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Joseph O'Sullivan Human Rights Ireland

BARRISTERS FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Date: August 25, 2022 - Last Refuge

THE BAR of Ireland’s human rights committee has had a mixed press recently, with its front-of-house personalities offering different perspectives on human rights depending on who and what issues are under discussion. But there is a party-political dimension to this debate. When it came to the elevation of ex-chief justice Frank Clarke and former High… Read more »

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Lorna Bogue Green Movement Ireland

WHITHER THE GREENS?

Date: August 25, 2022 - Last Refuge

RECENT POLL figures for the Green Party by the Business Post/Red C (4%), Irish Times (3%) and Sunday Independent (4%) will have many of its TDs and councillors worrying about their seats in upcoming elections. Eamon Ryan seems determined to plough on, however, assuming that even if the party has a bad election, maybe even… Read more »

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Peter Vandermeersch Mediahuis Awards

MAKING THE MEDIA GRADE

Date: August 25, 2022 - Fit to Print?

AFTER THREATENING last February to walk out of Newsbrands Ireland post haste – because its titles were “treated unfairly” in Newsbrands journalism awards – Mediahuis, the largest newspaper group in the country, appeared last week to have softened its attitude to the awards and Newsbrands itself. There was a time when the subpanels that selected… Read more »

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Michael Leahy MANY PEOPLE would have been surprised to learn that the chair of the right-wing, anti-immigrant Irish Freedom Party

IRISH FREEDOM PARTY CHAIR

Date: August 25, 2022 - Last Refuge

MANY PEOPLE would have been surprised to learn that the chair of the right-wing, anti-immigrant Irish Freedom Party (IFP), Michael Leahy, was the An Bord Pleanála board member who dealt with the ESB’s contentious, multimillion-euro Fitzwilliam Street redevelopment in 2015. Frank McDonald mentioned this in a Sunday Independent report recently. Leahy is one of only… Read more »

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Date: August 25, 2022 - Letters to the Editor

COLLINS AND VARADKAR Dear editor, What an extraordinarily disingenuous pronouncement from Leo Varadkar to say at Glasnevin Cemetery, on August 14, that Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith did not believe there was no alternative to war. Both men were front and centre in the republican movement, whose avowed objective in word and deed was to… Read more »

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Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

VICKY CONWAY’S CONCERNS

Date: August 25, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE MEDIA tributes to academic and policing expert Vicky Conway reflected the genuine esteem in which she was held by her peers. But many of the tributes by journalists and academics gave the misleading impression that this impressive woman was at one with such as ex-justice minister Charlie Flanagan and senior gardaí. Vicky Conway was… Read more »

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Sinn Féin Media Bias

MEDIA EYES UP SF

Date: August 25, 2022 - Fit to Print?

IS THE media reverting to its previous attack-dog role against Sinn Féin after a truce of sorts since the general election and more than two years out from the next one? Or is it more concerned with the practical realities of Mary Lou and her party coming to power? A bit of both, depending on… 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

METAVERSE’S MEGA DEMANDS

Date: August 25, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

THE METAVERSE is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s science-fiction fantasy, his vision for an always connected virtual world that will exist in parallel to our own. What’s not to love? Well, a senior Intel engineer, Raja Koduri, has predicted the Metaverse would require a 1,000-fold increase in computing capability. Just how many more data centres would… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: August 25, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

‘WORSE THAN RUSSIANS’ A 65-YEAR-OLD man who told gardaí that they were “worse than the Russians” appeared before Dundalk District Court charged with public intoxication and using threatening or abusive language. The court heard that while gardaí were on patrol they spotted John Small, of Mullaharlin Park, Dundalk, stumbling on the footpath along Carrick Road,… Read more »

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JIM BOLGER’S SAUDI SALE

Date: August 25, 2022 - High Society

CONGRATULATIONS ARE yet again in order to wily racehorse trainer Jim Bolger, who has managed to offload one of his nags for what must be a very tidy sum to an Arabian sheikh looking to make his mark on the sport of kings. The horse… Read more »

Annie Fletcher IMMA Board

IMMA’S PLURALITY PITCH

Date: August 25, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

IT SHOULDN’T be too much longer before arts minister Catherine Martin finally gets around to filling the four vacancies on the IMMA board, three of which have existed for over 18 months, given that the deadline for expressions of interest in serving on the David Harvey-chaired board was earlier this month. Happily, the fab four… Read more »

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OSSIE KILKENNY’S CAMEO

Date: August 25, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

You don’t hear too much from Ossie Kilkenny these days as he has taken quite a step back from the limelight since his time as U2’s number cruncher. His most recent high-profile gig was the part-ownership of Ardmore Studios but he sold out here in 2018 when Joe Devine auditioned for the role of studio… Read more »

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Bad Sisters

BAD SISTERS – APPLETV+

Date: August 25, 2022 - ReviewsReviews|TV

IN AN unflattering reflection on RTÉ’s drama output, an Irish comedy-thriller series has finally landed – and it’s an adaptation of a Belgian series financed by a US multinational. The first Sharon Horgan series to emerge since her first-look deal with Apple TV, Bad Sisters is a patchy effort, hitting occasional comedic high points but… Read more »

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Ardal OHanlon Book

BROUHAHA – ARDAL O’HANLON

Date: August 25, 2022 - Books|ReviewsReviews

ALMOST A quarter of a century after his debut novel, The Talk of the Town, Ardal O’Hanlon’s underwhelming ‘follow up’ is another darkly comic crime thriller with many of the same traits as its predecessor. The actor and comedian’s whodunnit centres around three characters who are trying to work out what happened to a missing… Read more »

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Mohammed Al Maktoum Godolphin Ireland

SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S IRISH EXIT

Date: August 25, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE DECISION by Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum’s Godolphin racing operation to cease having horses trained in Ireland from the end of this year represents a significant blow to the industry. Godolphin had increased its involvement in Irish racing over the past 10 years and up to two years ago the operation had around 40 horses… Read more »

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Ado McGuinness Shamrock Thoroughbreds

O’GORMAN’S GOOD CALL

Date: August 25, 2022 - Sport of Kings

TRAINERS ARE often quick to criticise the handicapper when they feel their horses are unfairly penalised by the ratings. More often than not, however, the handicappers’ decisions tend to be justified. That proved to be the case after Stephen Thorne – assistant trainer to Ado McGuinness and syndicate manager for owner Shamrock Thoroughbreds – appealed… Read more »

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Tim Husbands Irish Champion Stakes

GOING GOOD FOR HUSBANDS

Date: August 25, 2022 - Sport of Kings

A MONTH ago, the Irish Champion Stakes was in poor enough shape, without a sponsor and potentially lacking a marquee horse, either domestic or international, to aid course boss Tim Husbands’s promotional drive for next month’s Leopardstown event. Fast forward a few weeks and Bahrain Turf Club has stepped in and committed to a six-year… Read more »

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Ronan McNally Suspension

MCNALLY’S FINE RESULT

Date: August 25, 2022 - Sport of Kings

WHEN TRAINER Ronan McNally and jockey Kevin Sexton got into trouble with the stewards at Limerick over the running and riding of Ithaka last month, it was no surprise that the trainer immediately signalled his intention to appeal the €2,000 fine and the horse’s 42-day suspension. McNally, who has been on the radar of the… Read more »

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Rita-Rose Gagné Hammerson Share Price

HAMMERSON SHARES PRICED AT 50% DISCOUNT TO ASSET VALUE

Date: August 25, 2022 - Moneybags

IT IS an impressive feat that the biggest retail property investor in this country, Dundrum Town Centre (DTC) owner Hammerson, has successfully navigated its way through the pandemic, the migration to online shopping and the loss of its CEO (David Atkins in June 2020) and… Read more »

Jeremy Skillington

POOLBEG PHARMA LOOKING FOR SHOT IN THE ARM

Date: August 25, 2022 - Moneybags

POOLBEG PHARMA was spun off from Open Orphan as it did not quite fit into that company’s developmental model as it is targeting the burgeoning infectious disease market, which in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic is set to be a fast-growing sector, with an expected value of $250bn (€249bn). A planned licensing deal for the… Read more »

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John Burns Irish Newspaper Archives Problems

JOHN BURNS’S PAPER TRAIL

Date: August 25, 2022 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK’S EYE was caught by a curious media piece by John Burns of the Sunday Times last week, in which he wrote about how a reader had recently contacted him “in confidence” to complain about problems with “the private industry that is Irish Newspaper Archives”. Said reader had “been using it for about ten years… Read more »

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Dermot Desmond The Sporting Emporium Losses

DERMOT DESMOND’S LONG SHOT

Date: August 25, 2022 - Briefcases

DERMOT DESMOND must be happy that his casino business off Grafton Street, on St Anne’s Lane, is making a profit these days. But the latest accounts for The Sporting Emporium show that the business remains firmly stuck in the red. The emporium exists only at Desmond’s pleasure, with the report from the directors (Martin Moore… Read more »

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John Calvert Irish Film Tax Credit

MOVIEMAKERS’ PREDICTABLE PLOT

Date: August 25, 2022 - Briefcases

AN ASSESSMENT of the film and television luvvies’ favourite tax credit, Section 481, is currently under way at the Department of Finance, prior to the inevitable green light for yet another sequel at the end of 2024. The taxpayers, who pony up about €100m a year, can expect quite the marketing campaign between now and… Read more »

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Irish Judges Dubai

DUBAI JUDGES: WHO KNEW AND WHEN?

Date: August 11, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

SABINA HIGGINS’S public spat may have helped to obscure not so much the appointment of heavyweight Irish judges Frank Clarke and Peter Kelly to the feudal state of Dubai’s financial court, but the silent acquiescence of senior Government politicians and senior legal dignitaries. But another question also remains: who in Government gave former chief justice… Read more »

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John Burns Irish Newspaper Archives Problems

PROFILE: JOHN BURNS

Date: August 11, 2022 - Pillars of Society

THE CLEAR OUT of Sunday Times journalists leaves the Irish edition of that august institution in the last-chance saloon under the tutelage of current editor Nóirín Hegarty. She follows several determined editors of the Irish edition who struggled to placate their London-based masters in Rupert Murdoch’s empire, yet one of the few constants through their… Read more »

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Darren O'Rourke

YOUNG BLOODS: DARREN O’ROURKE

Date: August 11, 2022 - The Young Bloods

WITH OPINION polls showing Sinn Féin knocking on the door of government, attention is turning to who its ministers might be and how they will confront the difficult challenges of office. High on the list of contenders is 40-year-old Darren O’Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath East. O’Rourke was also in the news recently as… Read more »

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James Menton Providence Share Price

HAS GOODMAN GOT HIS TIMING RIGHT IN PROVIDENCE?

Date: August 11, 2022 - Moneybags

THE MUSICAL chairs continue at Providence Resources, with the latest face popping up being beef baron Larry Goodman, who now holds a 16.1% stake. His most recent buy-in was the 8.2% stake held by big UK investment group M&G, which clearly got tired of the procession of drilling and funding failures. It sold out the… Read more »

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Archbishop Eamon Martin

BISHOPS CENSORED!

Date: August 11, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE NORTHERN Ireland Equality Commission is mulling over a request for “advice” from an unusual quarter – the Catholic Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin. It follows the refusal of the Belfast Telegraph to publish an advert from northern bishops ahead of the Assembly elections in May unless they made changes to the text… Read more »

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Caroline Campbell New NGI Director

NEW WOMAN AT THE GALLERY

Date: August 11, 2022 - High Society

AT LONG last the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) has got around to appointing its new €130,000 pa director. It is perhaps not surprising that the board has gone with a woman. The incumbent for the last decade, and counting, has been Sean Rainbird, who arrived in Dublin in 2012 fresh from his role as… Read more »

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What's Hozier Doing Now

HOZIER’S HITS

Date: August 11, 2022 - Briefcases

THE FOG-HORN voiced Hozier – formerly known as Andrew Hozier-Byrne, until he was championed and molded by music supremos Caroline Downey and Denis Desmond – has weathered the pandemic and the ban on live music better than most performers, but he’s also taken a few canny accounting decisions, new financial statements show. Being the bard… Read more »

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Sabina Higgins

SABINA HIGGINS’S CRITICS

Date: August 11, 2022 - Last Refuge

WHAT AN interesting group of politicians vied with each other to stick it to Sabina Higgins over her outrageous suggestion that negotiations for peace should replace the Russian invasion and war in Ukraine. While some pundits noted that most of these critics (five out of six) were undistinguished senators looking for attention, they may have… Read more »

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Eva Orsmond

ALL ABOUT EVA

Date: August 11, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

HEALTH GURU Eva Orsmond (previously of Operation Transformation fame) was back on RTÉ this week with the second series on her attempt to open a “health hotel” in sunny Portugal. As usual, Eva ensured oodles of pre-publicity courtesy of assorted interviews, including one in her fanzine, the Sindo, which devoted a chunk of page 5… Read more »

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Robert O'Byrne Left Without a Handkerchief

LAFFAN V O’BYRNE

Date: August 11, 2022 - High Society

PRESUMABLY THE tweedies in the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) were suitably entertained by a scathing review in the Sunday Times of Robert O’Byrne’s book on the burning of Irish country houses, Left Without a Handkerchief. Having earlier been given top marks by the Irish Times, the author may have been shocked by the merciless dissection… Read more »

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Frances Ruane

FRANCES RUANE’S SHORT RUN

Date: August 11, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

AS GOLDHAWK predicted (see The Phoenix 17/6/22), former economist Frances Ruane has been given just a two-year extension to her initial five-year term as chair of the Abbey Theatre. Generally, the practice when a minister opts to reappoint a candidate to a state board, it is for a full term. Indeed, Ruane’s predecessor, Brian McMahon,… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 16

Date: August 11, 2022 -

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FRANC’S UKRAINIAN BONUS

Date: August 11, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK’S favourite wedding planner, Peter Kelly, aka ‘Franc’, has been doing rather better out of the State coffers this year than was the case for his wedding operation during the pandemic. The Ukraine invasion has provided a surprise silver lining. The former Say Yes to the Dress presenter made his name as a self-styled “creator… Read more »

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