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Stuart McGoldrick

STUART MCGOLDRICK MOVES

Date: November 30, 2023 - Briefcases

FAST-GROWING digital mental health group Spectrum has just filed some unhealthy-looking figures but it looks like boss Stuart McGoldrick moved to raise a bucketload of cash at just the right time. He has also moved from Drumcondra to a spectacular new pile in Co Kildare. Spectrum works with the likes of Laya Healthcare, providing mental… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

FIANNA FÁIL BACKS ISRAEL

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE HAND-WRINGING about divisions within EU states over the Israeli massacre of civilians in Gaza is one thing. But there has also been a clear division of perspective between the Taoiseach and Tánaiste, as well as between their respective parties, with contrasting statements about Israel’s… Read more »

Dermot Desmond

DERMOT DESMOND’S CELTIC CROSS

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

DERMOT DESMOND will be looking forward to the end of this year, as his control of Glasgow Celtic continues to deliver defeats both on and off the pitch. DD has long held sway at Celtic, where he is easily the biggest shareholder, although he prefers to keep as far behind the scenes as possible, hence… Read more »

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Lucinda Creighton

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH ISRAELIS

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

A FAVOURITE tactic of western militarist think tanks, PR firms and lobbyists is to present as centre ground moderates that oppose extremism of the left and right variety. Usually, these are western militarists in disguise whose overwhelming emphasis is on combatting Muslim ‘enemies of the… Read more »

Jon Boutcher

PSNI: A NEW BROOM?

Date: November 15, 2023 - Northwind

A new chief constable for the PSNI has been appointed in double quick time. Jon Boutcher (58), former chief constable of Bedfordshire police 2015-19, was confirmed on November 8 after four weeks as acting chief constable when a calamitous series of mishaps forced the resignation of his predecessor. Boutcher is a vastly experienced police officer… Read more »

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Drew Harris Deputy Commissioner

FOREIGN AGENTS THREAT TO GARDAÍ

Date: November 15, 2023 - Last Refuge

JUSTICE MINISTER Helen McEntee’s latest problem concerns that most powerful lobby, senior Garda officers worried about huge tax bills for anyone that fills the current vacancy as deputy commissioner. An anomaly in the taxation rules on pensions is the problem and various security correspondents have been mobilised by their ‘senior security sources’ to inform the… Read more »

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Eoghan Harris

EOGHAN HARRIS’S LONG WAR

Date: November 15, 2023 - Fit to Print?

IRISH TIMES correspondent Ronan McGreevy celebrated the “bravura performance” of Eoghan Harris when the latter concluded last week’s conference on southern Protestants in Dublin’s Buswell’s Hotel. Eoghan Harris complained of Protestant failure to recognise their dire predicament. The former senator and Sunday Independent columnist urged the Prods present to inhabit his historical imagination. It was… Read more »

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Pippa O'Connor Poco Beauty

PIPPA O’CONNOR’S PLUG

Date: November 15, 2023 - High Society

PIPPA O’CONNOR is expanding her empire with a new range of cosmetics and she must have been delighted with the drooling profile in the Sunday Times at the weekend that announced her latest move, Poco Beauty. Her former business partner will no doubt have read the 1,800-word plug. Readers were informed that Pippa was “radiantly… Read more »

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Jacqueline Hall

JACQUELINE HALL’S CULTURAL CREDENTIALS

Date: November 15, 2023 - High Society

SO IT’S welcome to the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) for Jacqueline Hall, public relations hot shot and daughter of former Fine Gael matriarch Nuala Fennell (who was herself a significant shareholder in the PR company now controlled by Jacqueline). Well known in Blueshirt circles, Hall also appears to be an aspiring culture vulture. The holding… Read more »

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Marian Keyes Screen Ireland

SISTERS CASHING IN

Date: November 15, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

AS USUAL, it was rather late in the day (and following a couple of queries by Goldhawk) when Désirée Finnegan’s Screen Ireland (SI) eventually got around to publishing its funding decisions made for the second quarter of this year. The total funding for the three months topped €14m and plenty of familiar female faces feature…. Read more »

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Declan Murphy Bonobo

BONOBO BOYS’ APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

Date: November 15, 2023 - Brief CasesBriefcases

A LARGE apartment scheme proposed for Smithfield by Durkan Residential has been shot down by An Bord Pleanála (ABP), overturning the decision of Dublin City Council (DCC). Among the appellants were the owners of Bonobo, the uber-trendy Smithfield bar, Shane Clifford, Hugh O’Farrell and Declan Murphy, the latter of whom is best known as the… Read more »

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Wootton Bassett

COOLMORE’S CASH MACHINE

Date: November 15, 2023 - Sport of Kings

AT THIS time of year, all the stallion farms announce their covering fees for the upcoming breeding season, which begins in February, and it is easy to see why developing stallions, while an extremely risky and expensive endeavour, is still the best way to make the really big money, as can be seen with Coolmore’s… Read more »

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ANNUAL 2023

Date: November 15, 2023 -

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NEALE RICHMOND’S FORUM

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE THERE wouldn’t be oodles of interest in a worthy sounding body such as the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum (EDAF), the imminent appointment of a new squad of techie types by junior minister Neale Richmond does have some popcorn value. In May last year then junior minister for enterprise, trade and employment Robert Troy (who… Read more »

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Catherine Martin NGI

MARTIN MOVES EARLY

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for arts and culture minister Catherine Martin, who recently advertised for would-be board members for the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) before the terms of the current directors expire. This is certainly not her usual style. She may also have provided a clue about the next chair. As fans of The… Read more »

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Justin Barrett

NAZI REGALIA

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

SHOCKED AND perplexed observers of National Party leader Justin Barrett turning up to an anti-immigrant protest last week dressed in an SS overcoat may be interested to learn the reasons for his apparel. In October Barrett appeared on a live X ‘spaces’ discussion, where the ongoing saga of the conflict within his party was raked… Read more »

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Paul O'Brien NRL

THE COUNTER-RESTORATION

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

DESPITE THE very best efforts of the European agri-industrial lobby and its allies on the political right, the EU’s Nature Restoration Law (NRL) remains on track to come into legal effect after intensive negotiations involving the EU Parliament, Commission and Council of Ministers. While heavily watered down versus its science-based original targets, the NRL still… Read more »

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Helen McEntee FRT

FACIAL ‘APARTHEID’?

Date: November 15, 2023 - Hush Hush

In June justice minister Helen McEntee backed off a confrontation with her Green Party colleagues in Government when she agreed to remove aspects related to facial recognition technology (FRT) from the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022. What she was effectively doing, though, was kicking the proverbial can down the road. The whole area of… Read more »

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Declan Lynch

THE HOT WATER BRIGADE

Date: November 15, 2023 - The Hot Air Brigade

Maybe it’s something to do with the turn of the millennium, or the Great Crash, but at some powerful level, it is simply wrong to state that it is 50 years since 1973. Declan Lynch, Sunday Independent Life Magazine By demanding Israel’s diplomatic ostracisation from Ireland, [Martin] McGuinness’s Sinn Féin heirs have abandoned the former… Read more »

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CORMAC LUCEY’S HOT AIR

Date: November 15, 2023 - Fit to Print?

Climate denial comes in all guises but Goldhawk was surprised to see it appear on the website of the august Chartered Accountants Ireland. There, accountant, TCD lecturer and Sunday Times columnist Cormac Lucey dismissed the “public hysteria” etc around the climate emergency. To support his, ahem, arguments, he cited notorious climate sceptic and game theory… Read more »

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Martin Doyle Dirty Linen

BOOKS EDITOR’S ‘CLASSIC’ BOOK

Date: November 15, 2023 - Fit to Print?

A NEW literary genius would appear to have been discovered and is working away, almost unknown and unrecognised, in the Irish media, judging by an especially favourable review in the Irish Times last month of Dirty Linen: the Troubles in My Home Place. Headlined “An important, humane book that will prove to be a classic”,… Read more »

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REVIEWING PAUL MURRAY

Date: November 15, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

ON NOVEMBER 26 assorted scribblers will find out if they have landed the literary sales steroid that is the Booker Prize. Two Irish novelists are in the mix – Paul Murray (The Bee Sting) and Paul Lynch (Prophet Song). While the latter is listed as 5/2 favourite, Murray’s effort has attracted a few bob to… Read more »

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Brian Ormond Bopoc

BRIPPA’S PROPERTY

Date: November 15, 2023 - Brief CasesBriefcases

ELSEWHERE (see p16) Goldhawk takes a look at the latest business move by Pippa O’Connor, who launched her Poco Beauty range this month. This seems to be completely separate from the rest of the business group controlled by O’Connor and hubby Brian Ormond. The couple have incorporated a new company, Ronnocob Ltd, for the move… Read more »

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An Bord Pleanála

DAVID BARNIVILLE’S LIST

Date: November 15, 2023 - Brief CasesBriefcases

WITH THE deadline having now passed for applications for the €230,000-a-year job as chair of An Bord Pleanála (ABP), minister Darragh O’Brien will be anxious to get a permanent player installed. Certainly, the incoming head honcho – who will replace current interim chair, legal eagle Peter Mullan – will have plenty on his or her… Read more »

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Jessica Harrington Breeders’ Cup

EXPENSIVE TRIP FOR HARRINGTON

Date: November 15, 2023 - Sport of Kings

THERE WAS plenty of Irish interest at the Breeders’ Cup in Santa Anita, California, and while most of it centred around Aidan O’Brien and the impressive win of Auguste Rodin in the $4m Breeders’ Cup Turf race, there was also plenty of chat about a few horses that didn’t even make it to the starting… Read more »

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Willie Mullins Vauban

STREWTH!

Date: November 15, 2023 - Sport of Kings

THERE WERE some long faces in the parade ring from team Mullins after Vauban trailed home in 14th place in the Melbourne Cup under Ryan Moore. Confidence was high before the race that the horse would give Willie Mullins a first victory in the €5m race and everything seemed to go to plan in the… Read more »

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Ger Lyons Colin Keane

COLIN KEANE’S EDGE

Date: November 15, 2023 - Sport of Kings

THERE WEREN’T too many surprises among the names at the top of the tables in the leading flat categories as the season wound to a close in November. Colin Keane added a fifth champion jockey title to his CV and, given he has yet to turn 30, he could yet match or exceed Mick Kinane’s… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar General Election

ANNUAL 2023: GOVERNMENT – VARADKAR TO CALL EARLY ELECTION?

Date: November 15, 2023 - Last Refuge

THE POLITICAL debate right now – public and private – is not simply who will win the next general election but when it will be called and will that make a difference. Two scenarios exist, with the first of these frightening the life out of Fianna Fáil TDs as suspicion grew over the past year… Read more »

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ANNUAL 2023: GOLDHAWK’S AWARDS FOR THE PASSING PARADE 2023

Date: November 15, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

DEE FORBES THERE WAS only ever one real contender for the 2023 Where’s Wally TV Drama Award. The biggest hit show this summer was without doubt Montrose, which was streamed daily to a gobsmacked public (formerly known as licence fee payers) starring ‘top talent’ Ryan Tubridy and a host of RTÉ extras. The nation became… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald has said SF’s place is at the heart of the ‘European project’, which is in contrast to Gerry Adams’s previous opposition to the EU.

ANNUAL 2023: OPPOSITION – SINN FÉIN: LEFT OR RIGHT?

Date: November 15, 2023 - Last Refuge

Can the forward march of Sinn Féin be halted? Will the party be left like Peri at the gates of paradise gazing on the promised land but unable to get past the door? Or will it put together a coalition for change that will make… Read more »

Soc Dems leader Holly Cairns will be hoping her party can reap some benefit from disillusioned Labour voters. Polls

ANNUAL 2023: INDEPENDENTS/TROTS – NON-REPUBLICAN LEFT SQUEEZED

Date: November 15, 2023 - Last Refuge

READING HEADLINE coverage of political opinion polls, things could hardly be better for opposition parties and for the left in general. The conventional parties (Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael) are in retreat and the combined parties of the left have around 50% support. In the past, that’s been enough to assemble an overall majority. What… Read more »

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DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson made clear at his party conference in October that he wants to return to Stormont but the majority of the DUP’s eight MPs are opposed to that happening.

ANNUAL 2023: NORTHERN IRELAND – NORTH’S COMA

Date: November 15, 2023 - Northwind

The British government’s best effort at making political progress in the north was the Windsor Framework, which was agreed with the EU on February 27. In the words of the DUP’s Ian Paisley MP, it “did not cut the mustard”. The DUP has refused to join an executive at Stormont since collapsing it last year…. Read more »

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Michael D Higgins has faced accusations of over-stepping his role following comments he has made on a range of topics during his presidency.

ANNUAL 2023: PROFILE – MICHAEL D HIGGINS

Date: November 15, 2023 - Pillars of Society

In recent years supporters of the state of Israel in the US, UK, Germany and France have attempted to conflate criticism of its ruling ideology, Zionism, with anti-Semitism. They use anti-racism to justify a racist message. After Hamas launched its October 7 attack, Israel supporters… Read more »

Noirin Hegarty Newspaper

ANNUAL 2023: PRINT MEDIA NOT YET ON THE ROCKS

Date: November 15, 2023 - Fit to Print?

IRELAND’S PRINT media resembles the Titanic. With print revenues falling and digital income insufficient to make up the difference, disaster seems pre-programmed. But, while the Titanic’s collision with an iceberg came as a terrible surprise, the slow strangulation of the Irish newspaper and magazine industry has been under way for a long time. Every year,… Read more »

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When Ryan Tubridy finally acknowledged his part in the payments scandal that rocked the national broadcaster it was too late – the public, his colleagues and politicians had already lost faith and his career in RTÉ was over.

ANNUAL 2023 – AIRWAVES – 2023: RTÉ’S END GAME?

Date: November 15, 2023 - Air WavesBehind the Scenes

AFTER YEARS of dire warnings about incompetent management, waste and dubious work practices, the scandal surrounding secret payments to Ryan Tubridy finally laid bare the whole decaying edifice and the end of RTÉ, as we know it, is coming fast. In March Tubridy made the… Read more »

Mary McAleese again criticised the Church’s ‘out-dated internal structure of governance’ based on canon law’s ‘embedded inequality’.

ANNUAL 2023: CLERICAL ERRORS – McALEESE FIGHTS ON

Date: November 15, 2023 - Clerical Errors

THE MONTH-LONG Synod on Synodality convened in Rome by Pope Francis to update world Catholicism ended in anti-climax on Sunday October 29. This means that unresolved issues – such as same-sex unions and the ordination of the 600 million women who constitute half of Church membership – have been deferred until next autumn, when the… Read more »

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