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Luke Comer Ban

LUKE COMER’S LONG SHOT

Date: September 7, 2023 - Sport of Kings

MONEYBAGS DEVELOPER Luke Comer holds the record in Ireland for training the longest-priced winner, He Knows No Fear, having won at Leopardstown three years ago at odds of 300/1. He came pretty close to repeating that feat when his Navajo River turned over the Joseph O’Brien-trained odds-on favourite Fisherman’s Beach to win at 200/1 at… Read more »

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Martin Dyar

MARTIN DYAR’S LISTOWEL GIG

Date: September 7, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

THIS WEEK sees the new director of Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) festival unveiled and it is clear that, unlike his predecessor, Martin Dyar is no outsider. As fans of Goldhawk are well aware, the 2023 shindig was a fraught operation, given that the Arts Council had moved to impose a significantly greater degree of professionalism… Read more »

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Fergal and Rachael Naughton

FERGAL NAUGHTON AND THE BRENNANS

Date: September 7, 2023 - Briefcases

SO, GLEN Dimplex heir Fergal Naughton and his missus, Rachael, are the new owners of Dermot Desmond’s Georgian townhouse on Merrion Square in D2, having lashed out €9.25m. The couple have been chucking their money around down in Kenmare too, although the actual state of affairs at Francis and John Brennan’s high-profile hotel business is… Read more »

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VOL 41 NO 18

Date: September 7, 2023 -

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Ukraine Ireland Volodymyr Zelenskyy

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

Date: September 7, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

AS THE Russian war with Ukraine grinds to a brutal winter stalemate, there are increasing tensions between Ukrainian citizens in Ireland – namely ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Russians normally domiciled in Ukraine – an ominous development to which justice minister Helen McEntee’s departmental officials appear oblivious. Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, more than 90,000… Read more »

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POST PARTING

Date: September 7, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

ALONGSIDE Swedish giants Bonnier buying into the Business Post, a share restructuring has seen Derek Butler’s Endeavour Fund emerge as the second-biggest shareholder. This follows the exit of New York-based Liam Lynch’s Irish Studio Media Publishing, owner of the Irish Central website. It will be interesting to see how Lynch did out of the deal,… Read more »

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Drew Harris NRM

FAR-RIGHT ‘SECURITY’

Date: September 7, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

The internet has had a huge impact on the growth of far-right organisations. Instead of having to face the predictable political opposition on the streets, they can distribute propaganda, meet, fundraise etc online. But a recurring problem for the far right has been the hacking… Read more »

McGurk's Bar Bomb Micheál Martin

ELUSIVE FINGERPRINTS

Date: September 7, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MCGURK’S Bar bomb massacre in Belfast in 1971 claimed 15 lives. In 2011 the Police Ombudsman NI reported that it had no evidence relating to the three vehicles driven by the killers. It emerged a few weeks ago that it had a fingerprint ledger… Read more »

Richard Browne

CYBER WAR IN EUROPE

Date: September 7, 2023 - Hush Hush

In May Dr Richard Browne, the director of Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), revealed to the Oireachtas committee on foreign affairs that his organisation has been providing “non-lethal aid” to Ukraine but that he would not “go into all of the details of what we’ve been doing”. Given the more recent revelation that Ireland’s… Read more »

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Matt Williams

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: September 7, 2023 - The Hot Air Brigade

Conceived in grave debt on a former stockade for political prisoners in colonial Sydney, passed through the healing hands of the great Mandela, then sold like a sack of potatoes to uncaring merchants, but somehow still alive. Now passed on to us to nurture and cherish. Let the festival begin. Matt Williams on the Rugby… Read more »

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Private Wires Eamon Ryan

RYAN BOWS TO BIG TECH

Date: September 7, 2023 - Fowl Emissions

Big Tech likes to be a law unto itself, free of pesky regulations, taxes and accountability. That’s why so many tech giants locate in Ireland. However, having to compete with the rest of us for precious resources such as electricity and water is increasingly cramping their style. And with data centre energy consumption rapidly approaching… Read more »

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Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

MCMANUS’S HOT AIR

Date: September 7, 2023 - Fowl Emissions

RTÉ TV’s autumn schedule includes too much of “Official Ireland’s latest pet cause”, Irish Independent columnist Darragh McManus claims. The pet cause he refers to is a phenomenon that will cause at least a billion deaths this century on its current trajectory, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Energies. Yeah, but… Read more »

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Simon Byrne

PSNI CRISIS

Date: September 7, 2023 - Northwind

The PSNI is in crisis. That’s not only because of the decision of chief constable Simon Byrne to resign on Monday. Morale is in pieces after the huge data breach that saw the names, ranks and roles of all 10,000-odd officers and civilian staff published… Read more »

Micheál Martin FF Achievements

GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS!

Date: September 7, 2023 - Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN and his backroom team must be flummoxed at Fianna Fáil’s latest poll rating – at 18% the party is 3% behind Fine Gael and 15% behind Sinn Féin. This is despite FF minders’ recent publication and dissemination of a document entitled “ACHIEVEMENTS IN GOVERNMENT 3 YEARS IN OFFICE – AUGUST 2023 FIANNA FÁIL”…. Read more »

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Justin Barrett

BARRETT’S BLUNDER

Date: September 7, 2023 - Last Refuge

NATIONAL PARTY ‘leader’ Justin Barrett (see profile, p14) gave 24 hours advance notice on social media last Sunday of a speech he intended to deliver to the nation the following night (Monday). As he made this announcement, speaking in sombre tones as if he were Daniel O’Connell addressing a monster meeting, Barrett pledged to clarify… Read more »

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MICHEÁL MARTIN’S MISSION

Date: September 7, 2023 - Last Refuge

THE PRESS statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs about the visit of Micheál Martin to the Middle East is measured and make no bombastic claims about the seismic effect the Tánaiste’s visit to the region might have. The description of the visit of Micheál Martin as one to the Middle East is a little… Read more »

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Labour Ivana Bacik

DID COMMISSION DO DOWN LABOUR?

Date: September 7, 2023 - Last Refuge

SUPPORTIVE MEDIA pundits and Labour members themselves have already seized on the constituency revisions to explain why the party faces electoral Armageddon in the near future and how it is down to the Electoral Commission’s perverse emphasis on three-seat constituencies and so on. But as… Read more »

Brian O'Kelly

BANKING PROFESSOR O’KELLY

Date: September 7, 2023 - Fit to Print?

HOW REFRESHING to read an argument about the big banks’ behaviour that does not pander to the populist mob and tells it like it truly is in the grown-up world of high finance – despite the bleating of customers complaining about very poor interest rates while the banks cream it via European Central Bank rates…. Read more »

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MEDIAHUIS’S LEGAL BILLS

Date: September 7, 2023 - Fit to Print?

TWO THINGS are clear from the latest reports of the legal battle involving Mediahuis, ex-Independent News and Media (INM) chairman Leslie Buckley and 19 individuals suing the company. Firstly, the allegation that Buckley was acting on behalf of Denis O’Brien – the major INM shareholder at the time of Buckley’s alleged illegal data theft of… Read more »

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Ronan McGreevy

IRELAND’S SARAJEVO

Date: September 7, 2023 - Fit to Print?

THE NUMBER of approving, even hyperbolic comments published in the Irish Times in the last two years about the book, Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP, penned by the newspaper’s esteemed journalist, Ronan McGreevy, would amount to a small book itself. In September 2021, the IT told readers that as… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: September 7, 2023 - Bog Cuttings

‘NAZI SCUM’ A MAN who called gardaí ‘Nazi scum’ when they called to a Kinsale house hosting a children’s birthday party during the height of Covid restrictions was fined €300 in Bandon District Court. Gardaí in Kinsale received an anonymous report about an illegal event taking place on February 7, 2021. When they arrived, the… Read more »

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CAROLINE DOWNEY’S LABEL

Date: September 7, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

AS HOZIER’S new album, Unreal Unearth, continues to generate oodles of hype, both here and abroad, it is interesting to see that the record label most closely associated with the singer in Ireland, Rubyworks, has just published chart-topping accounts. For Hozier’s manager, the news represents another boost. Hozier is managed by Caroline Downey, best known… Read more »

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TIM HYDE’S TREATMENT

Date: September 7, 2023 - Sport of Kings

TIMMY HYDE is best known as the custodian of the famed Camas Park Stud near Cashel and is recognised as one of the top breeders and pin-hookers around. He also holds a trainer’s licence, mostly to run a few family-owned horses for his grandchildren to gain experience on, but he received a minor slap on… Read more »

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MARISSA CARTER’S ‘RETURN’

Date: September 7, 2023 - High Society

THE SUNDAY Times reported at the weekend that Marissa Carter is “back at the helm” of her Cocoa Brown fake tan operation, although fans of Goldhawk are aware that the tanning queen has been making the right noises in recent months, having previously made it clear that she was positively browned off with her business… Read more »

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Ronan Cahill Fitzwilliam Square

CIRCLING FITZWILLIAM SQUARE

Date: September 7, 2023 - High Society

THERE HAS been some activity at the rather exclusive Fitzwilliam Square Association (FSA), where a couple of new locals have landed on the board. Meanwhile, there is no sign of progress in the opening up of Fitzwilliam Square park – the only one of the city’s five Georgian parks in private ownership. Back in April… Read more »

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Myles O'Grady BoI

BANK OF IRELAND’S BUMPER PROFITS NO SURPRISE

Date: September 7, 2023 - Moneybags

THE BANKS have been in the spotlight in recent weeks and it is easy to see why. Bank of Ireland’s (BoI) recently published half-year figures reveal unprecedented levels of profitability and, given that the bank may be looking at an after-tax surplus for 2023 of a gobsmacking €2bn, the shares look grossly undervalued on a… Read more »

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David Sturt

NO LOVE FROM RUSSIA FOR PETRONEFT

Date: September 7, 2023 - Moneybags

DOING BUSINESS in Russia has, not surprisingly, become increasingly difficult during the reign of Vladimir Putin, reaching a nadir as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Failing to toe the line can make life very difficult for investors and the downing of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane marks the latest chapter in the… Read more »

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Uniphar Robbie Henshaw

MAURICE PRATT’S PRESCRIPTION

Date: September 7, 2023 - Briefcases

HEALTHCARE GIANT Uniphar recently reported a healthy looking set of results for 2022, boasting a profit before tax of over €58m. There have, however, been some linked companies liquidated last month that have gone under the radar, although the listed Uniphar had nothing to say on the matter when asked by Goldhawk. Presumably they would… Read more »

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NO SO JOLLY HOCKEY STICKS

Date: September 7, 2023 - Briefcases

A SPAT has emerged between the residents who live around Newbridge College, one of the more affordable private schools in Ireland, with fees of a mere €4,700 a year. The school plans to build 18-metre-high floodlights for the school’s hockey pitch but has hit something of a snag over the locals’ predictable concerns about bright… Read more »

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John Moore

JOHN MOORE’S VIRTUAL IMPAIRMENT

Date: September 7, 2023 - Briefcases

SELF-STYLED “rebel entrepreneur” and “concerned citizen” John Moore, now based in sunny Lisbon in Portugal, has had a bit of a setback with his virtual reality punt, Roomality, according to figures just filed. Moneybags Moore made a killing when he offloaded his 3D4 Medical operation in 2019 to Elsevier for a reported $50m. Given that… Read more »

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Lyra Caroline Downey

CAROLINE DOWNEY’S SHOOTING STAR

Date: August 24, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

INTERESTING TO see a new constitution filed for the unlimited holding company Ronmall, where promoters extraordinaire Denis Desmond and Caroline Downey stash most of their millions. At the same time, Caroline’s pet pop projects have been generating plenty of hype. The new filing for Ronmall reveals a hike in its share capital to just on… Read more »

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Ian Kehoe

PROFILE: IAN KEHOE

Date: August 24, 2023 - Pillars of Society

IN A little under two months the latterly eventful five-year term of Ian Kehoe as a member and deputy chair of the RTÉ board draws to its conclusion. While from the current vantage point it seems unlikely that the co-owner and founder of The Currency… Read more »

Jenny Keane

YOUNG BLOOD: JENNY KEANE

Date: August 24, 2023 - The Young Bloods

“HOLISTIC SEX educator” and tantric yoga instructor Jenny Keane has proven adept at garnering media attention ever since she launched herself on to the sexual health therapy scene during the pandemic. Bringing her shtick on tour should generate more moolah but sales suggest that maybe sex doesn’t always sell. La Keane – who describes herself… Read more »

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Micheál Martin Irish Neutrality

IRISH ‘NON-LETHAL’ NEUTRALITY

Date: August 24, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

SOONER OR later ministers were going to trip themselves up with contradictory and meaningless rhetoric about Irish neutrality being compatible with offering political, financial and military support alongside Nato and the EU in Ukraine. Even the Irish Times, momentarily, had to concede last week that… Read more »

Brendan O'Connor Tubridy Radio

TUBS’S IMMODEST SUCCESSOR

Date: August 24, 2023 - Fit to Print?

MOST NEWSPAPERS could not resist listing the contenders to replace Ryan Tubridy in his radio morning slot and most were relatively objective in their assessments. Of the weekend’s Sunday Independent, Irish Independent, Business Post and Sunday Times, the last three all placed Oliver Callan at… Read more »

John McGuirk

JOHN MCGUIRK’S AWARDS

Date: August 24, 2023 - Briefcases

THE DEDICATED hacks of Gript, the conservative news website that says it’s an antidote to “the all-pervasive groupthink that exists across most Irish media platforms”, could be forgiven for celebrations this month. From now on, they will get to compete against those liberal-agenda pushers in the newly designed Irish Journalism Awards, where ex-Indo editor Claire… Read more »

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