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CECELIA’S COMPANIES

Date: November 18, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

SUPER SCRIBBLER Cecelia Ahern is set to make yet more dosh, with Nicole Kidman having signed up to produce a TV series based on the novelist’s 2018 anthology, Roar. In recent times, Cecelia has also been doing some restructuring. In Greenlight Go, her fellow director is hubby David Keoghan, but Ahern controls 99% of the… Read more »

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HOLD MY DRINK

Date: November 18, 2021 - PodcastsPodcasts|ReviewsReviews

SITTING AS it does among the more serious and polished podcasts of Bauer Media Audio’s radio shows (Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, etc), Hold My Drink qualifies as a particularly curious beast. Broadcast via GoLoud, the media group’s dedicated app for audio content, the podcast is helmed by two Dublin beauty ‘influencers’, Charleen Murphy and Ellie… Read more »

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Consuelo O’Connor

MAKTOUM FOUNDATION FINANCES

Date: November 18, 2021 - High Society

WITH EX-PREZ Mary Robinson in the spotlight following her COP 26 criticisms, it is interesting to note that the accounts have just been filed for the Al Maktoum Foundation, which built the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh. This was officially opened by Robbo back in 1996 along with the chair of the foundation, Mizra Al-Sayegh…. Read more »

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Tom Cooney

GEORGIAN SOCIETY’S PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE

Date: November 18, 2021 - High Society

PLANS ARE being made for the annual Christmas party of the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) in its City Assembly House headquarters on South William Street, D2, on December 4. No doubt, the heritage revellers in attendance will be hoping president David Davies has some stories to tell about offloading his impressive Abbeyleix House in Co… Read more »

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Luke Comer Ban

COMER’S BLOODLINES

Date: November 18, 2021 - Sport of Kings

LUKE COMER’S ambitious breeding and training endeavours have finally borne some low-hanging fruit after his homebred four-year-old colt, Bradesco, won at Dundalk last week. The victory was significant for Comer in that it represented the first winner for his own stallion, Bashkirov, a 16-year-old son of Galileo who started out life with Aidan O’Brien and… Read more »

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FITZGERALD’S BAD WEEK

Date: November 18, 2021 - Sport of Kings

AINTREE GRAND National sponsor, diagnostics company Randox, has been in the news for the wrong reasons as a result of landing lucrative Covid testing contracts in the UK and its links to disgraced MP Owen Paterson. Founder and MD Peter Fitzgerald, also came under the spotlight last week courtesy of one of his horses, Aghaboy,… Read more »

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David Hyland

HYLAND HOPS INTO SADDLE

Date: November 18, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THE ASSOCIATION of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO) held its annual flat awards on the final day of the season at Naas recently, but the event was most notable for the absence of chairman Brian Polly. He has been ill recently but is still listed on the AIRO website as chairing the organisation, but it was… Read more »

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Niall Fortune

NIALL FORTUNE’S ‘DEMISE’

Date: November 18, 2021 - The Hot Water Brigade

NIALL FORTUNE channelled his inner Mark Twain last week, chortling that “reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated”. He was referring to a welter of news reports about the various companies in the Eddie Rockets Group, which he controls along with his wife Anne, which has been having a difficult time lately. Several firms in… Read more »

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Adam Mooney

ADAM MOONEY’S FADING TAN

Date: November 18, 2021 - The Hot Water Brigade

AS PEOPLE are familiar with by now, pandemics don’t treat everyone equally and some business sectors have felt more pain than others. It will not come as too much of a surprise then to hear that the two brothers behind a successful tanning shop business have produced returns that are less than glowing. Adam and… Read more »

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ANNUAL 2021: GOLDHAWK’S AWARDS FOR THE PASSING PARADE 2021

Date: November 18, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

Declan Kelly THE 2021 Crisis Management Award of the Year goes to Dancing Declan Kelly – the former head honcho of Teneo – for his smooth handling of the controversy that surrounded him this summer. Six months ago, Decco was on top of the world, in situ as CEO and chairman of Teneo, the favourite… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

ANNUAL 2021: GOVERNMENT – WHO BELIEVES THE POLLS?

Date: November 18, 2021 - Last Refuge

2021 should have been the year that the somewhat artificial coalition – cobbled together to prevent rather than create a change of government – bedded itself in after nearly a year of the pandemic and the onset of that looming catastrophe, climate change. At home, the housing crisis should by now be something that at… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald won’t repeat the ‘too few candidates’ error of the last election, but the issue of potential coalition partners is a tricky one.

ANNUAL 2021: OPPOSITION – MARY LOU FOR TAOISEACH?

Date: November 18, 2021 - Last Refuge

If 2020 was the year of the historic breakthrough for Sinn Féin, when it surpassed all other parties in terms of first preference votes, 2021 saw the party solidify its ambitions to lead the next government. The latest opinion polls show the party 10 points ahead of Fine Gael, its nearest rival, in the south,… Read more »

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Catherine Murphy

ANNUAL 2021: LABOUR/INDEPENDENTS/TROTS – BOUTIQUE LEFT IS UNDER THREAT

Date: November 18, 2021 - Last Refuge

As they strive for re-election, Ireland’s smaller parties and Independents face broadly two sorts of general election: there is the sleepy type of election after which nobody expects much to change; and there is the epic battle between two competing visions for Ireland. The elections of 1981, 1982 and 2011 were battles; the last election… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar, interviewed under caution by gardaí, hasn’t done Fine Gael – the so-called party of probity – any favours.

ANNUAL 2021: PROFILE – IS VARADKAR HEADING FOR BRUSSELS?

Date: November 18, 2021 - Pillars of Society

This Christmas, Matt Barrett might consider giving his partner a special advent calendar so that, every morning when Leo Varadkar awakes, he can tear open a new little window and glory in the thought that he is one day closer to becoming taoiseach again, on December 15, 2022. Cometh the hour, cometh the man …. Read more »

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Eoghan Harris’s demise as Sindo columnist was linked more with the national question than the posting of any alleged bullying, sexist or misogynistic tweets.

ANNUAL 2021: PRINT – MEDIA SANS HARRIS AND O’BRIEN

Date: November 18, 2021 - Fit to Print?

SUNDAY INDEPENDENT trumpet, Eoghan Harris’s public shaming and downfall, together with an improved financial performance at some of Ireland’s leading media businesses, dominated the past year. Meanwhile, billionaire Denis O’Brien has departed the scene after a most bruising experience, personally and financially. In May, star Sindo columnist Harris was unceremoniously axed by editor Alan English… Read more »

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A safe pair of hands, Claire Byrne has continued her steady rise up the media star tree, but has hinted that she may quit the Monday evening TV gig as she’s feeling overworked.

ANNUAL 2021: AIRWAVES – STARS’ AND OWNERS’ EXODUS

Date: November 18, 2021 - Radio

Boardroom shenanigans at RTÉ; the long anticipated exit from the Irish media of Denis O’Brien; Virgin Media TV being fattened up for an imminent sale; and the closure of Eir Sport marked a seismic year of change for Ireland’s broadcasting world. The sale of Communicorp… Read more »

Archbishop Eamon Martin

ANNUAL 2021: CLERICAL ERRORS – PRIMATE VS PRESIDENT

Date: November 18, 2021 - Clerical Errors

Eamon Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, was doing well in 2021 until he fumbled the ball by consenting to an ecumenical service in Armagh’s Protestant cathedral commemorating the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921. This attracted public attention when Michael D Higgins pointedly pre-absented himself from “a political event”. Contrary to… Read more »

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James Geoghegan

ANNUAL 2021: WIGS ON THE GREEN – SUPREME JOUST FOR TOP JOB

Date: November 18, 2021 - Wigs on the Green

This year, it seems that we will have to put up with a post-Christmas surge and the more traditional pre-festivities rush of that seemingly never-ending plague. We are, of course, speaking of Covid-19, the biological equivalent of the Special Criminal Court. Unlike the latter, though, the pandemic will eventually leave us, whereas the Gangland Tribunal… Read more »

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Joe Biden

ANNUAL 2021: FOREIGN FROLICS – IRELAND: BEST BOY IN THE CLASS – AGAIN

Date: November 18, 2021 - Foreign Frolics

MUCH THE same unresolved issues dominated this year as last with Covid, Brexit, Trump and his successor, the rise of EU militarism and increasing tensions between the west and China. Still, Ireland got its moment in the sun, when the seat won on the UN Security Council gave the taoiseach, Micheál Martin, the chance to… Read more »

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Maura Higgins

ANNUAL 2021: HIGH SOCIETY – FROM INFLUENCERS TO LUXURY LOOS

Date: November 18, 2021 - High Society

SOME THINGS don’t change and this year the rich got richer and there was a notable upsurge in spending on luxury items in Ireland, as all those Covid-19 savings were tapped. What is changing is the make-up of the most high-profile earners in this country, with the list of young influencers in the millionaire category… Read more »

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Catherine Martin

ANNUAL 2021: BEHIND THE SCENES – 2021: MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

Date: November 18, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

THE SECOND year of the pandemic brought its own problems to the arts and culture sectors but money was not one of them. Truckloads of dosh were delivered to the unwieldy Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media to help compensate for artists and entertainers for the shut-down of the sector. Needless to… Read more »

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Colin Hunt

ANNUAL 2021: MONEYBAGS – WHICH SHARES ARE PRIMED FOR POST-PANDEMIC BOOST?

Date: November 18, 2021 - Moneybags

A S THE panic associated with the global pandemic begins to ease off, investors are hoping that the world will be able to function more or less normally, with relatively open economies and reducing infection rates. Covid-19 has, however, had a major impact on the stock market, which has been an erratic environment, with some sectors… Read more »

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Ger Rabbette deserves the lion’s share of the credit for Uniphar almost doubling its share price in consecutive years, resulting in a valuation of €1.27bn.

ANNUAL 2021: MONEYBAGS – WINNERS AND LOSERS IN 2021

Date: November 18, 2021 - Moneybags

THE STOCK market and share prices over the past two years have been totally dominated by the pandemic and, not surprisingly, some of the best and worst performers appear in the top 10 tables only because of exceptional circumstances WINNERS The best performing share this year has been PetroNeft, which is surprising given that this… Read more »

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Albert Manifold’s decision to lead CRH’s retreat from emerging markets has raised eyebrows – as has his hefty pay package.

ANNUAL 2021: MONEYBAGS – ALBERT MANIFOLD’S U-TURN AT CRH

Date: November 18, 2021 - Moneybags

ALBERT MANIFOLD has been in charge (officially) at CRH since 2014 and has been remarkably well paid during that time. Some investors say he has earned the big bucks but, if that is the case, it is not by setting the stock market alight. The shares are up 25% this year (though this represents a… Read more »

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Declan Kelly

ANNUAL 2021: BRIEF CASES – HIGHS AND LOWS IN 2021

Date: November 18, 2021 - Brief CasesThe Hot Water Brigade

MORE THAN a year and a half of Covid-19 restrictions haven’t triggered the forecast tsunami of commercial collapses and liquidations, but that doesn’t mean it’s been all plain sailing for Ireland’s princes and princesses of industry this year. Take, by way of example, the biggest business deal of the year, the sale of Davy stockbrokers… Read more »

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Michael Collins

MOVING STATUES AND THE BIG FELLA

Date: November 16, 2021 - Last Refuge

AN TAOISEACH Micheál Martin’s enthusiasm for the memory of Michael Collins, in particular his support for the erection of a statue commemorating the centenary of his death next year, is beyond irony given the performance of Fianna Fáil on Cork City Council (CCC) a year ago. Then, FF councillors, led by the taoiseach’s brother, Sean… Read more »

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Graham McLaren

THE ABBEY’S €700,000 DRAMA

Date: November 4, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH THE arrival at the Abbey theatre during the summer of Catríona McLaughlin (artistic director) and Mark O’Brien (executive director), the stage was set for a new era. The manner in which the departure of their predecessors, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, was handled by… Read more »

Eamon Ryan

PROFILE: EAMON RYAN

Date: November 4, 2021 - Pillars of Society

EAMON RYAN’S hour has come round at last – or has it? The Green party leader’s decade-long dream of a meaningful climate act materialised last week with publication of carbon budgets from the Climate Change Advisory Council. It has been a long time coming for the climate action minister who has had to contend with… Read more »

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Erin McGregor

YOUNG BLOODS: ERIN MCGREGOR

Date: November 4, 2021 - The Young Bloods

WITH THE launch of her new Feel to Heal jewellery range, Erin McGregor is hoping that the crystal-based baubles will help wearers conjure up positive vibes around the three themes of ‘love’, ‘abundance’ and ‘anxiety’. She swears by the book, The Secret, which encourages readers to believe they can manifest desires through the “law of attraction”. Erin was so… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

MARY LOU MCDONALD’S COALITION MUDGUARD

Date: November 4, 2021 - Last Refuge

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS now appear to be in the final stages of grief and are moving from depression towards acceptance that Sinn Féin will almost definitely lead the next government. The question now is who will perform the traditional function of mudguard for the lead coalition party and is a topic of much speculation inside and… Read more »

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O’BRIEN VS ZUCKERBERG

Date: November 4, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

DENIS O’BRIEN has had a busy couple of weeks, selling off a chunk of his Digicel group to the Aussies and also finding time to have a pop at Facebook. Dinny generated plenty of column inches for comparing the social media company to the “creeping authoritarianism” of 1930s Germany. O’Brien is clearly no fan of… Read more »

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Veronica Guerin

VERONICA GUERIN: ‘SINDO’ REVISIONISM

Date: November 4, 2021 - Fit to Print?

THE DEATH last week of John Traynor, a gangland criminal source of Veronica Guerin who was also suspected of fingering her for her killers 25 years ago, gave the Sunday Independent another excuse to cover itself in glory – revisionist glory – given the incomplete account of its shameful behaviour in the matter of Traynor’s… Read more »

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WE DON’T KNOW OURSELVES - FINTAN O’TOOLE

WE DON’T KNOW OURSELVES – FINTAN O’TOOLE

Date: November 4, 2021 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

SAMUEL BECKETT, with whom Fintan O’Toole is compared on this book’s back cover, might conceivably have compressed his era into 57 pages. O’Toole’s occupies 570 and still contains silences, albeit unlike Beckett’s. Eamonn Casey, Larry Goodman, the Catholic Church, child sexual abuse, Fianna Fáil, Charlie Haughey and his Ansbacher accounts are dissected with withering scorn…. Read more »

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DER KAISER AND MR & MRS SMITH

Date: November 4, 2021 - Brief CasesThe Hot Water Brigade

GOLDHAWK WAS impressed by the old-fashioned shoe leather reporting demonstrated by veteran Sindo reporter Liam Collins last week. Collins made his way down to the Probate Office in Smithfield, Dublin 7, to dig through the files associated with the estate of deceased playwright Ulick O’Connor, and found that a solicitor had been appointed to the… Read more »

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STEFANIE PREISSNER’S PROFITS

Date: November 4, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

IT IS increasingly hard to avoid Stefanie Preissner these days (for anybody who might want to), with two separate radio stations opting to feature her dulcet tones last month. It is unclear if the Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope screenwriter, podcaster and columnist will land her own show after the recent outings but, if she does,… Read more »

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Ian Redmond

IAN REDMOND’S DANCE MOVES

Date: November 4, 2021 - Brief CasesThe Hot Water Brigade

ALMOST UBIQUITOUS in the recent media frenzy over the reopening of nightclubs and the government-imposed restrictions was Ian Redmond of the popular Dublin city centre club, Tramline. He quickly became the face of the sector, dancing into the headlines with alarming regularity both in print, online and on the airwaves. Redmond has plenty of other… Read more »

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