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Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

RTÉ’S LOST DECADE

Date: April 20, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

“FUTURE GENERATIONS will judge us by how we deal with climate change”, presenter Fran McNulty solemnly intoned when opening RTÉ’s Prime Time climate special last week. The ‘us’ McNulty referred to might well have been RTÉ itself, given the national broadcaster’s dismal performance on this crunch issue. According to co-presenter Miriam O’Callaghan: “We all know… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

MALI AND SIMON COVENEY’S ‘SHOCK’

Date: April 20, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

HIDDEN AWAY at the bottom of page 4 in the Irish Times recently was a short article about how the Irish Defence Forces had ceased training the Malian military after verified reports of a massacre of 300 Malian civilians by their own army. The news report also said that Irish soldiers would instead train the… Read more »

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Brian Polly

RACEHORSE OWNERS UNSADDLE CHAIRMAN

Date: April 20, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THIS WEEK sees the second annual general meeting in a few months of the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners (Airo), the representative organisation for bloodstock owners that has been characterised in recent years by some very rough riding and calls for a stewards inquiry by its own chairman Brian Polly. A late withdrawal from the… Read more »

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Lyra McKee

DISSIDENT GROUPS’ EASTER TREAT

Date: April 20, 2022 - Hush Hush

APART FROM Sinn Féin there are others that lay claim to the tradition of Irish republicanism and they haven’t gone away either, you know. Easter has for decades allowed observers of the Irish republican scene to get a measure of the relative strengths of the various organisations. The relative weakness of the likes of Éirígí,… Read more »

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Imelda May

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: April 20, 2022 - The Hot Air Brigade

I’m an empath and I feel things so strongly sometimes that I have to work hard to turn it off, you know? And I feel everything all the time. Like where people are telling me a story, I’ll absorb it, you know, whatever they’re feeling. Imelda May, Irish Independent, submitted by reader Why we should… Read more »

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Jeffrey Donaldson

CLIFF EDGE FOR JEFFREY AND JIM

Date: April 20, 2022 - Northwind

UNIONISM IS deeply divided, not only between parties but within parties. On the face of it, the divide seems to be about the response to the protocol which keeps the north in the EU single market and customs union. The DUP and TUV have been speaking at anti-protocol rallies in unionist towns across the north… Read more »

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Tony Holohan

‘I COME TO BURY NOT TO PRAISE TONY’

Date: April 20, 2022 - Last Refuge

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER (CMO) Tony Holohan was effectively buried by Micheál Martin when he ‘paused’ (shafted) his sweet deal at Trinity College Dublin. The taoiseach followed up with the obligatory but measured expression of gratitude to the “CMO Tony Holohan for his outstanding service to the Irish people, and for his leadership … in particular… Read more »

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GALWAY BAY FM BLUES

Date: April 20, 2022 - Last Refuge

STAFF AT Galway Bay FM and local members of Fine Gael will be hoping that things settle down following turmoil at the station in the past year or so. In February the ‘shock’ announcement was made over the airwaves that Katie Finnegan, producer and sometimes acting host on the flagship morning programme, Galway Talks, was… Read more »

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Cian O'Callaghan

CIAN O’CALLAGHAN V AODHÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN

Date: April 20, 2022 - Last Refuge

NEW LABOUR leader Ivana Bacik’s dead cat bounce has not deterred Labour handlers from predicting seat gains that will double their complement of seven TDs at the next general election. But Labour will be fortunate to hang on to their seven seats and, on a bad day, could return with just three or four TDs…. Read more »

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Michael D Higgins

MICHAEL D HIGGINS’S NEUTRALITY WARNING TO GOVERNMENT

Date: April 20, 2022 - Last Refuge

MESSRS MARTIN, Varadkar and Ryan cannot say they were not warned should there be open confrontation between them and President Higgins over neutrality and the government’s rush to arms. In the past fortnight, as ministers and media ratcheted up the cold war rhetoric, Higgins made clear his unrestrained championing of neutrality as well as his… Read more »

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Pat Leahy Donohoe Expense

MAJORITY DISAGREE WITH ‘IRISH TIMES’!

Date: April 20, 2022 - Fit to Print?

PATHOLOGICAL EUROPHILES at the Irish Times were gobsmacked at the rebuff received from the newspaper’s poll asking if people wanted to abandon neutrality. After several weeks of Lord Kitchener type propaganda against Ireland’s neutrality – encased in concern for the slaughter in Ukraine – the newspaper’s editorial team decided to show how close their editorial… Read more »

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ALL KINDS OF DEFAMATION

Date: April 20, 2022 - Fit to Print?

THE IRISH TIMES is the latest newspaper to concede defeat and cough up a serious sum of money to John Brown, brother of Dana Rosemary Scallon, former MEP and former presidential candidate. The pair have cut a swathe through the Irish media ever since Brown was acquitted of all charges of child abuse in an… Read more »

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CROKE PARK HOT AIR

Date: April 20, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

“MORAL AND economic madness,” is how UN secretary general António Guterres recently described investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure. Don’t tell the speakers at next week’s Energy Summit 2022 at Croke Park. Organised by the Business Post, it’s basically a gas industry event dressed up as a talking shop on the transition to renewables, with… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: April 20, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

‘A F***ING ROOKIE, AND A F***ING TRAMP’ A CORK man appearing before Cork District Court denied being intoxicated, or saying a string of profanities, while being confronted by gardaí after an incident at Chapel Field, Gurranabraher, on May 4, 2020. Gda Denis O’Sullivan told the court that he and a colleague were attending a scene… Read more »

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Jamie Moran

MAKING MONEY WITH JAMIE AND LAUREN

Date: April 20, 2022 - High Society

A NICE looking Dublin 6 pad, at 65 Ranelagh Road, got the full sales pitch from the Business Post earlier this month. It turns out to be just one of a number of similar multimillion-euro townhouses built in the area by wily developer Jamie Moran, whose other half turns out to be quite the entrepreneur… Read more »

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Derry Girls

DERRY GIRLS – CHANNEL 4

Date: April 20, 2022 - ReviewsReviews|TVTV

ARRIVING ON the now-familiar wave of hype, the Ireland.com-sponsored third and final series of Derry Girls once again saw some home-grown commentators return to a favourite theme – that of the best Irish comedy being outsourced to the UK. But, given the rather patchy opening to season three, Derry Girls perhaps has more in common with the average… Read more »

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Last Funeral

THE LAST GOOD FUNERAL OF THE YEAR – ED O’LOUGHLIN

Date: April 20, 2022 - BooksBooks|Reviews

IN THIS short memoir, Ed O’Loughlin casts an analytical and often self-critical eye over the events that have “shaped” his life. The novelist and former Irish Times correspondent’s story is told non-linearly in starkly vivid chapters – all shot through with a sense of remorse. For a writer with so much self-doubt, this unlikely course of introspection… Read more »

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Chandrika Narayanan Mohan

WRITERS CENTRE’S WINNING PLOT

Date: April 20, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

NEXT WEEK sees the launch (online, natch) by the Irish Writers Centre (IWC) of the 2023 Novel Fair, which promises to introduce 12 lucky scribblers to top publishers and literary agents – or take them “on a journey from self to shelf”. Approximately 400 hopefuls will be looking to bung in the first 10,000 words… Read more »

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Kenny Alexander

NO MONEY NO HONEY

Date: April 20, 2022 - Sport of Kings

WHEN THE Nicky Henderson-trained Constitution Hill stormed to victory in the opening race at Cheltenham last month, his owner Michael Buckley suggested he would not be averse to letting his rising star take on the mighty Honeysuckle at Punchestown later this month. Henderson was cooler on the prospect given that Constitution Hill is a young,… Read more »

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Ian Renton

THE DRIVE FOR FIVE

Date: April 20, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE TALK of Cheltenham possibly adding on a fifth day to the annual March shindig has been rumbling on for some time now and it moved one step closer to reality with the news that the Jockey Club-owned track has officially started a consultation process with a view to the introduction of an extra day… Read more »

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Gearoid Brouder

TOLERATING TITAN JACK

Date: April 20, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board has put a lot of effort in recent times into discouraging non-triers and rooting out doping offenders. One area, where not enough is being done, however, concerns potential no-hopers. A recent case in point involves a horse called Titan Jack, who has competed on three occasions this spring for trainer… Read more »

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Eamonn Rothwell

POST-PANDEMIC SEAS STILL ROUGH FOR ICG

Date: April 20, 2022 - Moneybags

WITH P&O deciding to sack all 800 of its British car ferry staff and introduce new ‘yellow pack’ crewing arrangements, ICG could well find itself in store for a serious bump in the level of competition. Noises from Whitehall suggest there could yet be action taken by the British government to enforce minimum wage levels… Read more »

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Darragh Lyons

THE DRUGS ARE WORKING FOR MALIN CORP

Date: April 20, 2022 - Moneybags

MALIN CORP had an eventful history after Kelly Martin raised €400m when floating it in 2015. Unfortunately for investors, the plan to back small pharma entities and turn them into something like unicorns failed to deliver and Martin exited in 2018, admittedly after trousering a huge chunk of cash. Today things are looking an awful lot… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan with Jarlath Gantly

JARLATH GANTLY’S BUMPY RIDE

Date: April 20, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

LAST MONTH, Jarlath Gantly was chatting to transport minister Eamon Ryan about the latest e-transport sharing scheme unveiled by the Co Sligo-based businessman. Gantly has been pushing electric biking for more than eight years now but in recent weeks the wheels have come off some of his ventures. Originally from Dublin, Gantly moved to Connaught… Read more »

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Edmond O'Reilly

EDMOND O’REILLY’S ADVENTURES

Date: April 20, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THERE HAS been a lot of water under the bridge since Edmond O’Reilly’s much-hyped Trustwater company collapsed into liquidation six years ago, but the winding-up continues. According to documents just filed in the Companies Office, the unsecured creditors were stuffed for more than €8.7m. To date, less than €¼m has been realised, with a mere… Read more »

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Paul Holmes

RED RAGE IN THE BLACK

Date: April 20, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE SUCCESSFUL advertising production company, Red Rage Productions, set up 25 years ago by equal shareholders Paul Holmes (CEO) and Gary Moore (MD), has just been wound up by the two Sandymount-based boys, who have now established two new companies. Although there is not too much moolah in the kitty at Red Rage, it is… Read more »

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Oleg Deripaska

OLIGARCH OLEG’S IRISH LOBBYISTS

Date: April 20, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

RUSSIAN OLIGARCH Oleg Deripaska, a friend and arms supplier to Vladimir Putin, was playing cat and mouse last weekend in a bid to hold onto his €60m superyacht ‘Clio’ following new EU sanctions that involved seizing his assets. Meanwhile, Deripaska’s part-ownership of the giant Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick has caused weeks of wrangling… Read more »

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Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

MARY IRVINE’S SUCCESSOR

Date: April 20, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE TOP four favourites to succeed Ms Justice Mary Irvine as president of the High Court each have distinguished credentials in the areas that they oversee, ie, in the court lists they run. High Court judge Denis McDonald runs the Commercial Court list and his reputation is perhaps the highest of the contenders in the… Read more »

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Michael Hackman

MICHAEL HACKMAN’S NEW PLOT

Date: April 20, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE WEREN’T too much questions asked by nosey hacks when Pascal Donohoe was roped into the PR exercise heralding a €300m Greystones film studio ‘campus’ backed by Michael Hackman’s Hackman Capital Partners (HCP) and Craig Solomon’s Square Mile Capital real estate finance vehicle. This is despite the investment by the taxpayer. Last year, LA-based moneybags… Read more »

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LUVVIES ARE REVOLTING

LUVVIES ARE REVOLTING

Date: April 18, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

THE BOLSHY spear carriers at Irish Equity, the union representing assorted luvvies, clearly boosted by Gerry O’Brien sharing his contract from 1984 for a guest appearance on RTÉ’s Leave it to Mrs O’Brien. The union claims that the contract is evidence that “Irish-based performers’ value has remained stagnant or fallen far behind inflation over the… Read more »

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AVRIL DOYLE’S NEW GIG

AVRIL DOYLE’S NEW GIG

Date: April 18, 2022 - High Society

THE WORTHIES on the board of the Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) have just been joined by the Wexford-based former Fine Gael MEP turned lobbyist Avril Doyle. The one-time Blueshirt minister of state is most closely associated with the equestrian field these days (and her daughter is trainer Liz Doyle) but she earns her crust from… Read more »

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Sean Clancy

ARMY UNREST GROWS

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

ONE CHARACTERISATION of conflicts such as sexual offences in the Defence Forces is that of the defence department’s alleged control freakery and micromanagement. But another description is that of the department wrestling with the Army’s resistance to modernisation. Outgoing chief of staff Vice-Admiral Mark Mellett is still licking his wounds after six years as overall… Read more »

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Ivana Bacik

PROFILE: IVANA BACIK

Date: April 7, 2022 - Pillars of Society

PARTY LEADERSHIP heaves, especially on the left, are supposed to involve impassioned speeches from candidates – usually to the left and right of each other – climaxing with a vote and political triumph for one of them. But Ivana Bacik faced no such confrontation, hustings, or even a vote, with her predecessor Alan ‘AK47’ Kelly,… Read more »

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Kieran Walsh

YOUNG BLOODS: KIERAN WALSH

Date: April 7, 2022 - The Young Bloods

FROM POSING with bikini-clad social media influencers in Marbella to hanging out with Vogue Williams in the Caribbean, Kieran Walsh certainly knows how to mix business with pleasure. It’s a strategy that has reaped significant regards for the bullish Cork man, who has managed to parlay influencers’ large followings into lucrative cosmetics brands. Walsh set… Read more »

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Micheal Martin

MARTIN’S PACKED AGENDA

Date: April 7, 2022 - Last Refuge

PAUL CLARKSON is turning out to be the most effective spin doctor that an taoiseach Micheál Martin could have hoped for. In particular he has managed to persuade virtually the entire media that his boss is now prized by all in Fianna Fáil and will stay on as party leader until well after he exchanges… Read more »

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General Claudio Graziano

DALY AND WALLACE RETALIATE

Date: April 7, 2022 - Hush Hush

IRISH EUROPHILES felt humiliated by the electorate’s rejection of constitutional referendums on the Nice and Lisbon treaties in 2001 and 2008 respectively. While both votes were subsequently passed it was clear after Lisbon 2 that an exasperated political class felt Irish voters could not be trusted with such important decisions in future. Since then, as… Read more »

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