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Ivana Bacik

BACIK’S NO-SHOW ON COST-OF-LIVING PLATFORM

Date: October 6, 2022 - Last Refuge

A RARE left-wing unity manifest itself recently with Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, People Before Profit and left Independents as well as the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and others all participating in the Cost of Living Coalition (CLC) march against inflation. But the Labour Party’s aloof abstention from the coalition, the panel of speakers… Read more »

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Angela Scanlon

ANGELA SCANLON’S MANY HATS

Date: October 6, 2022 - High Society

WITH A new season of Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything returning to RTÉ, potential audience members have been asked to submit application forms. A question for the presenter might be, is there anything you think you can’t do. Angela Scanlon certainly has plenty of irons in the fire, including a jewellery business that she has… Read more »

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Geraldine Byrne Nason AIHS

MICHAEL D’S NEW YORK PALS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

TWO SIGNIFICANT twists in the ongoing saga of the attempt to sell off the prestigious American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) building in New York have created a dilemma for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Firstly, the death occurred of Kevin Cahill, the octogenarian tropical medicine specialist who has controlled the AIHS for decades and… Read more »

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Fionnan Sheahan Leo Varadkar Mediahuis

VARADKAR’S ‘BAD’ PRESS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Last Refuge

CLEARLY INTENT on hitting the ground running as he faces into his rightful place as taoiseach in two months’ time, Leo Varadkar must be concerned at the ongoing belligerence from Ireland editor of Mediahuis Fionnán Sheahan. Mediahuis publishes the Irish and Sunday Independent, the biggest-selling titles in the country, and Sheahan is effectively the group’s… Read more »

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John Collison

JOHN COLLISON’S PREDECESSORS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Briefcases

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by John Collison that millions of euro are to be lashed out upgrading the derelict Millbrook House next to his impressive Abbeyleix House marks the latest chapter in the story of the property that was controversially acquired by Laois County Council a couple of years ago. Once part of the De Vesci estate,… Read more »

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David Barniville

BARNIVILLE DEFENDS ‘PRIVATE’ JUDGES

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH IMPECCABLE timing, just as the first ever judicial misconduct complaints procedure is due, High Court president Mr Justice David Barniville proceeds to demonstrate – for the second time – that judges perceive themselves to be beyond criticism. The genial Barniville is regarded with much affection by his peers and he reciprocated this feeling in… Read more »

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Sally Hayden Simon Coveney Refugees

‘IRISH TIMES’ SAVES COVENEY’S BLUSHES

Date: October 6, 2022 - Fit to Print?

INCORRIGIBLE JOURNALIST Sally Hayden recently spoiled one of those feel-good occasions so beloved by Irish ministers when they posture as benevolent, first-world statesmen comforting the afflicted. In particular Hayden, whose by-line is well-known globally and among observers of the Mediterranean refugee crisis of recent years, caused a diplomatic flutter for foreign and defence minister Simon… Read more »

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Lord Mountbatten

KINCORA COVER-UP — AGAIN

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE KINCORA Boys’ Home scandal, as old as the northern Troubles, not only refuses to go away but now threatens to burst into the open again, this time with much greater consequences than hitherto. The Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland (PONI), Marie Anderson, has produced… Read more »

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AID FOR DALAI LAMA

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

the 87-year-old Dalai Lama must be wondering where Robo is when you need her, as a Trinity College Dublin (TCD) committee agonises about whether to upset the Chinese government by conferring him with an honorary degree. Ex-president of Ireland and former Reid professor of law at TCD, Mary Robinson has long been a champion of… Read more »

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Simon Coveney Irish Defence Spending

GUNS’N’HOUSES

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE “MODEST” 5.6% increase in Irish defence spending – to €1.174bn – in Budget 2023 appeared not to cause any negative reaction from either the minister responsible, Simon Coveney, or other interested quarters. This is because the sums have already been done and negotiations concluded, not merely for this year but the next six years,… Read more »

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Alexander Lukashenko

AER LINGUS HACKED AGAIN?

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

WHEN AER LINGUS suffered a significant IT outage on September 10, Goldhawk pointed out that the account provided by the airline made little sense (see The Phoenix 23/09/22). A more likely explanation lay in the fact that the airline’s Astral network was linked to British Airways via an entity called IAG Tech. This opened the… Read more »

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FINE GAEL BORDER POLL

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

MORE EVIDENCE of Leo Varadkar’s cunning plot to outmanoeuvre Micheál Martin on the national question (see The Phoenix 9/9/22) came with his appearance at the Ireland’s Future event at the 3Arena last weekend. But another piece of evidence came with an Irish Independent article last week by Fine Gael councillor (Dún Laoghaire) Lorraine Hall that… Read more »

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Michael McDowell Michael Collins Statue

FF/FG CIVIL WARS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE PERSISTENCE of Cork City Fine Gael councillors and others in their quest to honour Michael Collins with the erection of a statue has finally been rewarded. But it’s no thanks to FG’s coalition partners, Fianna Fáil, led by Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s brother, Seán, on Cork City Council. He initially opposed the proposal despite the… Read more »

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Jolene Bunting

CAUGHT RED HANDED

Date: October 6, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

CONTROVERSIAL LOYALIST Jolene Bunting was elected to Belfast City Council in 2014. Offensive comments about Muslims, jokes about the famine and allowing British first deputy leader Jayda Fransen to broadcast from the lord mayor’s chair in Belfast City Council were among 14 complaints made against Bunting that led to her suspension from the council in… Read more »

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Adriaan Palm Ireland Tax Haven

DOUBLE DUTCH

Date: October 6, 2022 - Hush Hush

IN THE last fortnight Dutch MEP Paul Tang travelled to the Emerald Isle as he had a bone to pick about the thorny question of Ireland’s tax system. Tang, a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and chairman of a European Union tax subcommittee, claimed Ireland was not a “real European partner”… Read more »

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Paschal Donohoe

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 6, 2022 - The Hot Air Brigade

Prudent Paschal channels his inner Charlie McCreevy with a giveaway Budget that leaves Sinn Féin in stunned silence. Senan Molloy’s headline in the Irish Independent We are a small team and so being one of the top shows in the country, and only an hour on a Sunday, means a lot. I had this plan… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar United Ireland Census

LIES, DAMN LIES AND CENSUS DENIAL

Date: October 6, 2022 - Northwind

Among southern politicians and the media, the universal public response to the census results in the north was: “Move along now. Nothing to see here and don’t say anything sectarian as you move along.” It makes no difference. The Irish Times devoted almost a page to this approach, calming anxieties about the inescapable political consequences…. Read more »

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Micheal Martin Fianna Fail SDLP

SDLP SPLIT WITH FIANNA FÁIL

Date: October 6, 2022 - Last Refuge

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the split sounded more like non-consummatum than divorce as the two partners to the supposed union, Fianna Fáil and the SDLP, never got into bed with each other regardless of any formal political sacrament. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood was left jilted at the altar rails more than once by the capricious Micheál… Read more »

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Frances Black Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis

FF ARD FHEIS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Last Refuge

A MISCHIEVOUS leak from disloyal Fianna Fáil sources to the Irish Daily Mail spoke of “abysmally low” numbers having registered to attend the party’s ard fheis just a week beforehand — allegedly only 700 members had signed up compared with 3,000 in previous years. This in turn put pressure on the leadership, including Micheál Martin… Read more »

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OAKLEY EXITS POST

Date: October 6, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE DEPARTURE of Business Post editor Richie Oakley is just the latest such resignation and underlines the flight of national editors from their positions in the last 12 months. The editor of the Aawrish Sunday Times, Frank Fitzgibbon, threw in the towel just 12 months ago which, along with the Post, means that two of… Read more »

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Richie Oakley

OAKLEY RIDES AGAIN

Date: October 6, 2022 - Fit to Print?

BUSINESS POST editor Richie Oakley is on the move again and has gone over to what many journalists deride as the ‘dark side’, ie public relations, with his recruitment to Murray Group, formerly Murray Consultants. Oakley has worked for the Sunday Tribune, Sunday Times, Times Ireland and the Business Post. Now Richie Oakley has become… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan Budget 2023

WEAK CLIMATE BUDGET 2023

Date: October 6, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

When delivering Budget 2023, finance minister Pascal Donohoe referred to “our defining challenge of climate change”. Those expecting this budget to be the moment where the rhetoric of Ireland’s 2019 declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency became reality were to be sorely disappointed. The carbon tax is expected to bring in €623m next year,… Read more »

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Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

SCEPTIC SKEHAN

Date: October 6, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

THE Sunday Independent continues to platform landscape architect, planner and would-be influencer extraordinaire Conor Skehan. While lacking either expertise or credibility on energy or climate, Skehan now regaling Sindo readers on a weekly basis with his assorted thoughts on everything from energy security to hurricane Ian. This week, he discussed the hurricane that flattened large… Read more »

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Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

BOG CUTTINGS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

Banging on garda van Siobhan Lynch (22) of Athcarne, Duleek, appeared before Drogheda District Court charged with engaging in abusive behaviour towards a garda and public intoxication. Judge Eirinn McKiernan heard that on February 27 this year an officer was entering the Drogheda Garda Station car park in a Garda van when he heard loud… Read more »

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Peter McKenna Tradition Now National Concert Hall Board

NCH’S NEW TUNE

Date: October 6, 2022 - High Society

THE POPULAR Tradition Now bi-annual traditional musical series returns to the National Concert Hall (NCH) this month and will feature some big names, including singer Luka Bloom, piper Paddy Keenan and the exciting band The Unthanks, who will be joined by Louise Mulcahy. A couple of other new names have also (finally) been unveiled on… Read more »

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JP MCMAHON’S VIEW

Date: October 6, 2022 - High Society

THE ALWAYS opinionated chef and restaurateur JP McMahon has been cooking up a new business structure, having incorporated two new companies. Although he is separating from his wife, Drigin Gaffey (who also has her own ‘life-coaching’ business called Creating Self), the split is clearly amicable and she has popped up as the second director in… Read more »

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Shane Ross Mary Lou McDonald

MARY LOU McDONALD – SHANE ROSS

Date: October 6, 2022 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

“I must make a confession… I have known and liked Mary Lou McDonald for many years.” Shane Ross anticipated co-operation in writing her biography but Mary Lou McDonald politely declined, wisely. Ross despises McDonald’s leadership of “a party full of hardened IRA veterans”. He demonstrates little empathy for why thousands in the north supported or… Read more »

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Homer Scott Daniel Dunne Darragh O’Loughlin

O’LOUGHLIN’S ROUGH RIDE

Date: October 6, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE NEW chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), Darragh O’Loughlin, had his first experience of sitting in the Oireachtas hot seat at a recent public accounts committee (PAC) meeting and the pharmacist was left in no doubt that his honeymoon period was over. Among the many issues he has inherited from former… Read more »

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Suzanne Eade

EADE IN THE SADDLE

Date: October 6, 2022 - Sport of Kings

HORSE RACING Ireland (HRI) chief executive Suzanne Eade also felt the heat of the public accounts committee chinwag last month, with questions about a land deal at Tipperary Racecourse among the contentious issues that she had to answer. Back in 2019, when Eade was financial controller of the HRI, Tipperary Racecourse (owned by the HRI)… Read more »

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MAHON’S SETBACKS

Date: October 6, 2022 - Sport of Kings

STEPHEN MAHON – the star witness in Paul Kimmage’s Sunday Indo series of allegations of widespread doping in horse-racing circles published earlier this year – has suffered yet another setback, having been found guilty of assaulting a former neighbour with a riding whip two years ago. Mahon, who was banned from training by the Irish… Read more »

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Brian Kavanagh Goffs Million

BIG BOYS’ BIG POT

Date: October 6, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE CURRAGH’S revamped weekend of racing, which included the Goffs Million and the €600,000 Friends of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch handicap, was hailed as a great success by track CEO Brian Kavanagh. Although there was over €1m in the prize money pot for the Goffs race – money provided essentially by owners and purchasers of… Read more »

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Catherine Martin Arts Union of Ireland

PRAXIS AND THE VENICE BIENNALE

Date: October 6, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

WHEN THE Arts Union of Ireland – also known as Praxis – announced itself on the scene last year (see The Phoenix 9/4/21), it was clear the new entity intended to shake things up, initially targeting the Arts Council’s byzantine funding application process. The union has since turned its sights on the Venice Biennale but… Read more »

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Rahul Dhir Tullow Oil

DISAPPOINTING TULLOW OIL SHARES NOW UNDERVALUED

Date: October 6, 2022 - Moneybags

WITH OIL prices averaging over $100 a barrel in the first half of this year, the oil industry worldwide has been experiencing a profit bonanza, with super majors such as Shell and Exxon quadrupling half-year returns to $18bn. Against this background, the market had expected the Irish entry in this sector, Tullow Oil, to do… Read more »

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Dermot Desmond

DATALEX’S VALUATION IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN

Date: October 6, 2022 - Moneybags

WERE IT not for the significant financial support of Dermot Desmond, Datalex would have crashed and burned by now. It is difficult to understand the billionaire’s motivation, given that the company has been though several crises since it first took off in 1999 with Howth-based Scot Neil Wilson in the cockpit. Today, Datalex is flying… Read more »

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Alvan Hunt Hexafly

ALVAN HUNT’S LATEST INVESTMENT

Date: October 6, 2022 - Briefcases

THERE’S BEEN plenty of, er, buzz around Hexafly lately, the Irish company that wants to turn insects into animal feed to provide a global supply of sustainable meal and fertiliser. The Business Post lent an able hand last weekend, breaking the news that the company is on the verge of a deal to “secure €40m… Read more »

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Judge Siobhan Stack Leech Papers

LEECH PAPERS FILED AWAY

Date: October 6, 2022 - Briefcases

A FORMER document disposal and paper recycling business called Leech Papers Ltd (LPL) has been placed in liquidation by the High Court, more than a year after an application from a former listed director and shareholder of the company. The long-established LPL was set up back in 1982, with Joe Leech in situ as the… Read more »

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