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Dana RTÉ Eurovision

RTÉ BOYCOTTS DANA

Date: September 8, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE CRASS behaviour by RTÉ in failing to invite Dana to participate in the RTÉ Concert Orchestra celebration of Eurovision is still confounding those concerned. Dana was the first and most celebrated Irish winner of the contest and her exclusion is bizarre. She is also, of course, the most political and – even worse in… Read more »

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Dan Veniez GRAEME DE RENZY

GRAEME DE RENZY’S $16M HEADACHE

Date: September 8, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to learn that his old friend, Graeme de Renzy, is in another spot of bother, this time on foot of a consent order he signed relating to a settlement for a cool $16m (€16.1m). This follows on foot of a deal with a Canadian businessman that involved the Castleknock-based former bankrupt… Read more »

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Ed Guiney

ED GUINEY’S MOVIE MARATHONS

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

IT MAY have come as something of a surprise that the biggest movie hit of the season by far, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick, opened at the two ‘arthouse’ cinemas (the Lighthouse in Dublin and Pálás in Galway) that are owned by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe’s Element Pictures. Both of these venues benefited from… Read more »

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Paddock Wood Brendan McCabe House

BRENDAN McCABE’S PRICEY PADDOCK

Date: September 8, 2022 - High Society

THE LATEST ‘super-prime’ property to come on the market is the impressive Paddock Wood pile on Killiney Hill Road, famously formerly owned by the hapless one-time bankrupt telecoms whizz John ‘Payzone’ Nagle and his missus, Joan Nagle. The current owners have a rather lower profile and it is unclear how much property and telecoms cable… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 18

Date: September 8, 2022 -

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KENNEL CLUB’S NEXT DOGFIGHT

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

FRIDAY NIGHT sees the latest monthly gathering of Irish Kennel Club (IKC) members, many of whom continue to fear a sale of the National Show Centre to moneybags Noel Smyth. It will, presumably, be more productive than last month’s meeting, when club president Sean Delmar got a pasting for refusing to circulate the minutes in… Read more »

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Boris Johnson

MI6 FIGHT BORIS RETURN

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

BORIS JOHNSON ended his premiership with a campaign for his political rehabilitation and return via a ‘farewell tour’, showcasing his achievements to the Tory faithful. Does he hope for a mere return to the Cabinet or to reoccupy his apartment at Number 10 before Liz Truss has a chance to redecorate it? His enemies are… Read more »

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Ruadhan Mac Cormaic Irish Times New Editor

‘IRISH TIMES’ EDITORIAL CONTEST

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE RACE to become the new editor at the Irish Times will be more complex, political even, than normal with the ascendancy of the commercial side of the house – a privilege it normally enjoys – being challenged by a felt need to solve a cultural malaise at the newspaper. Editorial staff tend to assume… Read more »

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SIMON COVENEY’S TRAINING MISSION

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK BOWS to the military genius and alacrity displayed by defence personnel recently when the question of Irish involvement in an EU training mission was leaked to the Irish Times. The war in Ukraine has provided ample opportunity for Deaprtment of Defence hawks to place Ireland’s long-standing neutrality under scrutiny. On August 26 the IT… Read more »

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Simon Coveney Ireland Nato

FACTS ON THE GROUND

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

AS PHOENIX readers will know, Ireland’s co-operation with Nato has deepened in recent years. The Defence Forces involvement in Nato’s operational capability concept (OCC) since 2016 is possibly the most important aspect of such increased co-operation. The OCC’s aim is to “develop and train partner land, maritime, air or special operations forces that seek to… Read more »

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Kevin McPartlan Ireland Biofuels

ZERO CRED

Date: September 8, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

As the climate crisis deepens, it is heartening to see corporate Ireland respond to the emergency. Take the new group, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH), which is proposing to “transform Ireland’s heating sector” through the use of ‘biofuels’. This transformation involves promoting mysterious substances known as “low carbon liquid fuels”. These appear to… Read more »

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Caitriona Heini Irish Arms Industry

IRISH MILITARY INDUSTRIAL PLAN?

Date: September 8, 2022 - Hush Hush

ALONG WITH the huge increase in defence funding ‘agreed’ by the Government (a planned rise from €1.1bn to €1.9bn by 2028), there has been a significant push to develop an Irish arms industry. It is fascinating to track the circular reasoning concerning the agenda for our military establishment and the process of promoting an Irish… Read more »

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Fintan O'Toole

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: September 8, 2022 - The Hot Air Brigade

When my son was 2, I heard him mumbling to himself as he was going to sleep, ‘Mikhail Gorbachev’. It sounded like a promise that the world he would grow up in would be less fearful and more hopeful. Fintan O’Toole, Twitter, submitted by reader If I were RTÉ, I would probably regret losing that… Read more »

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Liz Truss DUP

TRUSS GRAPPLES WITH DUP

Date: September 8, 2022 - Northwind

ALL IS not going to plan between the DUP and the British government. To the surprise of no one in the North, the DUP is not co-operating with the Conservatives’ plans for dealing with the Irish Protocol. English politicians may not know the Ulster-Scots word ‘thran’ but they would be familiar with the American ‘ornery’,… Read more »

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Dara Calleary

CALLEARY BACK AT COURT

Date: September 8, 2022 - Last Refuge

THE UNASSUMING if still ambitious figure of ex-minister Dara Calleary can be seen stalking the corridors of power again, albeit as a mere junior minister. Some believe – or have been led to believe by the devious ones that surround Micheál Martin – that this is but a staging post on the way back to… Read more »

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Paschal Donohoe Finance

PASCHAL DONOHOE’S VIRTUE SIGNALLING

Date: September 8, 2022 - Last Refuge

BENEATH THE Blueshirts bonding bonhomie at their Kilkenny think-in this weekend, there will undoubtedly lurk some malicious thoughts and no small resentment at various leadership personalities.  Chief among these is finance minister Paschal Donohoe, whose heavy virtue-signalling as a prudent keeper of the nation’s wealth has not impressed all Fine Gael party members, TDs in… Read more »

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Emma Blain Leo Varadkar Constituency

LEO TO SWITCH CONSTITUENCY?

Date: September 8, 2022 - Last Refuge

SPECULATION SURROUNDS the personal intentions of Leo Varadkar at the next general election and in particular whether he will leave Dublin West for southside constituency Dublin Bay South (DBS). This is because the Fine Gael leader and Tánaiste now lives in the South Circular Road area with his partner, Matt Barrett, although some appear to… Read more »

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LYNN RUANE’S PARTY

Date: September 8, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE SUNDAY TIMES’ Atticus column recently published a sniffy piece about “Sinn Féin politician” Senator Lynn Ruane, who failed in her complaint to the Press Ombudsman over comments made about her by the pro-life Senator Sharon Keogan at the Oireachtas committee on international surrogacy. The Meath Chronicle had reported local politician Keogan’s accusation that Ruane… Read more »

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Eve Morrison

REVISIONIST FEUD

Date: September 8, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE FEUD between two media academics and politicos continues at TCD next week when historian Eve Morrison gives a lecture about the November 1920 Kilmichael ambush about which, she claims, Tom Barry invented a false surrender narrative. The late Peter Hart, author of The IRA and its Enemies, claimed this was a cover for “serial… Read more »

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Charlie McConalogue Irish Agricultural Emissions

POISONOUS DEBATE

Date: September 8, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

THE IRISH agricultural sector only recently signed up to challenging 25% cuts in overall emissions by 2030. Since the overwhelming bulk of these emissions come from ruminant livestock, you might assume the Government is supporting the industry in transitioning towards lower-carbon food systems. You would of course be wrong. Government campaigns are aimed at growing… Read more »

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DAMIEN O’REILLY’S EMISSIONS

Date: September 8, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

ALSO CONCERNED about the tenor of the agri debate is Damien O’Reilly, presenter of Countrywide on RTÉ and columnist with the Irish Farmers Journal, sponsor of his radio show. In Damo’s alternate world, frightened farmers are desperately trying “to correct the record on wild assumptions made by people on social media”. These dastardly (unnamed) environmentalists… Read more »

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PAMELA LAIRD’S MOXIE

Date: September 8, 2022 - High Society

PAMELA LAIRD, a former star of both the Irish version of Dragon’s Den and Alan Sugar’s version of The Apprentice, is rarely far from the headlines. For the last few years, La Laird has been the darling of the business hacks, who are happy to portray her as a hard-charging business titan in the making,… Read more »

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Patrick Guinness

PATRICK GUINNESS’S AQUACULTURE

Date: September 8, 2022 - High Society

INTERESTING TO see that an aquaculture company called A Harvest Industry Ltd (AHI) has gone into liquidation. AHI was incorporated in December 2016 and the most surprising player here turned out to be Patrick Guinness, who put in an 18-month stint on the board from 2017, joining Norway-based Jan Stykket and Bard Fredrik Fleischer. Among… Read more »

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Lydia McGuinness New RTÉ Drama

NORTH SEA CONNECTION – RTÉ ONE

Date: September 8, 2022 - ReviewsReviews|TV

FOR THOSE who think RTÉ’s drama output is a bit of a cod, it’s perhaps fitting that the national broadcaster’s new Sunday night series is a fishing thriller. Set in an isolated community cut off from modernity, North Sea Connection centres on fisherwoman Ciara Kenny… Read more »

SCENES Pride 2022 IDGTF

MARTIN’S TIMELY GRANT

Date: September 8, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

IT TURNS out that the arts department was particularly eager to support Brian Merriman’s International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (IDGTF) after the Arts Council (AC) pulled the plug. The timing was particularly good. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 3/6/22) that the Merrion Square mafia cut funding for the IDGTF, earning a strong rebuke… Read more »

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Michael Grassick Ryan McElligott IRTA

RYAN McELLIGOTT’S NEW JOB?

Date: September 8, 2022 - Sport of Kings

AFTER 10 years as head of the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA), Michael Grassick is set to dismount. Although there has been no official announcement yet, Goldhawk understands that Ryan McElligott, best known as a journalist with the Irish Field and Gordon Elliott’s race planner, will be taking over the IRTA role from the retiring… Read more »

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Ross Coakley

COAKLEY COMES A CROPPER

Date: September 8, 2022 - Sport of Kings

YOUNG IRISH jockey Ross Coakley’s career has been on an upward curve since he relocated to England last year but the rider’s momentum has been severely halted by a particularly harsh ban picked up when riding in Germany recently. Ross Coakley, who has ridden 44 winners in Britain this year – more than twice the… Read more »

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John Joseph Murphy Tony Hunt

MURPHY’S LAW

Date: September 8, 2022 - Sport of Kings

IT HAS been reported that Cork trainer John Joseph Murphy was recently fined €4,000 by the referrals committee of Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (chaired by Tony Hunt) after one of his horses, Ten Ten Twenty, tested positive for the prohibited substance Meloxicam following his win in a flat race at Cork on August 7 last… Read more »

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Kia Joorabchian Crispy Cat Horse

RYAN OUT OF AMO

Date: September 8, 2022 - Sport of Kings

IT HAS been an eventful week for Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing. The increasingly familiar ownership group, run by the UK-based football investor, has suffered from a case of second album syndrome on the track this year, notably at Royal Ascot, when Amo’s Michael O’Callaghan-trained Crispy Cat suffered significant interference when in with a chance in… Read more »

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David Horgan

CLONTARF ENERGY’S TINY VALUATION COULD PROVE TEMPTING

Date: September 8, 2022 - Moneybags

LAST MONTH there was bad news for shareholders in Clontarf Energy. The Australian gas well, Sasanof-1, in which the company has a 10% stake was drilled 100 miles offshore the west coast, targeting a huge identified seven trillion cubic feet enclosure. However, it proved a dud and the well was plugged and abandoned. Unsurprisingly, this… Read more »

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Colin Hunt

COLIN HUNT V FRANCESCA MCDONAGH

Date: September 8, 2022 - Moneybags

AT AIB, Colin Hunt reversed his attempt to withdraw cash facilities from 70 branches nationwide after getting a right hammering from commentators and politicians. The fallout may have surprised him, given that over at Bank of Ireland Francesca McDonagh has been rather more aggressive in her tactics, but faced a significantly smaller backlash after, for… Read more »

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John Malone Powerscourt Hotel

POWERSCOURT POWER PLAY

Date: September 8, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE BATTLE of the super-rich landowners of Wicklow over staff quarters on the grounds of American billionaire John Malone’s Powerscourt Hotel has now escalated to An Bord Pleanála, which will decide on a contentious issue between the Slazenger family and the Yank and his partners. Interestingly, the planning consultant is playing a starring role here. The… Read more »

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DUBLIN PARNELLS’ OWN GOAL

Date: September 8, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

LOOKS LIKE the long-established Parnells GAA club in Coolock, D5, might have scored an own goal following a costly lawsuit. Certainly, someone took their eye off the ball to allow recruitment firm Barry M Whelan to slip in and register a near €20,000 judgment against… Read more »

Jim McGettigan Ukraine Hotel Contracts

RODERIC O’GORMAN’S WAR EFFORT

Date: September 8, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p3) Goldhawk examines the awarding of contracts to accommodation providers, particularly hotel owners in relation to the arrival here of 50,000 refugees from Ukraine. There have been plenty of businesses stepping up to do their part – and being well rewarded for the effort too. A list of the contracts… Read more »

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DEE FORBES’S PLEADINGS

Date: September 8, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

THE INTRO to RTÉ’s autumn season launch is familiar to perusers of press releases from assorted Irish film festivals, Screen Ireland, IFTA and film industry organisations: “This upcoming season from RTÉ celebrates Irish culture, creativity and Irish talent, with Irish drama, unique Irish stories, and… Read more »

Factory Girls

FACTORY GIRLS – MICHELLE GALLEN

Date: September 8, 2022 - Books|ReviewsReviews

THE CASTLEDERG author’s debut novel Big Girl, Small Town (2020) features a 27-year-old chip-shop worker trapped in a Co Tyrone backwater during the 1970s. It offers an ominously comic perspective on a life overshadowed by sectarian conflict. Michelle Gallen’s second book, Factory Girls, also explores the legacy of the Troubles but is rather less sure-footed…. Read more »

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