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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: January 13, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

‘Dropped His Trousers’ A 43-year-old man pleaded guilty to charges of public intoxication and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour towards gardaí in Cork District Court. Sgt John Kelleher said that while on patrol they spotted Levis Djemcheyom Kamegne, of Wellington Road, drinking from a can of beer outside his home. He proceeded to stagger… Read more »

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Small things like these

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (CLAIRE KEEGAN)

Date: January 13, 2022 - Books|ReviewsReviews

AT ABOUT 100 pages, this novella is dedicated to those who suffered in Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes and Magdalene laundries. There is a lot packed in, but to what end? The latest work from Keegan (whose 2010 short novel Foster has become a popular text on the Leaving Cert English course) is set in New Ross… Read more »

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Gordon Elliott

ELLIOTT’S CHRISTMAS BONUS

Date: January 13, 2022 - Sport of Kings

WITH SO much racing on before and during the festive period, a huge gamble landed by Gordon Elliott at Ascot just before Christmas went under the radar for most punters. Elliott’s Ardhill was backed into favourite for a competitive looking 16-runner handicap hurdle and made a mockery of his handicap mark, coasting to an effortless… Read more »

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Tom Magnier

COOLMORE’S HORSEPOWER

Date: January 13, 2022 - Sport of Kings

COOLMORE STUD’S Australian wing, which is run by John Magnier’s eldest son Tom, has come up with a pretty high-end bonus scheme to help in the promotion of one of the operation’s up-and-coming stallions, Justify. The deal involves the owner of Justify’s first Group 1 winner being presented with a new Ferrari by Coolmore. Tom… Read more »

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Sarah Lynam

SARAH LYNAM LETS FLY

Date: January 13, 2022 - Sport of Kings

A NEW year initiative has been introduced by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) that means that a series of races at Dundalk are restricted to jockeys who have not ridden more than 20 winners in the past year. It’s designed to give younger riders and those below the top tier more opportunities to progress and showcase… Read more »

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Mark Fahey

LESS THAN APPEALING

Date: January 13, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boosted its coffers at the end of 2021 when handing out €6,000 fines to two small-scale trainers, Mark Fahey and Brian McMahon. Both were alleged to have been in breach of the dreaded Rule 212 or the ‘non-triers’ rule after their respective horses Strong Roots and Longhouse Force caught… Read more »

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Jim Joyce

MAKING SENSE OF HEALTHBEACON’S PROJECTIONS

Date: January 13, 2022 - Moneybags

GIVEN THE continuing exodus of companies from the Dublin Stock Exchange, either as a result of being taken out or migrating their prime quotation to London, it is refreshing to see HealthBeacon floating on Dublin’s Euronext Growth Market and raising a reasonable €25m. The arrival of a medtech outfit will generate interest, although the jury… Read more »

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Jost Massenberg

KINGSPAN SHARES SOAR DESPITE LEADERSHIP CONCERNS

Date: January 13, 2022 - Moneybags

THE RECENT performance of Kingspan’s share price has been little short of astonishing, especially in light of public relations disasters. With a new chairman in place, the pressure is on Jost Massenberg to ensure a tight grip is maintained on the running of the company. While profits have been moving very much in the right… Read more »

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Kapil Khanna

KAPIL KHANNA’S ALL-STARS

Date: January 13, 2022 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK was delighted to see an enticing invite pop up in his inbox at the dreary start of 2022, when motivation can be thin on the ground. Happily, the All Ireland Business Foundation (AIBF) was offering just the cure to those January Blues – a “Goal-Crushing Roadmap”. It appears that this sort of thing is… Read more »

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John Collison

JOHN COLLISON’S PROPERTY PAL

Date: January 13, 2022 - Briefcases

LIMERICK TECH whizkid John Collison ventured outside of his ‘circle of competence’ last week to hold forth on housing and planning in Ireland. Courtesy of an accommodating ear from Indo tech correspondent Adrian Weckler, San Francisco-based billionaire Collison wondered aloud, “Why is it so hard to build new housing in Ireland? We clearly need to… Read more »

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Douglas Taylor

DOUG TAYLOR’S GOOD PANDEMIC

Date: January 13, 2022 - Briefcases

HIGH-PROFILE horseracing fan Doug Taylor continues to build up his horseracing interests and recently was expanding his stallion interests with the addition of Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s Dee Ex. He has already started shopping for his own mare to send to the stallion (see The Phoenix 17/12/21). Separately, it turns out that the going proved… Read more »

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Susan Bergin Marlowe Mullingar Film Studio RTÉ Self-Employment

CULTURAL DIVIDENDS

Date: January 13, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

JUST A week before Christmas, Screen Ireland (SI) announced that three new “regional film and TV crew hubs” were joining a new “national talent academies network”. The first of these ‘academies’, focused on film and television drama, was announced earlier in 2021, and is managed by Jade Murphy at Alan Duggan’s Galway Film Centre. The… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 01

Date: January 12, 2022 -

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Simon Coveney

POST-BREXIT: FEDERAL EU

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

TUCKED AWAY almost out of sight at the end of the Irish Times report on the recent formation of the German government was the casual observation that “Berlin’s traffic light has turned green on an EU ‘constitutional convention and the further development of a federal European state’ ”. Although an editorial that day on the… Read more »

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David Collier

PROFILE: DAVID COLLIER

Date: December 16, 2021 - Pillars of Society

A FLURRY of political and polemical activity around Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and Ireland’s role in this ongoing subjugation began recently. It has involved the Israeli government, former justice minister Alan Shatter, pro-Israeli Irish commentators and foreign minister Simon Coveney. But a new player in this global affair is British activist David Collier, whose… Read more »

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Joanne McNally

YOUNG BLOOD: JOANNE MCNALLY

Date: December 16, 2021 - The Young Bloods

WITH SOLD-OUT shows here and in the UK, a book deal and a top-rated podcast under her belt, the time may have finally come for comedienne Joanne McNally to drop the ‘poor mouth’ schtick. Hitting the big time must come as a relief to the posh Dubliner, who is loud, lairy and does a great… Read more »

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Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem 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

HARNEY’S MOOLAH

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE BUSY former health minister Mary Harney has been putting her money where her mouth is. And it looks like her various corporate interests are paying off. The latest good news for the ex-PD leader is that Jim Joyce’s ‘medication adherence technology company’ HealthBeacon floated this week, valuing Mary’s small stake at about €100,000. This… Read more »

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Paschal Donohoe

BLUESHIRTS PRESS PANIC BUTTON

Date: December 16, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE BYELECTION in Dublin Bay South last July should have warned Leo Varadkar and Paschal Donohoe about the way things were going; not just that the party was in decline electorally but more specifically that their game plan was not working. That not-so-cunning plan was the creation of an image in which decent, middle-class voters,… Read more »

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Enda Kenny

ENDA KENNY’S CHINESE TAKEAWAY

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST WEEKEND, the Business Post reported trouble brewing in Belfield, where a Chinese-funded educational body has been accused of straying into the political field. Goldhawk was not surprised to see the name of one Enda Kenny mentioned. The Confucius Institute (CI) in UCD is a controversial international entity that has often found itself targeted by… Read more »

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Rose Hynes

ROSE HYNES’S SMOOTH FLIGHT

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport has just advertised the position of chair of the Irish Aviation Authority. The question interested parties will have is whether there is any point in applying given that Rose Hynes looks to have the job sewn up. Hynes appeared before the oireachtas transport committee last month in her role as ‘chair… Read more »

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Fiona McHugh

FIONA MCHUGH’S HICCUP

Date: December 16, 2021 - Briefcases

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see the taxman registering a judgment for a paltry €1,850 against former Sunday Times editor turned businesswoman Fiona McHugh. Presumably, this is the result of some miscommunication, but is nevertheless embarrassing for the woman who founded the Fallon & Byrne business, before exiting it in 2020. No doubt, the denizens of… Read more »

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Simone Rocha

SIMONE ROCHA’S ‘COMEBACK’

Date: December 16, 2021 - High Society

IT IS probably fair to say that this year didn’t turn out quite as top fashion designer Simone Rocha would have forecast back in January. She will be glad to see the back of 2021 but at least the moolah is still rolling in, pandemic or no. Simone garnered some glowing media coverage recently when… Read more »

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Eddie Hobbs

EDDIE HOBBS’S HERESY

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

TO THE already bulging shelves of Irish literature Eddie Hobbs has now added his first novel, The First Heresy, which he revealed on Twitter last week will be on the shelves in February. The cover is an illustration of a comely medieval knight in full battle regalia, while a mysterious hooded figure watches over her. According… Read more »

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Fionnuala and Anthony Brabazon

CASH CALL AT KILLRUDDERY

Date: December 16, 2021 - High Society

AS INCREASED restrictions limit the number of visitors to venues around the country, one of those that will be feeling the pinch is the splendid Killruddery demesne outside Bray, Co Wicklow – the family seat of the Brabazons since way back in 1618. It turns out that the lord of the manor has recently had… Read more »

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Patrick Coveney

AFTER PADDY COVENEY AT GREENCORE

Date: December 16, 2021 - Moneybags

THE ANNOUNCEMENT last month of Paddy Coveney’s exit from Greencore was inevitable. Fans of Moneybags will be familiar with the CEO’s shortcomings, which were evident over most of his 13 years in situ. He is certainly not going out on a high and the absence of any succession plan reflects badly on the board. But, for… Read more »

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VOL 39 NO 24

Date: December 16, 2021 -

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Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem 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 PANDEMIC PROFITS

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

WHILE THE Irish Times only picked up the one gong in the UCD Smurfit Business School journo awards this week, the performance of the company’s execs maybe deserved a couple of medals. Although there has been much gnashing of teeth in media circles about the impact of the pandemic on the sector, it turns out… Read more »

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Gerry Adams

ADAMS HASN’T GONE AWAY YOU KNOW

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

AFTER RECORD breaking poll ratings the last thing Sinn Féin – or some of the more electorally sensitive members in the leadership – wanted was a row over a grinning Gerry Adams chanting tiocfaidh ár lá and a chorus line of, “They haven’t gone away you know”. Capitulating on the Special Criminal Court and softening… Read more »

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Brianna ‘Thorn’ Skehan

THE GARDAÍ’S VIRTUAL HERO

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THEY’RE A fun-loving lot at the Garda Review, publication of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), and the current edition has a full-on front page photo of Brianna ‘Thorn’ Skehan, a member of the virtual Emergency Response Unit (ERU), with several more photos of her inside. ‘Brianna’ is a newly created character in the computer game,… Read more »

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Stephen Rae

EX-INM EDITOR SUES ‘SUNDAY TIMES’ HACK

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

A SIGNIFICANT issue of press freedom will shortly be determined in the High Court arising from a libel action taken by Stephen Rae, former editor-in-chief of Independent News & Media (INM) before it was taken over by Mediahuis. Rae is suing Mark Tighe and the Sunday Times for a story based on claims by then… Read more »

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Tim Cullinan

FG/GREEN ‘UNITY’

Date: December 16, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE CONTINUING decline in Fine Gael’s popularity is beginning to look less like a slump and more like a death spiral. Panic in the ranks of Blueshirts has been evidenced by their floating the idea of three straight years of tax cuts to woo back the middle classes – an odd tactic with government debt… Read more »

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Gökhan Çelik

FLIGHTS OF FANCY IN SHANNON?

Date: December 16, 2021 - Hush Hush

BASED IN Shannon Free Zone business park in Co Clare, A-techSYN (Advanced Technologies with Synergy) provides not only unmanned flights with its drones but, in addition, is engaged in the manufacture of drone parts and software development. With smart, cutting edge technology and research A-techSYN has also profiled itself as producing enhanced facilities for search and… Read more »

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Fintan O'Toole

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: December 16, 2021 - The Hot Air Brigade

Eating simple and ‘natural’ foods was a way of revolting against the hedonistic excesses of capitalist consumption. Vegetarian self-control was a rebuff to the grotsquerie of upper-class gluttony. Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times, submitted by reader As I said, if Ryan wants to get me on and take a weekend off, down the line, I’d be… Read more »

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Deirdre Heenan

UNITED HEALTH SERVICE, ANYONE?

Date: December 16, 2021 - Northwind

THE NORTH’S finance minister, Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy, has produced a draft budget which increases the healthcare allocation by 10% for three years and cuts all other departments by 2%. Health will receive £7bn each year. Sounds a lot for 1.8 million people, but it’s only up from £6.45bn. Murphy is trying to deal with… Read more »

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Joseph Stalin

LEFT SPLINTER GROUP SPLINTERS

Date: December 16, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE MAINSTAY for decades of the non-republican left in Ireland – north and south – was the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI), but recent years have seen it fall prey to the Trotskyist virus of splits and factionalism. This has resulted in the usual recrimination, expulsions, name-calling and exaggerated claims about each other. For some… Read more »

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Michael D Higgins

‘IRISH TIMES’ Q&A POLL REBOUNDS

Date: December 16, 2021 - Last Refuge

THE IRISH TIMES recently fought valiantly against President Higgins’s refusal to mark the anniversary of partition and also the results of its own poll showing public approval for the gesture at a ratio of four to one. With admirable persistence, the IT tried, last week, to present southern opinion as being cold on the idea… Read more »

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