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David Horgan

CLONTARF ENERGY’S LITHIUM LONG SHOT

Date: October 17, 2024 - Moneybags

IT IS still not clear why John Teeling stood down as executive chairman of Clontarf Energy three years ago. It may be that he hadn’t got the appetite for drilling offshore Western Australia that the current CEO, David Horgan, clearly had. Today, the expensive Australian project has failed to deliver although it remains on life support,… Read more »

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Kevin Dundon

KEVIN DUNDON’S NEW RECIPE

Date: October 17, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

SO-CALLED ‘celebrity chef’ Kevin Dundon was rather modest during one of his (very) frequent media appearances recently, telling the Irish Examiner that his hotel was “treading water”. In reality, unlike many operators in the hospitality sector, Kev has very little to be concerned about. “We’re paying all our bills and we’re paying all our staff… Read more »

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Michael McElligott

DAWSON STREET DETOUR

Date: October 17, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

A COMPANY that had planned to completely redevelop the high-profile Dawson Hotel on Dublin’s Dawson Street is now going into liquidation. In 2022, the firm – backed by big guns such as Michael McElligott’s Tetrarch Capital – abandoned its plans (dating back to 2017) to develop a new hotel. McElligott et al incorporated Miro Hotels… Read more »

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Micheal Martin Senan Molony

IAN BAILEY: J’ACCUSE!

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MOST startling aspect of the efforts of crime correspondent Senan Molony to posthumously convict Ian Bailey of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in his book, Sophie: The final verdict, has been the intervention of Tánaiste Micheál Martin. The Fianna Fáil leader made a point of not merely praising the book’s verdict but… Read more »

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Michael Mulcahy

PROFILE: MICHAEL MULCAHY

Date: October 3, 2024 - Pillars of Society

AS A man with fingers in an extraordinary number of pies, the debonair Michael Mulcahy seems to have developed a winning strategy when it comes to one strand of his multi-pronged business. The canny Cork-based entrepreneur hosts myriad award ceremonies through his various media brands and they appear to be a great way of getting… Read more »

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Miranda Bauer

YOUNG BLOOD: MIRANDA BAUER

Date: October 3, 2024 - The Young Bloods

UCD STUDENTS’ UNION (UCDSU) president Miranda Bauer is facing an uphill battle as she begins her one-year term. The union is having an identity crisis, currently split between socialist-leaning political activists or an organisation that fights for student issues. With the way the Argentinian-born president has begun this year, the latter seems to be the… Read more »

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Martyn Turner’s cartoon

MARTYN TURNER’S YELLOW STAR

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT WERE Irish Times cartoonist Martyn Turner and editor Ruadhán Mac Cormaic thinking with the recent publication of a cartoon depicting an armed Israeli soldier with what looks like a yellow star exploding in the handset of a Lebanese person? A Dr Ed Abrahamson wrote from London to accuse the newspaper of portraying the Israeli… Read more »

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Hermann Kelly IFP

MORE SPLITS ON THE RIGHT

Date: October 3, 2024 - Hush Hush

THE IMPROVING performance of the Alternative for Germany and the Austrian Freedom Party in local elections illustrates the political potential for right-wing populist parties in Europe. But the right-wing organisations emerging in Ireland have shown a distinct incoherence of ideology. With 15 years of experience working in the European Parliament, Hermann Kelly of the Irish… Read more »

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BROWN-NOSING MICK SMURFIT

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to see business hack Tom Lyons of The Currency legging it over to sunny Monaco for a love-in with Mick Smurfit last month. The excuse was the fifth anniversary of the media business Lyons founded with Ian Kehoe but Tom has always had a soft spot for Sir Mick. The journo… Read more »

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Emma Blain Kate O'Connell

KATE NEGOTIATES ELECTORAL RETURN

Date: October 3, 2024 - Last Refuge

THE ASCENSION of Simon Harris to the Taoiseach’s job and leader of Fine Gael was supposed to mean that one of his most ardent supporters, former TD Kate O’Connell, would be imposed on the party’s Dublin Bay South (DBS) general election ticket alongside current Dublin lord mayor, James Geoghegan. However, protracted negotiations at national leadership… Read more »

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John Nagle

JOHN NAGLE BOUNCES BACK

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS TO former bankrupt John ‘Payzone’ Nagle, who hasn’t let the dreaded taxman cramp his style too much. Nagle was one of the poster boys of the boom times until his Alphyra (later Payzone) got disconnected by the crash and the investors all ended up screwed. Nagle’s own interest had been valued at over €100m…. Read more »

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James Bridgeman

FEAR AND LOATHING AT GLENCREE

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with the carry-on in Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, where peace-building has been noticeably absent in recent times (see The Phoenix 23/3/24). The worthy conflict resolution charity has witnessed a remarkable level of turnover on the board as a result of a complete breakdown… Read more »

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VOL 42 NO 20

Date: October 3, 2024 -

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Paul Anderson Killead on Shrewsbury Road

PAUL ANDERSON’S €20M HOUSES

Date: October 3, 2024 - High Society

FANCY DUBLIN 4 houses coming on the market with seven-figure price tags barely raise an eyebrow these days but this is not the case when there are eight-figures involved. Hence, there has been a lot of chatter since Lisney Sotheby’s International launched a pair of adjoining properties in the heart of Ballsbridge last month. The… Read more »

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Robert Armstrong

IRISH ‘DIPLOMACY’

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

A RECENT Irish Times article about the Spycatcher court case in Australia, which so embarrassed British cabinet secretary Robert Armstrong in 1986, was the pretext of a generous letter to the newspaper by former Irish diplomats Sean Donlon, Noel Dorr and Michael Lillis. Being the three surviving members of the team that negotiated the Anglo-Irish… Read more »

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MEDIA BUDGETARY ECHO CHAMBERS

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

Hats off to the Government handlers who secured fawning coverage of the budget long before Jack Chambers uttered a word last Tuesday. The media fanfare has been like no other. Just over a week out and all matters budgetary were already at a boil. The daily Indo splashed with the fervid plans of Fianna Fáil… Read more »

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Pete Wedderburn XL Bully

BARKING MAD!

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH THE ban on importing, selling and rehoming XL bully type dogs kicking in this week, the level of protest from the various lobby groups reached a crescendo, with familiar names like celebrity vet Peter ‘Pete the Vet’ Wedderburn and assorted charities maintaining the ‘deed not breed’ mantra to the end. The question now is… Read more »

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Colin Wallace

DUBLIN-MONAGHAN BOMB FILES MISSING

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

FORMER BRITISH ARMY officer Colin Wallace worked as a psychological operations officer at the army’s HQ in Lisburn in the 1970s. He rubbed shoulders with MI5, MI6 and military intelligence officers on a daily basis. He became privy to many unpleasant secrets. Shortly after the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, he learned the names of nine of the… Read more »

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Declan Power New Direction

DECLAN POWER’S LEGITIMATE TARGETS

Date: October 3, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

DESPITE Ireland’s new right recent poor performance at local and European elections, these movements remain a potent force on the streets and online. Also, in contrast to the failures at the ballot box, Ireland’s new right has made significant progress in developing a network of intellectuals to frame the discourse and activities of this milieu…. Read more »

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Sean O'Rourke

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 3, 2024 - The Hot Air Brigade

I would have been better off earnings and pension-wise if I had gone into the civil service. I’m doing OK but I think I would have a much bigger pension now if I was in the civil service. Sean O’Rourke’s regrets, Sunday Independent Life Magazine The menswear has developed into a foundation for the Irish… Read more »

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Simon Harris Agri Lobby

FARM MEDIA PR FANTASIES

Date: October 3, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

Behind the media and marketing façade of Irish agriculture being all about traditional family farming that is uniquely clean, green and sustainable, there lies a dense web of vested interests colluding to sell this fantasy. At the centre of the labyrinth is the powerful agribusiness sector, comprising billion-euro PLCs whose sole interest is in maximising… Read more »

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Climate Disinformation Coillte Climate Action EU Livestock NDC Claude Etchelamendy Ed Brophy Richard Boyd-Barrett Kish Dale Crammond Frank Mitloehner Shell Greenwashing Meta Data Centres Ireland

PARKED!

Date: October 3, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

Months of bitter opposition by city centre business interests, backed by Ibec and junior FG minister Emer Higgins, to extremely modest proposals to reduce private car numbers driving through the city narrowly failed to have the plan cancelled, amid apocalyptic warnings on what would happen as a result. In the few weeks since it was… Read more »

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Paul Givan Michelle O'Neill

NORTH HARMONY?

Date: October 3, 2024 - Northwind

The north’s first minister, Michelle O’Neill, gave the Sinn Féin ard fheis a glowing report on the Stormont executive. She said the four executive parties were “working together with a unity of purpose and we are determined to deliver good public services, good governance, economic growth and strong communities that we all depend on”. It’s… Read more »

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Micheal Martin New Ireland

VARADKAR OUT TO EMBARRASS MARTIN

Date: October 3, 2024 - Last Refuge

FORMER TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar’s call for all political parties to declare during the general election that a united Ireland is an “objective, not an aspiration”, and for them to back the creation of a New Ireland forum to plan for Irish unity was assumed by some to be an indirect effort by Fine Gael to… Read more »

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MARY LOU’S BACK YARD

Date: October 3, 2024 - Last Refuge

IF MARY Lou McDonald’s presidential speech sounded a bit flat, it is because she had to search hard-to-find, dramatic attack points against the Government given the daily stream of ‘good news’ budget leaks before, during and after the Sinn Féin ard fheis. Now it’s back to basics of a different sort as she squares up… Read more »

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Billy O'Shea Tommy Griffin

ENRIGHT QUELLS KERRY REVOLT

Date: October 3, 2024 - Last Refuge

GOLDHAWK WROTE last August how Fine Gael members in Kerry and in Dublin HQ were in disarray over how to replace former minister Brendan Griffin at the general election given the absence of a convincing candidate. At one point Griffin came up with the whizz idea of running his cousin, councillor Tommy Griffin, for the… Read more »

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Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: October 3, 2024 - Bog Cuttings

POST-MATCH INSULTS A Cork man, who insulted gardaí after drinking too much while watching a football match, appeared before Cork District Court charged with a public order offence. Sergeant Dave Delea told the court that, in the early hours of July 7, officers encountered the defendant, David Daly of 45 Shournagh Grove, Deanrock, Togher, in… Read more »

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Martina Moloney Heritage Council

HERITAGE COUNCIL’S CHEAP SEATS

Date: October 3, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

HOUSING AND heritage minister Darragh O’Brien has sought expressions of interest in two vacancies on the Kilkenny-headquartered Heritage Council as a result of the early exit of the chatelaine of Castle Leslie, Sammy Leslie, and John Patrick Greene, the recently retired director of the EPIC Irish emigration museum. Chaired by former Louth and Galway county… Read more »

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PAY DAY!

Date: October 3, 2024 - Behind the Scenes

THOSE UNFAMILIAR with Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde’s Tailored Films will be interested to know that “the company’s vision is to be renowned for creating edgy film and TV content, which is underpinned by a strong societal message and engages audiences worldwide”. Presumably, the decision-makers at Coimisiún na Meán were impressed with the global ambitions… Read more »

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Joseph O'Brien

POOR FORM FOR RICH RACES

Date: October 3, 2024 - Sport of Kings

ONLY 14 went to post last weekend for Europe’s most lucrative race for two-year-olds – the Goffs Million – which saw the Joseph O’Brien-trained Apples and Bananas narrowly defeat Antelope Canyon, trained by his dad, Aidan. The winner had to survive a stewards’ enquiry, when the Laurence McFerran-chaired panel enquired into possible interference inside the… Read more »

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Keith Watson

WATSON’S WOES

Date: October 3, 2024 - Sport of Kings

ARMAGH TRAINER Keith Watson and his son and assistant, Marshall, have questioned the reasoning behind the decision of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) to prevent their Springfield stable in Killylea running horses in class five and six handicaps in Britain. Although based in the north, the Keith Watson stable is licensed through Horse Racing Ireland… Read more »

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Derek Iceton

DEREK ICETON’S DISMOUNT

Date: October 3, 2024 - High Society

MINTED RACEHORSE owner/breeder Steve Parkin has effectively ended his interest in Ireland, following his break up with former adviser Joe Foley. A local player also exiting the market here is Derek Iceton of the venerable Tara Stud in Co Meath, which is currently for sale. Yorkshire moneybags Parkin recently dropped the asking price for his… Read more »

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HERITAGE TRUST SEATS

Date: October 3, 2024 - High Society

THE ESB announced a significant plan to develop a museum at 12 Fitzwilliam Street, adjacent to its expensive HQ, where it will partner with the Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) on the project. Throwing in their tuppenceworth will be any new directors that the IHT appoints on foot of it recent advert. The trust has a… Read more »

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Hugh McCullough

MINCON’S MYSTERIOUS REVERSAL OF FORTUNES

Date: October 3, 2024 - Moneybags

IT WAS quite the setback last year for the now 86-year-old founder of Mincon, Paddy Purcell, who saw his company suffer a serious reversal, one that has continued into 2024. In the first six months of this year, Mincon just broke even at the operating profit level but suffered a near €1m loss at the… Read more »

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Gene Murtagh Kingspan

POST-GRENFELL KINGSPAN’S PERFORMANCE LOOKING OMINOUS

Date: October 3, 2024 - Moneybags

IN THE immediate aftermath of last month’s Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase two report, Kingspan’s PR spinners were quick out of the blocks to advise: “The principal reason for the fire spread was PE ACM cladding, which was not made by Kingspan.” The Murray Consultants-drafted statement added: “Kingspan has long acknowledged the wholly unacceptable historic failings that… Read more »

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Senan Allen Cormac Lohan

CORMAC LOHAN’S VAT BILLS

Date: October 3, 2024 - The Hot Water Brigade

GOLDHAWK’S OLD friend, Athlone legal eagle Cormac Lohan, has suffered yet another setback, this time in the Court of Appeal courtesy of a ruling by Judge Senan Allen. Lohan, who practises as Lohan & Co Solicitors, had appealed a High Court ruling by Judge Garret Simons delivered a year ago that granted summary judgment for… Read more »

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