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Maeve Carton

OLD LADY OF TARA STREET’S TRUSTEES

Date: May 19, 2022 - Fit to Print?

WHAT A perfect business pedigree newly appointed governor of the Irish Times Trust, Maeve Carton, possesses and how well she will fit in with the recently developed corporate and right-wing ethos of the newspaper. Carton is certainly a heavy hitter and was for years a director at CRH. She also chaired the National Treasury Management… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan

EAMON RYAN AND BIG TECH’S FREE PASS

Date: May 19, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

THERE WAS a distinctly Churchillian, spirit-of-the-Blitz feel to the unveiling by environment minister Eamon Ryan last month of the Energy Security Emergency Group (ESEG), a committee to oversee Ireland’s response to the energy impact of the war in Ukraine. Rationing of fuel and electricity is among the war-time measures being considered, and a press release… Read more »

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DELOITTE’S COAL CLIENT

Date: May 19, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

DELOITTE IRELAND CEO Harry Goddard shared some profound words of wisdom on the subject of corporate climate leadership at the launch of DCU’s Centre for Climate and Society, of which Deloitte is a founding partner. “Bold and effective leadership is crucial,” he declared, adding that the climate crisis called for a “period of self-reflection on… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: May 19, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

FIGHT NIGHT DROGHEDA DISTRICT Court heard the case of one John Lynn (54) of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, who was arrested for challenging gardaí to a fight in a pub. Staff at Fairgreen Bar on George’s Street, Drogheda, called gardaí to report that they were being verbally abused by an intoxicated man. When they arrived they… Read more »

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THE ASHMANS’ BOTTOM DRAWER

Date: May 19, 2022 - High Society

IAN AND VICKY Ashman, a couple of loaded English corporate solicitors who swapped legal briefs for the skimpy ones when they set up a lingerie firm here, have put their Killiney mansion on the market looking for no less than €12m and dissolved their Irish company. The former senior partners in international law firm Walkers… Read more »

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Pandemonium

PANDEMONIUM – JACK HORGAN-JONES/HUGH O’CONNELL

Date: May 19, 2022 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

THIS IS the second book on the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. It also has two experienced political hacks as authors and benefits from this set-up. The two boys’ 337-page tome spans the period before the pandemic and the looming general election in 2020, right up to the effective ‘end’ of the crisis in February 2022…. Read more »

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Benjamin King

NETFLIX’S LOBBYING

Date: May 19, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

IT IS something of a paradox that, under legislation intended to bolster local and European culture against globalised mass media, the Irish taxpayer shells out far more moolah every year to offshore Anglophone productions than it does to productions originated and owned in Ireland. With a levy being proposed to redress the balance, Netflix has… Read more »

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ANDREW NOONAN’S NEW MENU

Date: May 19, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

AMONG THE number of festivals lined up for a presumably pandemic-free 2022 is the music/food mishmash that is the Big Grill Festival, now an annual beano in Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, D4. There have been some recent changes on the menu. Among the various participants this year will be Damien Grey of super expensive Liath, Jess… Read more »

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TYNER’S TIMING

Date: May 19, 2022 - Sport of Kings

WHEN CORK trainer Robert Tyner recently announced his intention to begin winding down his business after a successful 30-year career, citing the constant graft and a lack of staff as the main factors, there was no shortage of empathy and understanding from colleagues and commentators. Presumably, the move has nothing to do with a bit… Read more »

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Darragh O’Loughlin

O’LOUGHLIN’S IHRB PRESCRIPTION

Date: May 19, 2022 - Sport of Kings

USUALLY WHEN an outsider is appointed to a high-profile position in horseracing, there is a mention or two about how he or she has, at the very least, a passing interest in the sport or, more often, a long-held passion for the turf. There was not a peep, however, about any interest in the sport… Read more »

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Gary Morrison

HOSTELWORLD SHARES WELL PLACED FOR TRAVEL BONUS

Date: May 19, 2022 - Moneybags

HOSTEWORLD FOUND itself in a vulnerable place during the pandemic but is set to bounce back as people, especially younger ones, start travelling in large numbers again. The good news for CEO Gary Morrison and chairman Michael Cawley is that the last week’s market update confirms that the strong start in the first quarter of… Read more »

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Rita Fagan

WEIGHT WATCHERS CASH OUT

Date: May 19, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE BUSINESS and methods of keeping the Irish public ship-shape (at least in terms of sheer bulk) has been an increasing topic of debate over the past 12 months, with the most recent series of RTÉ’s Operation Transformation, for example, finding itself under attack for focusing too much on weight loss. Indeed, there were calls… Read more »

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Aiden Murphy

PHILIP MAGUIRE’S POWER FAILURE

Date: May 19, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

RADIO LISTENERS may have noted an ad campaign by the Roger O’Connor-chaired Sports Ireland Campus, which is spending a fair few bob promoting its Abbotstown complex. The campaign coincides with a Companies Office filing by Aiden Murphy, liquidator of a building firm, United Power, which was centrally involved in the development of the national indoor… Read more »

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MIKE MORRIS’S HOTEL HEADACHE

Date: May 19, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE WESTERN PEOPLE reported last week that a “damaged” Mayo hotel is up for sale for €¼m. This is almost €3m less than was paid for it during the boom. The Belmont hotel is a name that will ring a bell with fans of Goldhawk (see The Phoenix 25/2/22). Owned by hapless hotelier Mike Morris,… Read more »

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Paddy Coveney

PADDY COVENEY’S PERKS

Date: May 19, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

SANDWICH MAKER Greencore finally announced a replacement last week for Patrick Coveney, with DAA boss Dalton Philips getting the nod. It’s taken Greencore three months to find a replacement for Coveney, who had been in the hot seat since 2008, but had overseen a pretty hefty drop in the company’s share price from a high… Read more »

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Olga Shajaku

OLGA SHAJAKU’S ‘MISFORTUNE’

Date: May 19, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

IMMIGRATION LAWYER and businesswoman Olga Shajaku, principal of MS Solicitors in Dublin 8, has been making a name for herself in promoting links between Ireland and Russia (at least until recently). Separately, the translation business she owns with hubby Agim ‘Jimmy’ Gashi – Word Perfect Translation Services Ltd – has been reporting impressive profits. Goldhawk… Read more »

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Joe Purcell

MINCON DRILLING DEEP TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND

Date: May 19, 2022 - Moneybags

MINCON HAS become a global rock drilling equipment supplier, having been set up by Paddy Purcell in 1977 and now run by his sons, Joe (CEO) and Tom, who runs the American arm. They are continuing to expand the business, with the largest diameter down-the-hole (DTH) hammer drill in the world successfully tested last year… Read more »

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Alan Campbell

MI5, BBC, KINCORA … AND COVER-UPS

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

IN FEBRUARY 2016 Dame Janet Smith published a 700-page report into sexual abuses by Jimmy Savile at the BBC. “The culture of the BBC enabled Savile to go undetected for decades and the BBC missed at least five opportunities to stop the abuse”, she wrote. BBC staff members were aware of complaints against Savile but… Read more »

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Mick Wallace & Clare Daly

PROFILE: CLARE DALY AND MICK WALLACE

Date: May 5, 2022 - Pillars of Society

THE DEMONISATION of Clare Daly and Mick Wallace is essentially a political witch-hunt but the media has created the impression of a political Bonnie and Clyde squaring up to the cops at home and the Feds in Brussels. At bottom, though, the behaviour of the… Read more »

Laura Bonner

YOUNG BLOOD: LAURA BONNER

Date: May 5, 2022 - The Young Bloods

AS THE millennial chief executive of the Muff Liquor Company (geddit?), Laura Bonner’s biggest skill lies with saying the right things. She has been cultivating a stage Oirish brand identity for her drinks company but the shareholder register has a rather more cosmopolitan identity, stretching from Dubai to the Cayman Islands. The 37-year-old Donegal businesswoman… Read more »

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Francesca McDonagh

FRANCESCA’S RUTHLESS STREAK

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

AS GOLDHAWK noted recently (see The Phoenix 25/3/22), Francesca McDonagh’s €1m pa CEO role in Bank of Ireland (BoI) was “the ideal platform for her to position herself nicely” for a move to another bigger bank. Now it turns out she is off to a senior role at Credit Suisse, where she will reportedly double… Read more »

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Helen McEntee

McENTEE’S SOFT FOCUS MEDIA PITCH

Date: May 5, 2022 - Last Refuge

JUSTICE MINISTER and Fine Gael leadership aspirant Helen McEntee made a rather obvious sales pitch for the post in the Irish independent last Saturday – on the best sales day of the week in the country’s bestselling daily newspaper – in what looks like an effort to catch up with other contenders. After a period… Read more »

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Cecilia Ahern

CECELIA’S REVIEWS

Date: May 5, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

IT HAS been a busy few weeks for scribbler Cecelia Ahern, whose short story collection, Roar, has been adapted for Apple TV+. Not everybody is impressed with the results, however. The achingly on trend Roar – which sets out to deliver “a portrait of what it means to be a woman today” (yawn) – has… Read more »

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MAX BARRETT’S BOOK

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK WONDERS how much the Red Cross will make out of sales (at a mere £95 a pop) of a book by Judge Max Barrett, The Art and Craft of Judgment Writing. Published in the UK, Max has earmarked any potential profits from its sales for the charity. Certainly, the beak knows a thing or… Read more »

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Daniel Kinahan

‘STAR’ KOs KINAHAN

Date: May 5, 2022 - Fit to Print?

BELATED VINDICATION accrued to the Irish Daily Star recently when the US of A led the western world in turning against the Kinahans and mercenaries everywhere scrambled for the bounty money on offer. But the Star was in a lonely place when it tried to organise a posse of sports/crime/current affairs media to boycott the… Read more »

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Barry Connolly

BARRY CONNOLLY’S KINDER SURPRISE

Date: May 5, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

WHILE THE confectionery multinational Ferrero was in the news for all the wrong reasons last month due to the Salmonella outbreaks linked to its Kinder chocolate products, there was a nice surprise for marketing whizz Barry Connolly when the Italian-headquartered giant announced it had acquired the fast-growing Fulfil Nutrition ‘vitamin and protein’ bar brand (outside… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 09

Date: May 5, 2022 -

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Charles Talbot

CHETWYND-TALBOT’S TROUBLES

Date: May 5, 2022 - High Society

OH DEAR, Goldhawk is rather taken aback that his esteemed and noble friend Charlie Talbot is in a spot of bother over his commercial activities. Charlie is better known in these parts as Earl of Waterford and Baron of Dungarvan but in the House of Lords he sits as a hereditary Tory peer under his… Read more »

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IAN CURLEY’S MANSIONS

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

IT WILL not have gone unnoticed that St Ann’s, a posh pile overlooking Killiney bay, has just gone on the market for a whopping €7.5m. It turns out that the moneybags offloading it had already swapped it for another mansion, also overlooking the bay, albeit one that required the controversial demolition of what the Irish… Read more »

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Tyrone McKillen

TYRONE MCKILLEN MOVIE PLOT

Date: May 5, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

GIVEN THE number of different players now getting into the high-stakes film studio business in Ireland, it is perhaps not surprising that one of the projects – James Morris and Alan Moloney’s 56-acre Grangecastle Media Park – could be the subject of a nail-biting drama in the Four Goldmines. Fans of Goldhawk will recall (see… Read more »

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George Orwell

‘IRISH TIMES’ ATTACKS NATO!

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

MOST PEOPLE probably think that because of recent clear-cut poll conclusions, the Russian inspired debate about neutrality is over and that the good guys won, ie, the government will drop its efforts to abandon neutrality. Most people would be wrong. For a start, there is more than one debate, that is, whether or not we… Read more »

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Peter Fitzgerald

RANDOX’S TESTING TIME

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST WEEK, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) reported that it had received 1,450 complaints in 2021 in relation to more than 900 advertisements. More recent complaints include ones relating to the seriously profitable Randox operation, and a ruling on this is expected next month. Fans of horseracing will have found it impossible to… Read more »

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IRISH MEDIA’S METHODS

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

‘IRELAND FOR UKRAINE’ describes itself as “a united response from Irish media organisations to harness the generosity of the Irish public and ensure it reaches those who need it most”. To this end, the Community Foundation for Ireland, which boasts “22 years in philanthropy and grant masking”, has organised for media to raise funds for… Read more »

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Kevin Cahill

‘ANOTHER’ PRESIDENT HIGGINS?

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

FOREIGN MINISTER Simon Coveney and various New York-based Irish officials heaved sighs of relief last St Patrick’s Day but one (2021) when New York attorney general, the formidable Letitia ‘Tish’ James, announced a “thorough review” of matters at the American Irish Historical Society (AIHS). But barely a year later, the same minister and mandarins will… Read more »

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Pat Hayes

PAT HAYES’S HORSEPLAY

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH THE crowds back at Punchestown and Gordon Elliott passing the 2,000 winners mark, the general consensus was that the trainer is now fully over that dead horse photo controversy that knocked him off his stride. What the Master of Cullentra’s fans believe, of course, is that Elliott was publicly scapegoated and harshly treated, given… Read more »

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General Philip Breedlove

FROM RATHGAR WITH LOVE

Date: May 5, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

‘DR STRANGELOVE’ lives, it appears, with former Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove doing a more than passable imitation of the hawkish US commander as depicted in the film of that name in an RTÉ interview last Sunday. The general expressed his contempt for the lily-livered western governments’ reliance on sanctions against the… Read more »

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