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Katy Brown

KATY BROWN’S ALL-CLEAR

Date: October 31, 2024 - Sport of Kings

THE BOWLER Hats of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) were kept busy last month. Along with backtracking on the high-profile Shark Hanlon horse carcass case, they concluded the investigation into their unsatisfying handling of an “adverse analytical finding” in relation to the Katy Brown-trained Petrol Head. As the outcome has resulted in the release… Read more »

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ERIC McNAMARA’S GOOD BUY

Date: October 31, 2024 - Sport of Kings

HAVING SADDLED five winners at September’s Listowel Harvest Festival, Rathkeale trainer Eric McNamara continued his recent hot streak when saddling Real Steel to a front-running success in Limerick’s BoyleSports JT McNamara Munster National. The now 11-year-old was a dual Grade 2 winner in 2020 for Willie Mullins before joining the Somerset yard of Paul Nicholls,… Read more »

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SLOWLY DOES IT AT ABBBEYLEIX HOUSE

Date: October 31, 2024 - High Society

IT WAS reported recently that John and Patrick Collison purchased a nice pile on Ailesbury Road, D4, which is now being given as the address of the boys’ parents, Denis and Lily Collison. That property has been registered in the name of a Delaware-registered entity called Fair City LLC. The two billionaire brothers tend to… Read more »

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Alias Tom

ALIAS TOM’S FASHION STATEMENT

Date: October 31, 2024 - High Society

THE PROPOSED High Court winding up of Alias Tom Ltd – the company behind the eponymous high-end men’s fashion retailer off Dublin’s Grafton Street – does not have the support of founder Tom Kennedy but, given that he holds just 10% of the shares, this is not a factor. The 90% controlling stake here is… Read more »

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Eamonn Crowley

PTSB STILL FAILING TO CHALLENGE PILLAR BANKS

Date: October 31, 2024 - Moneybags

THE RECENT half-year figures for Permanent TSB (PTSB) reveal that annualised earnings for 2024 are around 15c, which leaves these shares on a prospective price/earnings multiple of 11. Although this is nothing to write home about, it is hard to see how CEO Eamonn Crowley can drive the bank forward given his clearly conservative streak,… Read more »

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Seamus Keating

FD TECHNOLOGIES NOW A PALE SHADOW OF FORMER SELF

Date: October 31, 2024 - Moneybags

THIS MONTH’S £230m sell-off of the original core derivatives activity of FD Technologies group – founded by the impressive Brian Conlon, who died in 2019 – really does mark the end of an era. What is unclear at this stage is how the slimmed-down entity will perform and whether it can generate sufficient growth in… Read more »

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Deirdre Veldon

DEIRDRE VELDON’S SMOOTH RIDE

Date: October 31, 2024 - Briefcases

READERS OF The Currency online business publication were treated to yet another gushing interview with a publishing figurehead at an acquisitive media group last week, this time in the form of Deirdre Veldon, group managing director of the Irish Times. The interview by Alice Chambers was predictably effusive in its treatment of Veldon, who comes… Read more »

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Keith McDonnell

KEITH MCDONNELL’S BIKE CRASH

Date: October 31, 2024 - Briefcases

IT WAS something of a surprise to see a creditors’ meeting called for next week for an outfit called The Lazy Bike Tour Company Ltd. Currently in the saddle here is tourism entrepreneur Keith McDonnell, who these days is most closely associated with the successful Irish Whiskey Museum opposite Trinity College. The Lazy Bike Tour… Read more »

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DUNNES STORES STATS

Date: October 31, 2024 - Briefcases

THERE WAS much interest in the Sindo’s exclusive last weekend on the contents of the will of Frank Dunne, brother of Margaret Heffernan and the late Ben Dunne, who died in 2022 and left an estate valued at €267m. He was the biggest single shareholder in the sprawling Dunne Stores retail group, where the controlling… Read more »

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BAD ATTITUDE

Date: October 31, 2024 - Briefcases

THE DREADED taxman has tracked down a company that was set up in Cork to develop and distribute pet GPS systems. Back in 2015 Rochestown-based Chinese national Songtao Dai founded Attitude Technologies, primarily to offer “high-quality innovative and moderately-priced intelligent smart collars” for customers’ dogs and cats in order to give them “a deep understanding… Read more »

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Michelle O'Neill

SINN FÉIN’S WOES

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

Mary Lou McDonald is fire-fighting on several fronts: north and south, in the media, the Dáil and the Stormont assembly. But the real battle is in the south. In the north, the fall out from the Michael McMonagle affair still continues. The committee that scrutinises the Executive Office is demanding answers from first minister Michelle… Read more »

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Phil Hogan

PROFILE: PHIL HOGAN

Date: October 17, 2024 - Pillars of Society

HE’S BACK. The most driven politician in Ireland – former EU commissioner Phil Hogan – has returned from Brussels to a crucial, albeit backstage role in Irish politics. This, after taking and losing a top-level EU commissioner’s post, which started in 2014 and ended in 2020 as a casualty of Golfgate and Ursula von der… Read more »

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Shane Moynihan

YOUNG BLOOD: SHANE MOYNIHAN

Date: October 17, 2024 - The Young Bloods

WITH FIANNA Fáil still hovering on a disappointing 15% poll rating in Dublin, the party is desperate to find extra seats and is placing big hopes on Palmerstown councillor Shane Moynihan to spearhead an FF revival in the capital and take a seat in Dublin Mid-West. FF’s John Curran once held a seat here but… Read more »

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Sue Gray

A SPOOK NAMED SUE

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

AS GOLDHAWK commented recently, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recently deposed chief of staff (C/S), the spooky Sue Gray, had become a target for a variety of top Whitehall mandarins as well as jealous Labour Party staffers, some ministers and disappointed MPs who had not become ministers (see The Phoenix 23/8/24). On top of all… Read more »

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Mick Smurfit

IN PRAISE OF SIR MICK

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

MICK SMURFIT must have been delighted with David Whelan’s gushing Succession documentary on him for RTÉ last week. Goldhawk was disappointed that it missed out on Sir Mick KBE’s most impressive achievements. Many viewers may have been scratching their heads as to why RTÉ was devoting an hour of airtime and precious taxpayers’ resources to… Read more »

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MULCAHY’S FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

Date: October 17, 2024 - Briefcases

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with Cork businessman extraordinaire Michael Mulcahy, who has quite the talent for organising awards ceremonies and hanging out with celebs and politicians (see The Phoenix 4/10/24). One politician who turns out to be a great supporter of Mulcahy is cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Jerry Buttimer. Mulcahy has been involved… Read more »

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Ivana Bacik

KATE O’CONNELL’S INDEPENDENT GAMBLE

Date: October 17, 2024 - Last Refuge

FINE GAEL handlers are being stingy with the truth when they claim that Kate O’Connell was not asked to run for the party at the upcoming general election in Dublin Bay South (DBS). As Goldhawk reported (see edition 4/10/24), O’Connell was in and out of the party’s Mount Street HQ in recent weeks and it… Read more »

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Tham Nguyen

THAMMY NGUYEN’S WORKOUT

Date: October 17, 2024 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED last week that a company with the innocuous name of CFBD Ltd has gone into liquidation on foot of its liabilities. This turns out to have been the entity behind the CrossFit gym business in Baldoyle, Co Dublin, operated by Tham ‘Thammy’ Nguyen and her hubby, Mark Gough. The irrepressible Nguyen – who… Read more »

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Vincent Crowley

VINCENT CROWLEY’S COMFY PILE

Date: October 17, 2024 - High Society

ONE OF the more impressive properties to come on the market in recent weeks is a 3,700 sq ft redbrick Crampton-built pile on leafy Herbert Park in the heart of Dublin 4. Not surprisingly, the asking price is at the upper end of the range, coming in at a chunky €4.25m. The owner here turns… Read more »

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Rossa Fanning

INFALLIBLE ATTORNEY GENERALS

Date: October 17, 2024 - Last Refuge

GOLDHAWK IS not one bit surprised at former foreign minister Simon Coveney’s complaint about a “lack of balanced debate” regarding the Middle East conflict and that it was “driven by emotion”. The mature, statesmanlike Coveney appears to be concerned at the unbalanced reaction of emotional… Read more »

VOL 42 NO 21

Date: October 17, 2024 -

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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

ZUZANA’S ZATISFACTION

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS TO Co Waterford developer Shane Houlihan and his American wife, Zuzana Ratajova (previously a senior finance executive at the giant Turner Entertainment group and vice-president at CNN). They have just recorded a satisfaction of the hefty $438,000 judgment that was registered against them in 2022, courtesy of David Purcell and Margaret Halley, then with… Read more »

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Jim Browne

JIM BROWNE’S HEALTH CHECK

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

CHILDREN’S HEALTH Ireland (CHI) – the outfit that runs the paediatric hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght – is also closely connected to the development of the controversial €2bn new National Children’s Hospital (NCH). As a result, any applicants for the two vacancies that have just arisen on the board should be prepared for… Read more »

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Eoin Drea

DREARY EU RHETORIC

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

EOIN DREA wrote in Politico.ie last May that, despite the Ukraine war, “there’s one [EU] member country that won’t be helping to defend Europe any time soon. That country is Ireland.” He concluded his article saying: “Two things are certain: Ukraine will keep fighting; Ireland will keep freeloading.” A fortnight ago, again in Politico.ie, Dreary… Read more »

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EAMON MARRAY’S SILK ROAD

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

CONGRATULATIONS TO commercial barrister Eamon Marray, who got the thumbs-up earlier this month to ‘take silk’, joining the ranks of the handsomely remunerated senior counsel who populate the Law Library. He had made quite the impact back during the pandemic. There were fun and games in the Dublin County Registrar’s court in 2022 when Marray,… Read more »

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Jeroen Proos

HUMAN + UNKIND

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

VISITORS TO the website for the vegan, cruelty-free cosmetics brand Human + Kind might not notice a single sentence at the end of the home page that refers to the copyright being held by “Zeon Healthcare, trading as Human + Kind”. This follows on foot of the quiet winding up of Human + Kind Ltd… Read more »

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Margaret Thatcher

THATCHER’S IRON PRINCIPLES

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

IN THE last edition of The Phoenix, Goldhawk reported how three former Irish diplomats had rallied to defend the reputation of the late Robert Armstrong, Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet secretary. And last week’s BBC special on the Brighton bomb underlined what an obdurate and even principled politician the ‘Iron Lady’ was when it came to the… Read more »

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Kenny Smith

IRISH ‘ACTIVE CLUBS’

Date: October 17, 2024 - Affairs of the Nation

Last October The Phoenix (see edition 20/10/23) detailed the activities of Comhaltas na nGaedheal (CnG), which is a local manifestation of the global network of right-wing combat sports groups or ‘active clubs’ that have developed throughout the US and Europe in recent years. With over 100 active clubs worldwide, it is notable the close links… Read more »

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Helen McEntee

‘FUTURE TERRORISTS’ ALERT

Date: October 17, 2024 - Hush Hush

EU authorities have recently reached agreement on when a person should be regarded as a “potential terrorist” or as a “violent extremist threat”. Member states are being encouraged to enter data on these “potential terrorists” into European databases and information systems as, without any evidence, they claim there has been a significant rise in the… Read more »

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Paschal Donohoe

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 17, 2024 - The Hot Air Brigade

A budget that is not too hot and not too cold [is an] extremely rare economic achievement. Paschal Donohoe speaking at a Business Post/Davy event We know in the short term that this “digital fentanyl” (a phrase coined by Mike Pence) has eradicated intellectual discipline and compromised the ability of teenagers (not all, of course)… Read more »

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Steven Matthews

GREENS’ AN TAISCE PLANNING BILL

Date: October 17, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

“A shameful attack on [An Taisce’s] good work has been massively defeated.” So said Green TD Steven Matthews last week on X, celebrating the defeat of a vindictive bill that sought to remove An Taisce’s prescribed role as a statutory consultee in Ireland’s planning system. Matthews’ party colleague, Brian Leddin TD, explained that the bill sought… Read more »

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MATT COOPER’S HOT AIR

Date: October 17, 2024 - Fowl Emissions

One of the features of our post-truth, Trumpian world is the increasing confidence of some commentators to disregard science, logic and other boring stuff peddled by what one of George W Bush’s aides derisively called the “reality-based community”. Take Matt Cooper’s column in last Sunday’s Business Post. In one of the more disturbing comment pieces… Read more »

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Drew Harris

DUBLIN BOMBS: MORE DISCLOSURES

Date: October 17, 2024 - Northwind

When Drew Harris was appointed Garda commissioner in 2018, the public was assured that there was no conflict of interest between his new post and his former RUC/PSNI role. Harris had served as deputy chief constable of the PSNI and was deeply involved in RUC-MI5 liaison. Yet, a conflict arose over the greatest crime in… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

MARY LOU NOT NOW IN FIRING LINE

Date: October 17, 2024 - Last Refuge

MARY LOU McDONALD’S leadership is under enormous pressure, according to the media, which is more ferocious even than Government parties in its pursuit of Sinn Féin over TDs Brian Stanley and Patricia Ryan and northern press officer Michael McMonagle. But SF members have a different take on the issues and on those they hold responsible… Read more »

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Terry George

TERRY GEORGE’S PICKET PLOT

Date: October 17, 2024 - Last Refuge

THERE WAS consternation among Palestinian solidarity groups in Galway when famed film screenwriter and director Terry George ignored a picket placed on the G hotel, which hosted the World Conference of Screenwriters. The G is owned by Israeli billionaire David Fattal, whose hotel chain has hosted events in Jerusalem to support the Israeli Defence Forces…. Read more »

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Keir Starmer

BRIT SPIES TARGET RUSSIAN SPIES

Date: October 17, 2024 - Fit to Print?

THE SUNDAY TIMES has over-reached itself with that story about a Putin “agent in the Oireachtas”. Stories about the use of a honeytrap – “a striking looking female agent (used) to entertain the politician romantically”, as the recent ST story put it – and other James Bond-type fantasies provoked much hilarity. That the story became… Read more »

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