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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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IVAN WILDE’S NEW COURSE

Date: October 6, 2022 - Briefcases

CHOPPY WATERS recently for fishing boat skipper Ivan Wilde, who has battled complaints from some workers about pay and conditions, while also winding up one of his profitable companies. Wilde’s family is steeped in Dublin fishing but one of his former employees, Jose Pame Salandron, has been involved in a lengthy Labour Court battle with… Read more »

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Ryanair AGM Michael O'Leary

RYANAIR’S BUSINESS CLASS

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE WAS A bumpy landing for those financial hacks who booked their tickets for the Ryanair AGM in north County Dublin last week. The question is, what were they doing there in the first place. The sorry state of affairs began with Mick O’Leary and the Ryanair PR firm, Edelman, seeking to ban the Indo’s… Read more »

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Frances Black

PROFILE: FRANCES BLACK

Date: September 22, 2022 - Pillars of Society

CIVIC GROUP Ireland’s Future may still be a little hazy and fraught with antagonism from most unionists and southern partitionists, but south it is coming next month. Its chairperson is singer, addiction counsellor and Independent senator Frances Black. But who is Frances Black politically and why is she the face of Ireland’s Future? Black’s interest… Read more »

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Roz Purcell

YOUNG BLOOD: ROZ PURCELL

Date: September 22, 2022 - The Young Bloods

BEING PLACED in the top 10 at the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe contest in 2010, the career of all-round media darling Roz Purcell has pivoted from modelling to food and nutrition in recent years. While the Tipperary woman’s persona is one of goofy chumminess, her strategy of promoting inclusivity, eco-friendliness and body positivity has backfired… Read more »

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Michael McDowell

McDOWELL TO TAKE OUT RYAN IN DBS?

Date: September 22, 2022 - Last Refuge

GREEN PARTY leader and climate minister Eamon Ryan has been roughed up by political hit man and ex-minister Michael McDowell, repeatedly in recent months. Senator McDowell’s invective is savage. “Piffle about sod turf, lettuce in window boxes… no time for wand waving or wishful thinking… highly irrational” and so on is how he describes the… Read more »

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Vladimir Putin Aer Lingus Crash

MYSTERY IT CRASH AT AER LINGUS

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE COMPUTERISED IT system at Aer Lingus suffered a significant crash on Saturday September 10, from 9am to 5.30pm. The disruption caused the airline to cancel more than 50 flights on the day. Only a thorough review would establish if the Irish system shut itself down to snuff out a trojan virus. Aer Lingus is… Read more »

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Catherine Murphy

CATHERINE MURPHY’S CRUSADE

Date: September 22, 2022 - Last Refuge

YOU HAVE to hand it to Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy for sheer chutzpah in the face of the embarrassing conclusions in Justice Brian Cregan’s report into the IBRC sale of Siteserv to Denis O’Brien 10 years ago. Instead of slipping away quietly with a modicum of embarrassment and a mild statement of disapproval about… Read more »

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NEW CHAIR FOR RTÉ

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

NEXT WEEK is the closing date for applicants seeking to land the plum job of chairperson of RTÉ. There should be plenty of interest given the perks. The post was advertised only two weeks ago and the overall three-week window seems pretty short given the significance of the gig. The wheels need to start turning,… Read more »

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Bill Shipsey Art for Amnesty

BILL SHIPSEY’S ART WORK

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

IT WAS surprising to see former barrister Bill Shipsey caught in the crosshairs last week, when Amnesty International (AI) commenced legal proceedings against him linked to the work he has been doing to promote fundraising events linked to the charity’s work. The limited-by-guarantee company that was incorporated for the purpose in 2002, Art for Amnesty… Read more »

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CLEVER TREVOR’S SPEAKERS

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERESTING TO see who is speaking at the upcoming ‘Icon’ series at the Little Museum of Dublin, where director Trevor White has signed up historians Patrick Geoghegan (sometimes speech writer for Leo Varadkar) and, surprisingly perhaps, Dr Mary McAuliffe, who specialises in Irish women’s history at UCD. Two of McAuliffe’s subjects for the lecture series… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 19

Date: September 22, 2022 -

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Richard Moore

LIZ TRUSS’S ‘ETHICAL’ SPYMASTER

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

British teasock Liz Truss appears determined to maintain his majesty’s ship of state on a collision course with the EU. If she hopes to grab any sort of a Brexit victory from the jaws of another Euro mauling, she is going to need the full support of the cloak-and-dagger merchants at MI6. The chief of… Read more »

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King Charles Ireland

KING CHARLES AND THE IRISH

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MEDIA seemed to be competing with their British counterparts when it came to recording the devotion of the British royals’ would-be subjects in this part of the world over the last fortnight. But often it’s what is omitted rather than what is said that reveals the benevolent and civilising effect that the media tries… Read more »

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Queen Elizabeth

SHE LOVED US, SHE LOVED US NOT

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

YOU HAVE to hand it to the late Queen Elizabeth, whose act in coming over all friendly toward Ireland in recent years was consummate, due largely to her usual willingness to dutifully support her government’s policy (in this case, the Good Friday Agreement). As if a general order had gone out to the media, they… Read more »

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Irish Equity Gerry O'Brien

GERRY O’BRIEN’S BUDGET PLOT

Date: September 22, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

IN A flurry of recent social media publicity on Facebook and Instagram, Gerry O’Brien, the president of the Irish Equity actors and performers union, has upped the ante in his dealings with the Government over the treatment of Irish performers, whose precarious situation suits the Irish production companies that avail of the generous Section 481… Read more »

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John Brady Irish Troops Mali

IRELAND COMPLICIT IN MALI COUP?

Date: September 22, 2022 - Hush Hush

IRISHMAN Rory Keane has risen to become head of the Brussels-based United Nations Liaison Office for Peace, which exists to improve UN co-operation with the EU, Nato and other multilateral organisations. A recent presentation by Keane to a European Parliament sub-committee says much about Irish foreign policy in the dangerous, Sahel region of Africa, including… Read more »

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Amy Huberman

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: September 22, 2022 - The Hot Air Brigade

We know her as an actor, writer, Instagram hoot, witty Tweeter, other half of rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll, mother of three, host of Mamia & Me, a podcast on the adventure of parenting, and all-round gas ticket. Elle Gordon on Amy Huberman, RTÉ Guide We will continue to provide our customers with the services they… Read more »

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King Charles

SINN FÉIN COURTIERS RULE OK?

Date: September 22, 2022 - Northwind

MARY LOU McDonald was surely correct when she told Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show that she was “absolutely not” worried about risking the confidence of Sinn Féin voters by expressing condolences on the death of Queen Elizabeth. As she said, the world has moved on a lot in a quarter of a century of a… Read more »

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Barry Cowen Fianna Fáil Poll Results

HAS FF TURNED A CORNER?

Date: September 22, 2022 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL ministers and TDs – and not just Micheál Martin loyalists – will be heartened to see the two most recent poll results, which show the party’s constant trailing behind Fine Gael since the general election in February 2020 seems to have gone into reverse – perhaps. The latest poll results from the highly… Read more »

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Micheal Martin Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis

MARTIN’S SHARED FUTURE

Date: September 22, 2022 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL’S ard fheis next weekend is just one of several meetings that could affect Micheál Martin’s future as party leader. A large rally is expected on the same weekend, with the 3Arena booked on Saturday 1 October for a rally that the organisation Ireland’s Future hopes will rival Martin’s party event (see profile pgs… Read more »

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Paul Mulvaney ESB Georgian Dublin

‘IRISH TIMES’ RUNS FROM ESB

Date: September 22, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE ESB got both barrels in a recent Sunday Independent article about the “Georgian pastiche façade” to its former HQ, which was derided as an “elaborate cloak for a shameful property play that will cause lasting damage to Georgian Dublin”. The article is not typical editorial fare for the Sindo and neither is its author,… Read more »

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JUSTINE MCCARTHY’S NEW GIG

Date: September 22, 2022 - Fit to Print?

McCarthy has fared rather better than some of her journalist colleagues at Murdoch’s Aawrish edition of the newspaper and has landed on her feet with a weekly column at the Irish Times. The latter’s stable of writers badly needs someone that is not Eoghan Harris lite, young Tory, liberal unionist or a pale imitation of… Read more »

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Deirdre Veldon New IT Editor

‘IT’ EDITORIAL FACTIONS

Date: September 22, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE EDITORIAL view of some journalists at the Irish Times is that the newspaper is conventional (ie right-wing), overtly pro-business, partitionist and old fashioned, and the next editor should revert to something that reflects the new, younger Ireland. This would mean appointing someone like assistant editor Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, public affairs editor Simon Carswell or… Read more »

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Liz Truss

LIZ TRUSS’S FOSSIL FUEL FRIENDS

Date: September 22, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

LIZ TRUSS didn’t waste much time in coming good for the fossil fuel donors who helped fund her Tory leadership campaign. Two days after being installed as prime minister by the late monarch Elizabeth, the younger Liz reversed the moratorium on fracking in Britain. But what will the ascendancyof Liz Truss mean for fracking in… Read more »

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NET ZERO BIG ZERO

Date: September 22, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

OIL GIANT Shell’s much-advertised commitment to a pathway to “net zero” emissions actually “has nothing to do with our business plans”, according to an internal company memo from 2020, one of hundreds of thousands of files obtained under subpoena by a US congressional committee investigating the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long efforts to mislead the world… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: September 22, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

‘DO FOR TOILET PAPER’ CORK DISTRICT Court heard the case of one Timothy Hadfield who, when handed charge sheets after being arrested for disruptive behaviour at Cork Airport, said: “That will do for toilet paper”. Refusing to be sworn in during his court appearance after stating that he believes in “six or seven gods”, the… Read more »

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