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Drew Harris

DREW HARRIS AND THE MI5 AGENT

Date: June 17, 2021 - Hush Hush

IN AUGUST 2020, Operation Arbacia, a major MI5 exercise, hit the headlines. It saw 10 people charged with activities linked to the New IRA. The evidence for the charges is based on audio and video recordings of two meetings held in Co Tyrone in February and July 2020. The accusation is that at both meetings,… Read more »

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Bono and The Edge

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: June 17, 2021 - The Hot Air Brigade

We are the people of the open hand/The streets of Dublin to Notre Dame/We’ll build it better than we did before/We are the people we’ve been waiting for. Lyrics of We are the People, the official Euro 2020(2021) anthem, featuring Bono and the Edge, submitted by reader In a rational world, international football – a… Read more »

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Edwin Poots

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Date: June 17, 2021 - Northwind

THE DISPUTE about Acht na Gaeilge goes back 15 years. Sinn Féin believed it had been agreed in the St Andrews Agreement of 2006, the deal which enabled the power-sharing executive to be resurrected in 2007. It discovered it had been sold a pup. The wording in St Andrews allowed the DUP to prevaricate and… Read more »

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Emma Blain

KATE O’CONNELL’S SUCCESSOR?

Date: June 17, 2021 - Last Refuge

UNLESS JAMES GEOGHEGAN totally bombs in the Dublin Bay South byelection, he is most likely to stand for Fine Gael in the general election. But the party will also want a woman to accompany him on the ticket, partly for gender quota reasons and also because this would help to regain its ‘rightful’ second seat… Read more »

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Susan McKay

PROTESTANTS AND PROTOCOLS

Date: June 17, 2021 - Last Refuge

RTÉ’S CLAIRE BYRNE was not available to protect DUP hard man Gregory Campbell last week as she did recently when closing down sports pundit Joe Brolly’s critique of the DUP after Campbell had exited the Claire Byrne Live programme on a border poll. But the DUP Westminster MP, Campbell, made the mistake of locking horns… Read more »

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Barry Walsh

BARRY (WO)MANS UP

Date: June 17, 2021 - Last Refuge

HAS FORMER Young Fine Gael president Barry Walsh been emasculated by Blueshirt harpies following his social media outbursts about ‘bitches’ back in 2017? Barry filled in for resident Sunday Times Catholic champion David Quinn last Sunday week, with a column decrying the waste of talented politicians that has resulted from the iron grip of government… Read more »

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CORRECTION: TATE DONNELLY

Date: June 17, 2021 - Last Refuge

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Dana Rosemary Scallon

DANA’S BROTHER SUES LONDON MET

Date: June 17, 2021 - Fit to Print?

DANA ROSEMARY SCALLON emerged from the Court of Appeal in Dublin recently with a second, satisfactory settlement with the Sunday Worst (now owned by Mediahuis) following her defamation cases against the newspaper – one in the north and one in the south – for the same story. Dana’s brother, John Brown, was acquitted on all charges of… Read more »

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SUNDAY TIMES AND THE PADDIES

Date: June 17, 2021 - Fit to Print?

THE AAWRISH edition of the Sunday Times has always been the most gung-ho western organ in the Irish market, reflecting its deference to Whitehall and HMG in matters of foreign policy rather than the tastes of Irish readers. But recently the paper has adopted a hectoring tone when addressing the Paddies and is increasingly given… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan

ZERO AND COUNTING

Date: June 17, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

OCCASIONALLY THERE comes along an example of greenwash so ludicrous that satire is redundant. Five oil majors who extract from Canada’s vast environmental black spot, the tar sands, announced last week they had formed the ‘Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero’ alliance. These companies have committed to achieve ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2050, but… Read more »

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ENERGY BRINK

Date: June 17, 2021 - Fowl Emissions

IT’S POPULAR to blame renewable energy for electricity blackouts or the threat of same. Last winter the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, said a collapse in the state’s power grid was caused by the failure of wind and solar power, when in fact the problem was caused by freezing fossil fuel pipelines. Also last winter,… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: June 17, 2021 - Bog Cuttings

Inept Burglary Two men who were caught in an attempted burglary in Cork city centre were apprehended as they come out the front door of a shoe shop carrying a cash register. The solicitor for the accused – Stephen Keenan of 22 St John’s Square, Blackpool, Cork, and Ricky O’Donovan of Foyle Avenue, Knocknaheeny, Cork,… Read more »

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Ciara Donlon

CIARA DONLON’S BACKERS

Date: June 17, 2021 - High Society

A NEW company has been formed by Ciara Donlon, the high-flying founder of Theya Healthcare, which manufactures post-surgery underwear from bamboo no less. Ciara is the only director of Scott Street Factory Holdings and filings show that she has now moved to a swanky apartment in the Skyview House development on Sorrento Road in Dalkey…. Read more »

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Jess Ryan

JESS RYAN’S BLEMISH

Date: June 17, 2021 - High Society

IT IS the end of the road for the D4 beauty salon owned by Jess Ryan, daughter of Arthur ‘Penneys’ Ryan. The glamorous Jess forged her own path in business, although there was never any sign that she inherited Daddy’s knack for delivering gigantic profits. Indeed, in order to keep the show on the road,… Read more »

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CLAYTON LOVE’S LOSS

Date: June 17, 2021 - High Society

A COMPANY called Barcrest Developments was liquidated earlier this month. It turns out to be a business that was established by one of Cork’s best-known merchant princes. Barcrest is part of the property group controlled by Clayton Love, the son of businessman and renowned sailor back in the day, Clayton Love Jr. The business dynasty… Read more »

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OVERDUE AT THE LIBRARY

Date: June 17, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

WHEN BUSY arts minister Catherine Martin found time last week to officially open the latest (photographic) exhibition at the National Library of Ireland (NLI), Living with Pride, she might have been reminded of her failure to fill half the vacancies that have existed for some time on the board of the library. Of most interest… Read more »

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Brian Kavanagh

KAVANAGH SADDLES UP

Date: June 17, 2021 - Sport of Kings

FANS OF Goldhawk will not be surprised by the news that, more than 20 years after first serving a five-year stint as manager of the Curragh racecourse, Brian Kavanagh returns to that role in November after his reign at the helm of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) comes to an end in September (see ‘Brian Kavanagh’s… Read more »

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Stephen Mahon

STEPHEN MAHON DIGS IN

Date: June 17, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THE CHANCES of a positive outcome from Stephen Mahon’s proposed appeal against the four-year suspension of his training licence would likely attract pretty long odds given the volume of evidence presented by the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board (IHRB). Some punters might argue that Mahon’s ban looks on the lenient side considering the number of… Read more »

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Brian Polly

BRIAN POLLY’S HEAVY GOING

Date: June 17, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THE ASSOCIATION of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO) continues to generate controversy. The latest adventure involved an EGM to allow members to vote on a special resolution to provide for the retrospective approval and ratification of the recently formed AIRO Racing Ltd’s constitution, which is currently the subject of legal action (see The Phoenix 4/6/21). Chairman… Read more »

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David Dunne

DAVID DUNNE’S GAMBLES

Date: June 17, 2021 - Sport of Kings

THE NUMBER of open investigations on the books of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) continues to grow. Trainer David Dunne now finds his name attached to two reviews after his runner Full Noise landed an impressive punt at Punchestown recently. It was the second major gamble landed by a Dunne horse in recent months… Read more »

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Brendan McAtamney

GETTING OUT OF UDG MAKES SENSE FOR SHAREHOLDERS

Date: June 17, 2021 - Moneybags

THE SURPRISE bid by US fund Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) for UDG Healthcare may prove timely for investors given the sensitive area in which the Irish company operates. The promotion of presecription medicine is a legal minefield and could well end up being regulated out of existence. The arrival of Paul Singer – the… Read more »

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Rory O'Donnell

PHARMACISTS FOOT THE BILL

Date: June 17, 2021 - Briefcases

WHILE THE news that local pharmacists are finally allowed to start administering Covid-19 vaccines represents a welcome development for the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU), which has been under pressure in recent times (see p6), elsewhere there are dark clouds gathering. Notably, there is the not inconsiderate issue of a business venture that has built up… Read more »

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John Brennan

JOHN BRENNAN’S LIFT-OFF

Date: June 17, 2021 - Briefcases

HIGH COURT judge Michael Hanna heard harrowing descriptions last week of the experience of some guests of the Killarney Plaza hotel, who were in a lift in July 2011 that dropped three floors, crashing into the underground car park. Among the defendants is Ellickson Engineering Ltd, founded by Goldhawk’s old friend, John Joseph Brennan. In… Read more »

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GERRY PURCELL’S PROCEEDINGS

Date: June 17, 2021 - Briefcases

A CREDITORS’ meeting has been called to wind up a property company called Megard Ltd, which is owned by Galway developer Gerry Purcell and his wife, Mary. The move is unlikely to be welcomed by the occupants of a number of apartments in a Dublin 8 complex developed by the company, currently the subject of… Read more »

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GER LYONS’S WINNERS

Date: June 17, 2021 - Briefcases

RACEHORSE TRAINER Jim Bolger has always been a bit of a thorn in the side of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). He successfully took racing’s regulator to the High Court more than 20 years ago after losing an appeal over a non-trier case and he is again making things difficult for Denis Egan and… Read more »

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KAM TIM NG’S HELICOPTER

Date: June 17, 2021 - Briefcases

THERE WAS a setback to high-flying Kam Tim Ng last month when he failed to have a legal action against him dismissed. The case concerns work allegedly carried out on his helicopter by Michael Byrne’s Emerald Helicopter Consultants (EHC). EHC sued Dublin-based Tim Ng in 2013, seeking €127,000 which, it claimed, it was owed for… Read more »

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Mark Mellett

TANKS, NOT HOUSES

Date: June 3, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST CHRISTMAS Goldhawk wrote that a planned reform of the Defence Forces would result in two things: the end of Irish neutrality and serious investment in military hardware (see The Phoenix, 18/12/20). Sure enough, this week saw two developments along these lines. First, the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) submission to the government’s commission on… Read more »

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MOYA DOHERTY’S LEGAL ADVICE

Date: June 3, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE PLOT thickens at RTÉ, where four vacancies on the board remain unfilled for months and now the legal eagles have been called in. It will be recalled (see The Phoenix 21/5/21) that the terms of the previous nominees selected by the Joint Oireachtas Committee (JOC) came to an end last year. The JOC on… Read more »

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Ivana Bacik

PROFILE: IVANA BACIK

Date: June 3, 2021 - Pillars of Society

FEAR STALKS the Fine Gael heartlands of Dublin 2, 4 and 6 as the Dublin Bay South byelection looms and with it the unthinkable prospect of losing ‘their’ seat in Sir Garret FitzGerald’s old constituency. The appalling possibility of Sinn Féin stealing the seat is one obvious concern, with Lynn Boylan poised to enter the… Read more »

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Niall Horgan

YOUNG BLOOD: NIALL HORGAN

Date: June 3, 2021 - The Young Bloods

AS THE chief executive of trendy athleisure brand Gym+Coffee, Niall Horgan’s most impressive achievement in business has been to persuade millennials and yummy mummies to part with €70 for leggings made in Asia. This is, in no small part, down to the Cork man’s ability to harness the star wattage of the likes of One… Read more »

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Stephen Evans-Freke

EVANS-FREKE’S ESCAPE

Date: June 3, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

GOLDHAWK’S favourite millionaire Wall Street banker, Stephen Evans-Freke, has had plenty to celebrate in recent weeks. First a plan for some houses near his splendid Castel Freke in Co Cork got the thumbs down from an Bord Pleanála (see page 38) and now the New York Supreme Court has dismissed a billion-dollar lawsuit against a… Read more »

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Michael O'Leary

RYANAIR SHARES OVERVALUED WHEN COMPARED WITH IAG

Date: June 3, 2021 - Moneybags

FLYING HIGH these days is the Ryanair share price despite the very evident turbulence. For some reason the airline is valued not far off its peak valuation of 2017, despite a very different environment and a collapse in returns in recent years. Mick O’Leary continues to chart a course towards huge capacity growth and is doubling… Read more »

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Jimmy Menton

JIMMY MENTON’S MEDICAL RECORD

Date: June 3, 2021 - Affairs of the Nation

THE LATEST arrival on the board of exploration company Providence Resources is James ‘Jimmy’ Menton, the former number cruncher who has played a central role in the proposed move of the National Maternity Hospital to St Vincent’s hospital, which is operated by St Vincent’s Hospital Group (SVG Group), Menton’s name was relatively unknown outside the… Read more »

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LIQUIDATING THE STRYPES

Date: June 3, 2021 - Behind the Scenes

THE STRYPES, like a succession of Irish bands, were once (not so long ago) the next big thing but announced their break-up in 2018. More recently, they appeared together as members of the backing band of one Elton John in the 2019 biopic Rocketman but their latest credit is as the stars of a liquidation… Read more »

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THE DOIREANN PROJECT – RTÉ PLAYER 

Date: June 3, 2021 - Reviews|TV

THE THIRD season of The Doireann Project – a sketch show starring 2FM Breakfast presenter Doireann Garrihy – arrives courtesy of RTÉ’s ‘The Lab’, a “multidisciplinary creative team within RTÉ Online”.  With its remit to focus on yoof ‘content’, The Lab’s output includes such essential programming as Agony OAPs, Marty In The Shed, and Kevin Paints, in which comic Kevin McGahern “attempts… Read more »

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Bernie Gallagher

BERNIE GALLAGHER’S BATHROOMS

Date: June 3, 2021 - High Society

THERE IS trouble brewing in leafy Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, where a substantial plan to revamp a protected house has elicited some strong opposition from neighbours and An Taisce. The couple behind the scheme are the minted John and Bernie Gallagher (daughter of PV Doyle). The impressive No 34 has lain vacant for many years, having… Read more »

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