

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Simon Maher

PHANTOM’S EXPENSIVE GHOST

Date: April 7, 2016 - Behind the Scenes

THE INVESTORS in TXFM (formerly Phantom105.2) have taken a bath, with Denis O’Brien failing to escape the worst of the hit despite having got in at a bargain price five years ago. Having struggled from its 2006 launch, Phantom was the subject of a restructuring that saw Communicorp land on the share register in 2010…. Read more »

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Vol. 34 No. 06

Date: March 25, 2016 -

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Con Murphy’s Crash Landing

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

SPARE A THOUGHT for travel agent Con Murphy (also known as John Murphy), who crash landed this month when he was convicted of stealing money from a children’s charity, The Children to Lapland Appeal, which he founded in 1987. The Dublin Circuit Court also heard that Murphy has been involved in a new charity, called… Read more »

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Baking Problem

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

FRENCH CHEF Olivier Quenet is best known as the owner of the popular French restaurant, La Maison, at Castle Street, D2, although in the past he has invested in various other businesses, including a bakery known as La Boulangerie des Gourmets, based in Finglas, D11. The bakery found itself in a spot of bother with… Read more »

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Acc V Paul McPhillips

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

FANS of Goldhawk will recall the adventures of Cavan businessman Paul McPhillips, a heavily-indebted property investor who has been engaged in a protracted battle with ACC Bank (see The Phoenix 9/10/15). The latest chapter has now been written. There had been good news late last year for McPhillips – who is being supported in his… Read more »

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Motorway Insecurity

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

TWO DIRECTORS of a security firm are facing the possibility of being disqualified from acting as directors, with the company’s liquidator alleging around €800,000 of company funds has been misappropriated. Pakistani nationals Kaleem Sheikh and Abrash Khan were the directors of a Dublin-based security firm, Motorway Security Ltd (MSL), which collapsed in 2013. Now the… Read more »

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Greg Kavanagh’s Business Associate

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

PROPERTY whizzkid Greg Kavanagh got plenty of positive media coverage last week, with reports that his New Generation Homes vehicle is set to pull in €400m from the sale of up to half of its residential development sites. However, he is also in some legal difficulty (again) and appears to be spending as much time… Read more »

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John Sherlock’s Tax Trouble

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

A DUBLIN solicitor who made a tax settlement in 2014 for a hefty €405,000 has landed in yet more trouble with the Taxman. Last month, the Revenue registered a judgment for €385,000 against John Sherlock, who practises at Sherlock & Company in Clondalkin, Co Dublin. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 5/12/14) that Sherlock… Read more »

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Mark Kershaw Crashes Out

Date: March 24, 2016 - Briefcases

MOTOR RACING enthusiast and socialite Mark Kershaw was a prominent feature in the gossip pages during the Celtic Tiger boom years, thanks to his association with various fashion models, but the flash businessman has been slowing down in recent times. In fact, he finds his options greatly restricted. Last month the High Court restricted Kershaw… Read more »

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Brian O’Catháin

Petroceltic shareholders caught in the crossfire

Date: March 24, 2016 - Sport of Kings

THE PURCHASE of 69% of Petroceltic’s $230m borrowings two weeks ago, combined with the appointment of Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton as examiner to the group the week before, means it is game, set and match for Angelo Moskov, boss of the Bulgarian/Russian World View Capital Group – the largest shareholder in Petroceltic. The latter’s… Read more »

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Bernard Byrne

AIB’s profits boosted €1bn by accounting strategy

Date: March 24, 2016 - Moneybags

COMING OUT of the recent economic turmoil, AIB appears to be making a dramatically greater improvement than Bank of Ireland (BoI), declaring a huge recovery in pre-tax profits, with these almost doubling to a whopping €1.9bn for the year 2015, significantly ahead of its BoI rival, which only recorded a 30% increase in pre-tax profits… Read more »

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