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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

‘IRISH TIMES’ HACKS’ COMRADELY REVIEWS

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

GOOD TO see the Irish Times literary corps dropping the modest posturing and indulging instead in honest-to-God literary praise of each other’s personal outpourings. Last weekend’s Irish Times magazine contained a long – very long – interview conducted by IT columnist Jennifer O’Connell with IT mag columnist Emer McLysaght along with Sarah Breen. The two… Read more »

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Jim Bolger

PROFILE: JIM BOLGER

Date: October 7, 2021 - Pillars of Society

BOLSHY TRAINER Jim Bolger has had a banner year on the racetrack in 2021, courtesy of his Classic winning homebred three-year-old colts Poetic Flare and McSwiney but, off the course, he has had a rougher ride after his whistleblowing efforts failed, so far at least, to unearth any specific wrongdoings in the sport. It is,… Read more »

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Claire Kerrane

YOUNG BLOOD: CLAIRE KERRANE

Date: October 7, 2021 - The Young Bloods

GIVEN THE growing importance of the youth vote in Irish politics, and the opinion poll figures showing Sinn Féin solidly at the top of young voters’ preferences, it is no surprise that the party’s youngest TD, 29-year-old Claire Kerrane, is being increasingly put forward by the party as an official spokesperson on current affairs programmes…. Read more »

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Ivana Bacik

AK47, THE LADY IVANA AND LEFT BATTLES

Date: October 7, 2021 - Last Refuge

IT WILL be interesting to see just how much prominence Labour leader Alan ‘AK47’ Kelly affords the party’s Dublin Bay South byelection victor Ivana Bacik at next month’s party conference. It’s not that Kelly feels personally threatened by The Lady Ivana (not in the short term, anyway) but her Dublin Bay South (DBS) byelection triumph… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

PARTITION ROW: COVENEY GOES AWOL

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE ‘IRISH TIMES’ was chief among those who blamed both sides in the President Higgins partition row for not sorting it out long before it became such a controversial issue. But it appears that foreign minister Simon Coveney had much to do with the ill-preparedness of the official response as well as the confusion of… Read more »

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Tanya Airey

TANYA AIREY’S TRAVEL DISRUPTION

Date: October 7, 2021 - Brief CasesThe Hot Water Brigade

GOLDHAWK’S EYES were watering reading the news reports of travel agent Tanya Airey’s difficult 2020, with her revenues plummeting €23m thanks to the Covid-19 shutdown of the travel industry. Having recorded revenues of €33m in 2019, these collapsed to just on €10m last year, producing a pre-tax loss of more than €360,000 compared with a… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

MARTIN’S MODUS OPERANDI

Date: October 7, 2021 - High Society

IT WAS interesting to see how developer extraordinaire Pat Crean registered the purchase of his Shrewsbury Road pile, Lissadell, on the property price register in May this year. As the Irish Times reported, simply using the Irish language option meant it took a little longer than normal for the €13.25m deal to surface publicly. The… Read more »

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Désirée Fiinegan

DESIREE FINNEGAN’S SCREEN CHALLENGE

Date: October 7, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

GIVEN THE release of the widely praised Rose Plays Julie, on the weekend of September 17 (see review p20), Goldhawk took a gander at how Irish films have been doing at cinemas since they reopened. The omens were not good. Rose Plays Julie – the best of the films by a country mile, only managed… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

WHAT IS OUR FOREIGN POLICY?

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

AS ‘PHOENIX’ readers will know, Iveagh House mandarins have for years been determined to move away from the traditional Irish policy of neutrality. At first glance there does not seem to be much logic or pattern to the various initiatives that this has led to. However events in Mali in recent weeks might point a… Read more »

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Vol 39 No 20

Date: October 7, 2021 -

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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

BANK OF POPPIES

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERVIEWED BY the Sindo’s Samantha McCaughren recently, Bank of Ireland CEO Francesca McDonagh emphasised her Irish background with references to her Irish antecedents. It may have been a response to the Irish public’s antipathy to the banks but Francesca spoke of her childhood visits to Ireland for holliers and family occasions. She also outlined her… Read more »

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Caroline Costello

LEGAL SAGA NEAR AN END?

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

A 15-YEAR-OLD legal conflict between Louth couple Bernard and Viola Bingham and their former solicitor Barry Sheehan began in 2006 and recently reached the Supreme Court. Sheehan, who had previously been found guilty of professional misconduct, was denied the right to raise certain jurisdictional issues over the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) by the High Court… 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

WE’RE FRACKED

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

WILL THE government, despite its Green component, capitulate in face of the relentless campaign by energy companies to import fracked gas? When John Mullins, former chair of the Port of Cork Company, argued a year ago for the development of LNG (liquified natural gas), he warned it would be “dangerous” to abandon Shannon LNG as… Read more »

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Keith Andrews

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: October 7, 2021 - The Hot Air Brigade

The short-term view to this crossroads where we have come to in Irish football – and it is a crossroads and has been with what’s gone on in that building in recent years – is that we are on the road to recovery, in the background. Keith Andrews provides clarity on Stephen Kenny’s strategy, Irish… Read more »

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Charlie Flanagan

NO SUCH THING AS A FREE JUDGESHIP

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

FEARS THAT public exposure of the guest list at a Fine Gael fundraising dinner for legal eagles would undermine rather than enhance their prospects of appointment to the bench have been underlined by five such appointments to the High Court recently. Fianna Fáil friendly advocates eagerly quizzed Law Library colleagues about the identity of ‘guests’… Read more »

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Brian O'Driscoll

WHAT A SPORT AS BOD PLUGS IN ON CLIMATE

Date: October 7, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

AS THE climate emergency starts to get real, it is inspiring to see respected public figures like rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll step up to do their bit to help make a safer future for all. “Everyone has to make an effort”, says BOD. “None of us will ever be perfect, be it our carbon footprint… Read more »

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Sammy Wilson

‘THE WRATH OF GOD’

Date: October 7, 2021 - Northwind

WHY IS the north doing so badly with Covid? It’s not just in comparison with the republic, ranked No 1 in the world by the Bloomberg Covid Resilience list. The north has done badly compared with anywhere else. At times in September and October this year it had the worst infection rate in the world…. Read more »

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Charlie Flanagan

FLANAGAN BIFFS COVENEY — AGAIN

Date: October 7, 2021 - Last Refuge

FINE GAEL ministers and especially Simon ‘Covetous’ Coveney were apoplectic at former foreign minister Charlie Flanagan’s recent remarks criticising the government’s handling of the President Higgins diplomatic controversy over the ‘marking’ of partition. This amounted to the second time in recent weeks that Flanagan has attacked not merely the government but effectively his predecessor as… Read more »

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Paul Gallagher

AG GALLAGHER IN AND OUT OF COURT

Date: October 7, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE CURRENT allegation of a conflict of interest in attorney general Paul Gallagher’s work for a private client is not the first time confusion has been created by his private practice and his government role. In 2003, senior counsel Gallagher acted for various media that were being sued for defamation by Ian Bailey for their… Read more »

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Pauline O’Reilly

CHU’S CHAIR: GREENS LOOK RIGHTWARD

Date: October 7, 2021 - Last Refuge

THREE ISSUES highlighted in the media last week by Green party leader Eamon Ryan and Senator Pauline O’Reilly, among others in the leadership, are being used to try and push party radicals further back, if possible. As Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael proclaim to their members that the Greens have been put in their place… Read more »

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Mandy Johnston

TAKING ‘FLACKS’ IN THE MEDIA

Date: October 7, 2021 - Fit to Print?

NEWSTALK’S ANNOUNCEMENT of Anton Savage and Mandy Johnston as anchor presenters for the station’s current affairs and business programmes says much about new owner, Bauer Media Group. Both flacks have, for years, fought on behalf of government to deny the media answers to their awkward questions (Johnston) or have trained ministers and Fine Gael politicians… Read more »

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Martin O'Hagan

MARTIN O’HAGAN’S KILLING

Date: October 7, 2021 - Fit to Print?

THE CANT surrounding the 2001 UVF murder of Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan by the then Independent News & Media heads has been superseded only by those who effectively collaborated in his murder, namely, MI5 who controlled his killers. This view was effectively endorsed by the National Union of Journalists general secretary Michelle Stanistreet on… Read more »

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Brian Leddin

O’DOWD AND LEDDIN’S DATA FREE DEBATE

Date: October 7, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

WHY WASTE good money paying former politicians as lobbyists if serving politicians will make the same case for free? On RTÉ’s Drivetime last week Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd made the intriguing claim that data centres would help Ireland reach our renewable energy targets. Citing an Amazon data centre project in Drogheda, he said: “They’re… Read more »

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‘GOOD’ GAS CRISIS

Date: October 7, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

NOT EVERYBODY is worried about energy blackouts – it’s great news for fossil fuels. Not only are Ireland’s coal and oil-burning power plants getting a life extension, new gas-burning plants are popping up like mushrooms and establishment support for LNG import terminals is booming. Displaying the brutal honesty you’d expect from its name, the head of… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: October 7, 2021 - Bog Cuttings

Shouting At Gardaí A Tralee man who called gardaí to an incident in Ballybunion in June 2021 and then told them to “go fuck themselves” after they arrived has been fined €150 at Listowel District Court. Patrick O’Brien (23), of 28 Bruach na hAbhainn, Tralee, had been visiting a friend in Ballybunion when an incident… Read more »

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Tracey Ryan

TRACEY RYAN’S BEAUTY TIPS

Date: October 7, 2021 - High Society

INTERESTING TO see that beauty business entrepreneur Tracey Ryan has stepped down from the board of the big US outfit Codex Beauty Europe. The sale of her organics-based skin care business to the Yanks certainly looks to have been well timed. La Ryan established her natural ingredients-based business, Bia Beauty Skin Care Ltd (subsequently renamed… Read more »

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Gerard McNaughten

GERARD McNAUGHTON CASHES IN

Date: October 7, 2021 - High Society

IT LOOKS like TileStyle moneybags Gerard McNaughton and his siblings are taking a few bob out of the successful bathroom, kitchen and flooring supply business. The McNaughton family have made a fortune out of the successful TileStyle operation founded by patriarch Jim McNaughton. According to company filings, the group underwent a restructuring a couple of… Read more »

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The Pages - Hugo Hamilton

THE PAGES – HUGO HAMILTON

Date: October 7, 2021 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

THE AUTHOR is best known for The Speckled People (2003) in which he recalled his eccentric childhood, growing up in a Dublin suburb with his German mother and Irish father. The inevitable search for belonging that defined Hamilton’s memoir has become central to much of his subsequent fiction. Similar themes of displacement and alienation are… Read more »

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ROSE PLAYS JULIE

Date: October 7, 2021 - MoviesReviews

IT CAN be a thankless job reviewing Irish films, but from time to time one comes along where it is evident the director has a clear idea of exactly what is to be seen and heard. In the case of Rose Plays Julie there are actually two directors, also writers – Christine Molloy and Joe… Read more »

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Donnacha O’Brien

DONNACHA’S DIFFICULT SEASON

Date: October 7, 2021 - Sport of Kings

HAVING MADE an explosive start to his training career last year, the pace has slowed somewhat for Donnacha O’Brien this year. Group 1 winners in France and Ireland last year with Fancy Blue and Shale suggested the young O’Brien was set to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious father, Aidan, and brother, Joseph, but… Read more »

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Eddie Scally

EDDIE SCALLY’S DRAW DEBATE

Date: October 7, 2021 - Sport of Kings

GOWRAN PARK is seen as one of the more progressive and well-run racetracks, with manager Eddie Scally highly regarded. There is, however, some sense of disgruntlement with the flat track there, with some convinced the draw can overly influence a horse’s finishing position. This ‘draw bias’ allegation surfaced at the most recent flat meeting, when… Read more »

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MUST TRY HARDER

Date: October 7, 2021 - Sport of Kings

IT HAS long been whispered that the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board is adept at clamping down on non-trier cases involving small-scale trainers but less enthusiastic when it comes to many of the bigger outfits. Certainly, some of the smaller players might claim to have been hard done by. By way of example, the race day… Read more »

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Charles Byrnes

BYRNES BACK WITH A BANG

Date: October 7, 2021 - Sport of Kings

WHAT BETTER way to celebrate a return from a six-month suspension than to land an old-fashioned gamble in a competitive handicap in the home of British flat racing? Saddling just his second runner since taking back the licence from his son, Cathal, Charles Byrnes sent Turnpike Trip over to Newmarket to contest a £40,000 staying… Read more »

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Bertrand Gautier

TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF GREENCOAT RENEWABLES

Date: October 7, 2021 - Moneybags

WHILE RENEWABLE energy is very much du jour, from a financial point of view these businesses survive courtesy of significant state subsidies, which in Ireland are currently running at €300m pa. Consumers can check out their own Public Service Obligation contribution, which is added to their energy bill. The good news for investors is that… Read more »

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Edmond Scanlon

KERRY GROUP FINALLY GETS ITS STRATEGY RIGHT

Date: October 7, 2021 - Moneybags

AFTER MORE than a decade of Kerry Group advocating the virtues of a twin-tracked strategy – the two divisions of food ingredients and consumer foods – one that Moneybags criticised repeatedly, it is surprising to hear CEO Ed Scanlon referring to the sale in the context of “Kerry’s strategy for the last 30 years [which]… Read more »

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Enda O’Coineen

ENDA O’COINEEN’S STRATEGY

Date: October 7, 2021 - Brief CasesThe Hot Water Brigade

ENDA O’COINEEN has been busy splashing the cash in an effort to build the Business Post Group into a formidable media Goliath, recently spending €7m on polling company Red C. But, Goldhawk spotted that he has also been selling off a few assets, including most recently a historic little pub and holiday home village in… Read more »

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