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JOHN COONEY’S DEBATE

Date: October 18, 2023 - Fit to Print?

VETERAN AUTHOR and journalist John Cooney led the successful opposition to a students’ motion “regretting the fall of religion” at Trinity College Dublin Philosophical Society last week. But the most sulphurous intervention in the debate was Cooney’s remarks about Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. Cooney – who held the prestigious posts, uniquely, of religious affairs correspondent… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: October 18, 2023 - Bog Cuttings

‘LOWLIFE SCUMBAGS’ Frank Brassil (41) of Main Street, Collon, appearing before Drogheda District Court, pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour relating to an incident on April 22, 2020. The court heard that the defendant was walking past the Garda station at Fr Connolly Way in Drogheda on the date in question… Read more »

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Cillian Murphy Michael McGrath

McGRATH’S MOVIE PLOT

Date: October 18, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

THE NEWS that the first budget script of finance minister Michael McGrath contained extra moolah for the country’s movie moguls was greeted with the usual chorus of appreciation. The leading plot line here is a rise in the tax credit cap from €70m per production to €125m. The question is, what conditions will be attached… Read more »

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NEW CAST FOR THEATRE FESTIVAL

Date: October 18, 2023 - Behind the Scenes

WITH THE Dublin Theatre Festival (DTF) having wound down this week, there will be a couple of new faces added to the cast, although the process has proved less than smooth. Two new roles were advertised this summer but the closing date for applications had to be delayed from July to mid-September to allow for… Read more »

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Lucinda Russell Flemensface

ALAN AHERN’S TEST

Date: October 18, 2023 - Sport of Kings

A RECENT referrals case at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), involving a point-to-point winner that failed a post-race dope test, looks set to have significant ramifications for the sport. Flemensface, trained by point-to-point handler Alan Ahern, tested positive for clenbuterol (aka bute), after the point to point in Cork. Bute is an anti-inflammatory used… Read more »

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Samuel Drinkwater Karloss

KARLOSS’S WIN

Date: October 18, 2023 - Sport of Kings

A HORSE previously trained by Charles Byrnes popped up in England under the care of low-key trainer Samuel Drinkwater and managed to land a significant gamble, winning at Sedgefield last week. Karloss had been an intended runner at Downpatrick at the end of August on the day Byrnes and his son, Philip, combined for a… Read more »

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Maurice Pratt

UNIPHAR’S SHARE SLIDE DEMANDS NEW PRESCRIPTION

Date: October 18, 2023 - Moneybags

FOUR YEARS after floating in Dublin, Uniphar has grown significantly but suffered a significant setback when its attempted takeover of Navicorp was shot down at the end of 2022. Although the group’s market presence internationally has been expanding, the shares have been underperforming and there is little sign of the right medicine being prescribed to… Read more »

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Myles Kirby Nicholas Wickham

NICHOLAS WICKHAM’S GOLDEN SHOT

Date: October 18, 2023 - Briefcases

THE ANTICS of Nicholas Wickham, founder of Irish Gold & Silver Bullion Ltd (IGSB), have been well aired in the High Court, although the process of getting a few bob for the unfortunate investors tempted into buying previous metals is ongoing. The latest development this month is the withdrawal of a strike-off notice for a… Read more »

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Miceal Sammon BTP Construction Ltd

MICEÁL SAMMON’S SCARP SETBACK

Date: October 18, 2023 - Briefcases

THE LATEST company that has failed to emerge successfully from the erratic Scarp protection process is BTP Construction Ltd, which turns out to feature a couple of high-profile building names who know a thing or two about company collapses. BTP was set up almost five years ago and the founders and directors here were Waterford-based… Read more »

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Ger Colleran New Fortress Energy

ANOTHER FRACK UP IN KERRY

Date: October 18, 2023 - Briefcases

LAST MONTH was a bad one for US giants New Fortress Energy (NFE), with An Bord Pleanála putting the kibosh on its Irish subsidiary’s plan to construct a €650m liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Shannon Estuary near Ballylongford Co Kerry. Another casualty was… Read more »

Paul O'Neill

MORE MEDIA TRANSPARENCY

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE IS something piquant about the current fury among the once-pampered literati at the Irish Times, who have for long purveyed ethical attachment to transparency at all significant institutions. This character trait, worn on most of the senior hacks’ sleeves, was especially evident during the recent turmoil that engulfed RTÉ when the moralising from Tara… Read more »

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Nóirín Hegarty Andrew Cody

PROFILE: NÓIRÍN HEGARTY

Date: October 5, 2023 - Pillars of Society

THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Nóirín Hegarty is stepping down as Ireland editor of the Times and Sunday Times Ireland after less than two years in the job is not entirely unexpected. Back in October 2021, Hegarty reacted to her appointment by saying that she was “delighted” to get the opportunity at a “very interesting time in… Read more »

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Becky Kealy

YOUNG BLOOD: BECKY KEALY

Date: October 5, 2023 - The Young Bloods

SMALLER PARTIES can be easily crushed by the juggernauts of the major political players but, with the possibilities of government formation so finely balanced, parties such as Aontú are hoping that a breakthrough by Becky Kealy in Cork North West along with sitting TD Peadar… Read more »

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McGRATH TAKES LEAD FROM TRUSS

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

MICHAEL McGRATH and Liz Truss are not obvious political bed-fellows but the finance minister appears determined to announce similarly discredited policies of cutting income taxes as those championed by the failed British premier. If the various kite-flying leaks to newspapers are to be believed, Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath, egged on by Fine Gael ministers, is… Read more »

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James Reynolds

FIGHTING TALK

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE PHENOMENON of members of the Travelling community recording ‘call out’ videos – where they challenge others due to perceived slights, previous confrontations or family feuds – which are then posted online has become very common in recent years. In the last fortnight it appears that the far-right leaders of the National Party from Longford… Read more »

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Dana

DANA’S LENGTHY LEGAL SAGA

Date: October 5, 2023 - Fit to Print?

THE LENGTHY legal journey that Dana – the singer and former MEP and presidential candidate, aka Rosemary Scallon – has embarked on over defamatory media reports regarding her brother John Brown’s prosecution on child abuse charges (he was cleared of all such charges) is close to and end. But there are one or two scores… Read more »

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John Teeling

JOHN TEELING’S NEW ADVISORS

Date: October 5, 2023 - Briefcases

JOHN TEELING has been delivering some premium quality profits from his whiskey endeavours for the last two decades but the performance of some of his other companies has been closer to cheap lager. Take Petrel Resources, for example, which delivered a small loss of €164,000 in the six months to end of June this year,… Read more »

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Ronan McNally

RONAN McNALLY’S TIPS

Date: October 5, 2023 - Sport of Kings

WHILE HE may have begun serving an eight-year ban from training, Ronan McNally is obviously keen to maintain an involvement in the sport by setting up a tipping service. Having landed a number of carefully planned gambles over the years, something that ultimately lead to his downfall, McNally has taken to social media to announce… Read more »

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Michael McDowell

ADMIRAL McDOWELL CLAMBERS ABOARD

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ESCALATION of a planning row over an Athlone marina, which began in 2012, has moved from Westmeath County Council to the District Court, Waterways Ireland (WI), the Oireachtas joint committee on public petitions and, lately, the High Court. Now one of the parties, marina owner Michael Barrett, has pressed the nuclear button and hired… Read more »

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Pat McDonagh

SUPERPAT’S BIG SCREEN

Date: October 5, 2023 - Briefcases

THE EFFORTS of Pat ‘Supermac’s’ McDonagh to bring a bit of New York’s Times Square to Galway’s Eyre Square have fallen flat again. SuperPat has been trying for some time to get permission for a giant video screen mounted on the façade of his restaurant on the famous Galway square. The glitzy video screen measures… Read more »

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VOL 41 NO 20

Date: October 5, 2023 -

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Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

ZOMBIE CHANTS

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LATE Dolores O’Riordan is an unlikely icon for Irish rugby fans outside her native Limerick. But needs must in the face of Ooh Ah…, ‘The Fields of Athenry’ and ‘Sean South of Garryowen’. Thus, the recent enthusiasm by some media for the song ‘Zombie’… Read more »

Brian O'Gallachoir

IRELAND CLIMATE LAGGARDS — OR NOT?

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

Later this month, a case taken by six Portuguese youths will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The case claims that 32 named states (including Ireland) need to radically ramp up their climate ambition in order to protect the fundamental human rights of today’s young people. Ireland has submitted… Read more »

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Niall Cussen

CUSSEN’S CUSSED CRITICS

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

ONE OF the big beasts in the permanent government, Niall Cussen – his last civil service gig was as chief planning officer in the Department of Housing and Planning when he served minister Alan ‘AK47’ Kelly, among others – was made planning regulator in 2019. Cussen will not have expected the recent resurrection of a… Read more »

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Malachy Steenson

FAR RIGHT DÁIL TANTRUM

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

The far-right activists who attended the recent Call to the Dáil protest outside Leinster House were an eclectic bunch. While there were National Party, Irish Freedom Party and Ireland First activists in attendance, most of the 150 or so protestors showed no sign of party… Read more »

John McKeague

MI5’S SERIAL KILLER

Date: October 5, 2023 - Affairs of the Nation

THE PHOENIX reported last May that the BBC was refusing to broadcast The Lost Boys, which has become the documentary du jour, because it linked the disappearance of five boys in Belfast to a paedophile ring employed by MI5 (see edition 6/5/23). A lucky few… Read more »

Matt Carthy Repmus

IRELAND’S DISCREET NATO INVOLVEMENT

Date: October 5, 2023 - Hush Hush

REPMUS IS an annual Nato exercise that takes place in Portugal’s Troia Bay. While there have been many congratulatory media reports about the Irish Naval Service’s recent involvement in the impounding of a cargo ship carry 2.2 tonnes of cocaine, there has been no mention… Read more »

Joe Brolly

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 5, 2023 - The Hot Air Brigade

Like Donald Trump, Mickey is entirely transactional. Joe Brolly on Mickey Joe Harte, Sunday Independent They’re basically the Jedi Knights of the army, really. Independent TD Cathal Berry on the Army Ranger wing operation on MV Matthew, Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1, submitted by reader She makes a Love Island-esque surprise entrance in the first… Read more »

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Simon Coveney Data Centres

DATA CENTRES SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Date: October 5, 2023 - Fowl Emissions

Simon Coveney is the latest big hitter in the data centre PR crusade. He is the keynote speaker at DataCentres Ireland conference in the RDS next month and Goldhawk feels sure he’ll be excellently briefed with industry talking points that portray a sector selflessly innovating Ireland towards sustainable prosperity. We’ve heard about data centres heating… Read more »

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Keir Starmer Northern Ireland Troubles Act

THE TORIES’ LEGACY

Date: October 5, 2023 - Northwind

Leo Varadkar says relations with Britain have improved in the last year. What he didn’t say was that is because of the departure of former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, which set a pretty low bar for improvement. Serious strains remain on a… Read more »

Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin Government

SHINNERS AT THE GATE

Date: October 5, 2023 - Last Refuge

THE FIRST line of defence from the Government and its Greek chorus in the media against the increasing likelihood of Sinn Féin coming to power is that the combined poll rating of the Government parties is still greater than that of SF. The second is… Read more »

Gerard Howlin

‘IRISH TIMES’ AND MICHEÁL MARTIN

Date: October 5, 2023 - Last Refuge

THE IRISH TIMES appears to have offered itself as a surrogate platform for internal political and leadership debate in Fianna Fáil given the absence of same inside the once Republican Party. The muttering inside FF for a long time – although not in the presence… Read more »

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TÁNAISTE’S LONG WAR

Date: October 5, 2023 - Last Refuge

THE WESTERN-NATO pact driving the Ukraine war with Russia has long been seen as primarily an American initiative. But cracks are appearing in this western front, with signs of weariness in not only the US but also some European countries. Thus, Tánaiste Micheál Martin was… Read more »

Michael Taft

POLEMIC ON CHILDCARE PROVIDERS’ ‘STRIKE’

Date: October 5, 2023 - Last Refuge

LONG-TIME socialist, union activist and Siptu researcher Michael Taft can hardly be accused of being soft on the ‘right-of-centre’ FFG-led Government. So given the recent ‘strike’ of some childcare providers demanding extra Government subsidies, Taft’s attack on their rising “profits, dividends and directors’ remunerations” is… Read more »

Martin Kenny

GARDAÍ ACCUSED OF PRIVACY BREACH

Date: October 5, 2023 - Fit to Print?

AN INTRIGUING case that Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny is taking against not only Mediahuis title the Irish Independent but also An Garda Síochána is one for breach of privacy, not defamation. This is intriguing because it is the gardaí as much as the media that is in the firing line – not for the… Read more »

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“PARTITIONIST” ALISON

Date: October 5, 2023 - Fit to Print?

What an unusual angle Alison O’Connor deployed in defending beleaguered Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in her Sunday Times column last weekend headlined, “Garda commissioner Harris’s biggest crime? Being a Protestant”. According to Alison O’Connor, “there is no way there would have been a vote of no confidence in him”, let alone 99% majority support for… Read more »

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