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Eamon Dunphy

EAMON DUNPHY SCORES AGAIN

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

A COMPANY called Festuca Ltd probably doesn’t ring too many bells for Goldhawk fans but it turns out to be one of the firms incorporated by journo and professional controversialist turned podcaster Eamon Dunphy. He has just wound it up and the good news is that there was a nice little surplus of €400,000. These… Read more »

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Rupert Murdoch

‘ST’ BURNS LECTURES ‘RT’ MCDONALD

Date: April 7, 2022 - Fit to Print?

IN HIS quest to dish it to Irish journalist Brian McDonald, of RT (formerly Russia Today), the associate editor of the Sunday Times aawrish edition, John Burns, ransacked the archives to ferret out a 10,000-word hatchet job on McDonald in The Interpreter eight years ago. RT was recently taken off the air by governments in the EU and Britain but long-time journalist Burns,… Read more »

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John Magnier

JOHN MAGNIER’S SCONES

Date: April 7, 2022 - High Society

IT IS unlikely that John Magnier spends too much time on social media but presumably one of his flunkies informed the Squire of Coolmore about a so-called Twitter storm that featured the latest venture for the moneybags, the Cashel Palace hotel. The storm in a teacup kicked off after a woman posted a picture of… Read more »

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Dermot Desmond

DERMOT DESMOND’S ITALIAN PARTNER

Date: April 7, 2022 - High Society

LAST WEEKEND, the Business Post wrote about an interview given by Dermot Desmond to the luxury lifestyle magazine Robb Report, in which Der Kaiser expounded on his Sandy Lane Yacht Club & Residences situated on the Caribbean island of Canouan. Desmond is apparently working with Andrea Pignataro to help complete the development of the resort… Read more »

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Michele Romanow

MICHELE ROMANOW’S FANS

Date: April 7, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

IRISH BUSINESS hacks, normally starved of a bit of glamour, went ga-ga over Michele Romanow last week, which was proof (if any of the same journos had bothered to look for it) just how canny a publicity operator she is. Romanow is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor, and a panelist on the Canadian version of… Read more »

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Quevega Cheltenham Winners Willie Mullins

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR WILLIE

Date: April 7, 2022 - Sport of Kings

NOT SINCE the 1950s when Vincent O’Brien was crowned champion jumps trainer in Britain has an Irish trainer achieved this feat but Willie Mullins finds himself a contender, just a few more weeks before the British national hunt season concludes. He banked almost £1.3m from Cheltenham, leaving him in contention just behind Paul Nicholls, Nicky… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 07

Date: April 7, 2022 -

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NEW ‘CENSOR’

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

CINEMA-GOERS will have spotted a new name on the certificate that pops up on the screen before the film’s opening credits, courtesy of the Irish Film Classification Office (Ifco), known in the bad old days as the film censor’s office. Ger Connolly’s name has been on the certs for many years and the justice department… Read more »

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Mark Henry

MARK HENRY’S BOOK

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

MARK HENRY, author of In Fact: An Optimist’s Guide to Ireland at 100, has been getting rave reviews from the ‘right’ people’ (very ‘right’ people), in particular those who are especially anxious to spread the word about Ireland’s “extraordinary success”. The same people have a special interest in claiming that ‘you’ve never had it so… Read more »

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Charles Haughey

US EMBASSY’S VIEW OF CJH & CO

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH FOREIGN embassies and their information gathering under scrutiny (well, one of them), it is interesting to note that the mainstream media ignored the stream of information supplied by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks which detailed the US embassy’s views of former taoiseach Jack Lynch and his nemesis Charles J Haughey. Shortly after the 1970 Arms Trial… Read more »

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Richard Bruton

AGRI-BIZ AND CLIMATE ‘SOLUTIONS’

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

A SMALL piece of Dáil history was made recently, with the first joint meeting of the oireachtas committees on agriculture and environment and climate. What might have proven a valuable forum for an exchange of expert views on the contentious issue of agricultural emissions reductions instead quickly descended into farce. Instead of expert input, the… Read more »

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SINDO SCOOPS S. TIMES HACK

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

AN INNOCUOUS, discreetly placed ad at the bottom of page 2 of the Irish edition of the Sunday Times in the smallest of fonts seeks a ‘general news reporter’. Mark Tighe – for it is his departure from the newspaper that necessitates the quest for a hack – can hardly be described as a general… Read more »

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John Calvert Irish Film Tax Credit

WHAT LIES BENEATH FOR CALVERT’S BCP

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

YET ANOTHER less than auspicious cinema opening for an Irish film took place last month with Brendan Muldowney’s haunted-house drama, The Cellar, where the suits at John Calvert’s BCP Asset Management are looking to clear more profit on the film than either its producers or exhibitors. The reviews to date have been mixed to put… Read more »

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LAUGHING WIG

COX IN THE BOX

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

He also said Ms Burke had criticised another partner, Kevin Lynch, when he stopped by to congratulate her for completing a deal. The witness said Ms Burke told Mr Lynch “she wouldn’t have had to work so late on that transaction if his team had been doing their work”. Ultan Shannon, partner, Arthur Cox Solc,… Read more »

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MONTROSE AND CHATHAM HOUSE

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

RTÉ HAS for years relied on ‘experts’ from the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House (CH) to provide Irish listeners with their views on international affairs, most recently, the conflict in Ukraine. The most high-profile CH star to feature on RTÉ recently is Sir Andrew Wood, ex-British ambassador to Moscow. He worked hand… Read more »

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KEEPING UP WITH GREG SPARKS

Date: April 7, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE IRISH TIMES was quick out of the blocks last month to report on the “dismay” expressed by the two female contenders who lost out on the prize job of master of the Rotunda hospital to Prof Sean Daly. One of those who will have paid particular attention to the story is former IT board… Read more »

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Jennifer O'Connell

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: April 7, 2022 - The Hot Air Brigade

More people who recognise what Socrates said about wisdom being about knowing what you don’t know. Maybe less time staring at your phone and more time staring out the window. Procrastination is very underrated. We might follow the lead of Rock himself. “Still kinda processing,” was all he had – wisely – come up with… Read more »

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Doug Beattie

BEATTIE PLAYS LONG GAME

Date: April 7, 2022 - Northwind

DOUG BEATTIE, leader of the UUP since May last year, is engaged in an existential struggle with the Alliance party for third place behind Sinn Féin and the DUP in May’s assembly election. If he fails and ends up fourth, he knows people will be asking what is the point of the UUP which has… Read more »

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Lorna Bogue

‘UPPITY’ BOGUE ET AL VS CORK ‘BOYS’ CLUB’

Date: April 7, 2022 - Last Refuge

THE CREATION of a women’s caucus on Cork City Council has not been greeted with enthusiasm by their male counterparts and the females have accused some of them of using sexist language in debate with them in the council chamber and of resisting gender balance on the council. One of the women’s campaigns is for… Read more »

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FF-FG PLAY OFF

Date: April 7, 2022 - Last Refuge

SOME IN Fine Gael believe the real concern about the next election is not whether Sinn Féin seizes the reins of power but rather the destructive potential entailed in another FG coalition with Fianna Fáil. The real contest, they believe, is between FF and FG for second place, behind SF. Whoever wins that will survive… Read more »

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Claire Byrne

‘RTÉ’S EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES’

Date: April 7, 2022 - Fit to Print?

IF TRUTH is the first casualty of war then Montrose should be littered with journalists’ corpses given its by now standard coverage of geopolitical news as applied to the war in Ukraine. A finely crafted document, ‘Journalism & Content Guidelines’, formulated by the RTÉ Editorial Standards Board, sets out the ethical principles under which the station’s coverage… Read more »

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Malcolm Noonan

BURN, BABY, BURN

Date: April 7, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

“WE HAD to destroy the village in order to save it”. This quote was famously attributed to a US commander during the Vietnam war in explaining their scorched earth approach to ‘liberating’ villages. This came to mind with the comments in February from the Irish Farmers Association hill farming chair Cáillin Conneely in pleading with… Read more »

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TIM CULLINAN’S PIGS

Date: April 7, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

‘SAVE OUR bacon’ read the signs outside Dáil Éireann recently, as pig farmers protested over rising feed and fuel costs. Led by IFA president Tim Cullinan, Ireland’s 300 or so major pig farmers are looking for a taxpayer bailout of a cool €100m, or about a third of a million euro per farmer. According to… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: April 7, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

‘Big F***ing Thick’ DUNDALK DISTRICT Court heard the case of Jim Cash (37) of Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, who was charged with using abusive language towards a garda after being informed that his vehicle was about to be seized. Cash, who failed to appear for the case which was listed for a contested hearing,… Read more »

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Catherine Tate

KIERAN’S CORRIGAN’S NAN

Date: April 7, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

BACK IN 2019 Catherine Tate’s The Nan Movie was shot in Ireland with Goldhawk’s old pal Kieran Corrigan handling the €1m-€2m tax credit bounty provided by taxpayers for the film. Having taken the decision to bypass the po-faced critics, it looks like the comedienne will have the last laugh. The special vehicle firm that Corrigan… Read more »

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PAT KIELY’S BIG DEAL

Date: April 7, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for ex-Virgin Media television boss Pat Kiely, whose decision to go it alone is paying off. Kiely is a well-known face in Irish media but branched out a couple of years ago, having spent more than 20 years at Virgin (and its predecessor TV3), ending up as MD. He set up… Read more »

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Jessica Harrington

HARRINGTON’S WRIST SLAP

Date: April 7, 2022 - Sport of Kings

WHEN THE Co Kildare premises used by the now high-profile equine therapist John Warwick were raided by Department of Agriculture officials in tandem with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) last November, Jessica Harrington was one of a handful of trainers who happened to have a horse present on the facility – receiving treatment from… Read more »

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Ado McGuinness

ADO’S PUNT PAYING OFF

Date: April 7, 2022 - Sport of Kings

WHEN TRAINER Ado McGuinness convinced owner Gary Devlin to fork out a reputed €¼m for recent Dubai winner A Case Of You a little more than a year ago, it would have been considered a risky enough punt. Although the horse had shown considerable promise as a two-year-old for ex-trainer John McConnell, A Case Of… Read more »

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Robbie Dunne

DUNNE’S EARLY RETURN

Date: April 7, 2022 - Sport of Kings

ROBBIE DUNNE was vindicated in lodging an appeal against his 18-month suspension for his bullying of fellow jockey Bryony Frost. The reduction in the jockey’s ban to 10 months means he can attempt to get his career back on track in October, just as the jumps season begins to get into gear again after a… Read more »

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THE GROUP CHAT

THE GROUP CHAT

Date: April 7, 2022 - PodcastsPodcasts|ReviewsReviews

THIS PODCAST from Virgin Media is aiming to capitalise on the sizeable social media popularity of its news reporters Richard Chambers, Zara King and Gavan Reilly – whose combined Twitter following exceeds 300,000. The Group Chat’s frothy tone was established by the trio’s promo appearances prior to its launch.  King’s visit to The Six O’Clock Show was… Read more »

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THE COLONY - AUDREY MAGEE

THE COLONY – AUDREY MAGEE

Date: April 7, 2022 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

THE EMOTIONAL power that distinguished Audrey Magee’s 2014 debut novel The Undertaking earned her widespread critical praise. Written in simple, understated language, her alternate view of life in Nazi Germany was an absorbing story of ordinary people in extraordinary times. Magee’s fans expecting more of the same will be disappointed, as The Colony is let… Read more »

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Bertrand Gautier

GREENCOAT BOARD SHOULD TERMINATE INVESTMENT MANAGER CONTRACT

Date: April 7, 2022 - Moneybags

THE LATEST fundraising exercise by wind farm owner Greencoat Renewables went off without a hitch but the biggest beneficiary of the group’s activities continues to be the ‘investment manager’, Greencoat Capital LLC, which earns big bucks in fees. While the unsatisfactory contract can be terminated by the board this July, investors should not hold their… Read more »

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John Teeling

BOTSWANA DIAMONDS STARTING TO SHINE

Date: April 7, 2022 - Moneybags

DIAMOND MINING is not the kind of business that attracts too many Irish entrepreneurs, particularly as the industry is an effective monopoly, dominated by the giant South African De Beers group. At the moment there are two interesting players with very different strategies – the highly experienced John Teeling and relative newcomer Dermot Desmond. The… Read more »

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Martin Cullen

MARTIN CULLEN’S COMEBACK

Date: April 7, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THE BUILD-UP to the Dublin City LGBT Pride festival has begun in earnest as the various corporate entities prepare to display their rainbow credentials for all to see. (The organisers previously reacted to criticism of the hijacking of the annual event by big business by pushing the corporates who stump hard cash – Facebook, Tesco,… Read more »

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Tom Ryan

TOM RYAN’S LEGAL BILLS

Date: April 7, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

THERE WAS no luck for Goldhawk’s old friend, Tom Ryan, whose bid to appeal €8.5m in judgments in the UK has suffered a setback. He remains one of the more interesting characters to have appeared in the pages of The Phoenix down through the years, stretching back to his so-called Ryan’s Irish Cream liqueur business,… Read more »

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Ellie Kisyombe

ELLIE’S BUSY SCHEDULE

Date: April 7, 2022 - The Hot Water Brigade

IT WAS a busy week of news coverage for Ellie Kisyombe, self-described “public figure, politician, mum, food & direct provision campaigner”, as well as hot sauce maker, Irish food cafe award winner, and the co-founder of ‘Our Table’, a charity-cum-SME that aims to end direct provision in Ireland while providing culinary training for employment. Phew!… Read more »

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