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April 18 - May 1, 2025
Affairs of the Nation
CENTRAL BANK GENOCIDE CHARGE?
THAT THE Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), of all European banks, might face criminal charges over its enabling of the multi-billion sale of Israeli bonds used to support the genocidal... Read more »
NEW FACES ON CHI BOARD
THE TIMING wasn’t great for the two new directors who have just been appointed to the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). They arrived exactly as the brown stuff was... Read more »
ICY DEFROSTED
A STEWARDS inquiry may be in order for outspoken online racing pundit Gearoid Norris (aka Icy), who has just found himself ‘unplugged’ from his X and Facebook soapboxes. Coincidentally, the... Read more »
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BERTIE’S ÁRAS BID
BERTIE AHERN is fretting at vacillating Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin’s failure to make up his mind about whether the party will support the former taoiseach’s burning ambition... Read more »
BROPHY’S TIMES
THE IRISH TIMES has found it difficult to keep up with the chequered but successful CV of Karl Brophy, CEO of Red Flag Global, which was sold to New York-based... Read more »
EOIN McGEE’S ‘MATERIAL UNCERTAINTY’
CELEBRITY FINANCE expert Eoin McGee has been signed up by Mediahuis as a personal finance columnist and will apparently be writing for the so-called ‘Indo Money hub’, which, in case... Read more »
LUCINDA CREIGHTON’S PROFITS
IT WAS reported in March that a couple of Irish Blueshirt adversaries have been generating significant revenue in their consultancy (ie lobbying) businesses in Brussels. Filings with the EU transparency... Read more »
BLINDNESS CHARITY BLINDSIDED
IT IS strange to see so little media coverage of the appointment by Charities Regulator Madeleine Delaney of inspectors to two blindness charities, the biggest of which by far is... Read more »
THE MOST RELIABLE FRED HOLROYD
It is becoming clear that the Operation Denton inquiry into the crimes of the UVF’s Glenanne gang will establish a modicum of collusion with the UK state, albeit at the... Read more »
BRITISH/IRISH FAR RIGHT
THE DEEPENING relationship between loyalists, British fascists and right-wing activists from the south was very much in evidence at a recent anti-immigration protest at Belfast City Hall. A few dozen... Read more »
Pillars of Society
PROFILE: JAMES BROWNE
The appointment of James Browne as housing minister surprised many people, including the new minister himself. His performance since then in this most daunting... Read more »
The Young Bloods
YOUNG BLOOD: MICHAEL ROCHE
UCD STUDENTS’ UNION (UCDSU) has a new president, Wexford native Michael Roche. He succeeds Miranda Bauer, whose family political background included the likes of... Read more »
Gold’s accelerationbrings the metal back to the front pages
Gold’s acceleration through the $3,000 barrier has brought the yellow metal back to the front pages of financial newspapers and magazines in recent weeks. While there was an initial... Read more »
Fit to Print?
MORE ‘SINDO’ FALL-OUT
THE ASCENT of new Sunday Independent editor Liz Kearney from highly proficient sub-editor to the top job at the country’s biggest-selling newspaper completes the Belgian counter-revolution at the Mediahuis Irish... Read more »
DEIRDRE VELDON’S BLURRED VISION
Last weekend’s Sunday Times saw Deirdre Veldon – the €270,000-a-year MD of the Irish Times group – deny that Irish news publishers are as addicted as ever to newspaper ink... Read more »
TOP GARDA ‘SECURITY’ THREAT
THE IRISH Times reported last weekend on the “unprecedented… crisis” due to the ongoing pension tax anomaly that will see any senior Garda officer taking the Garda commissioner’s job facing... Read more »
Last Refuge
GENDER QUOTA BACKLASH
THE MOTHER of all political battles could be on the cards if disgruntled noises from inside the parliamentary parties of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael result in demands to scrap... Read more »
MICHAEL LOWRY’S POLITICAL CHUMS
MICHAEL ‘NO MATES’ LOWRY is more isolated (outside the company of Micheál Martin and Simon Harris, that is) than many have realised and political schizophrenic TD Barry Heneghan is not... Read more »
LEFT UNITY THREAT
THE CENTRE-RIGHT parties and their media supporters ought to make up their minds about whether they support left unity or not. Recent reaction to the opposition uniting against the Lowry... Read more »
MICHEÁL MARTIN’S POLITICAL PEDIGREE
UNIONIST COMMENTATOR Sam McBride positively gurgled with pleasure in the Irish Independent and Belfast Telegraph at Micheál Martin’s dismissal last week of a border poll and a united Ireland –... Read more »
Hush Hush
DISSIDENTS PEACE PROCESS
THE MOOD at dissident republican Easter commemorations in 2024 was subdued. This was because there was no sustained armed campaign under way but the frustration of dissident republicans was compounded... Read more »
Bog Cuttings
BOG CUTTINGS
‘SHEEP-SHAGGING VAN’ A 30-year-old man, who threatened to burn a charge sheet and bail bond while being released from custody, appeared before Cork District Court. The incident occurred on July... Read more »
Fowl Emissions
ESRI BLAMESFARM LOBBY
The latest research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) had some fascinating insights into how climate change is perceived by both urban and rural communities, but the real... Read more »
TOMMY TIERNAN’S HOT AIR
Almost 10 years ago, comedian Tommy Tiernan roared from the Abbey Theatre stage: “It’s too fucking late.” The event was the Climate Gathering and Tiernan was warning that failure to... Read more »
The Hot Air Brigade
THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
There’s a psychosexual dimension to Trump’s tariffs. You don’t have to be Freud to see it. Fintan O’Toole (who else?), Irish Times That was the greatest slap in the face... Read more »
High Society
GRÁINNE’S SWEET LIFE
LAST WEEK, in the run-up to the busy Easter period for chocolate-maker Gráinne Mullins of the high-profile Grá Chocolates operation in Galway, she posted... Read more »
KARL WHELAN’S GOOGLE GRUB
IT IS full steam ahead at the brash Boland’s Mill development in Dublin’s south docklands, acquired by Google for a reported €300m. Interestingly, it... Read more »
EMMA MAYE’S MANSION
GOLDHAWK NOTES that Weavers Hall, a “New England style” mansion off Westminster Road in Foxrock, has come on the market with an asking price of over €7m. Although described by... Read more »
Forestry as a Smart Investment for 2025 and Beyond
As global markets continue to face uncertainty, many investors are seeking stable and reliable options that offer strong returns and long-term growth potential. In 2025, Green Belt Ltd is... Read more »
Behind the Scenes
LANDMARK’S LOLLY
WHILE ARTS and culture minister Patrick O’Donovan has been playing Scrooge with the TV producers over the streaming levy, he has also been chucking the green stuff around at Culture... Read more »
O’DONOVAN’S ORDERS
THE LEGACY of the RTÉ Tubs scandal is now clearer, with arts and media minister Patrick O’Donovan introducing some policy swerves that will rankle in Montrose. Rather than adding to... Read more »
Sport of Kings
COOLMORE SHUFFLE
THE SQUIRE of Coolmore, John Magnier, and his team recently undertook a little international jockey juggling, with Ryan Moore jetting Down Under to ride in the valuable Star Championships at... Read more »
PATRICK MULLINS’S MOUNTS
AMATEUR RIDER Patrick Mullins left his dismal Cheltenham form behind when winning on three of his five mounts at the Aintree festival, all of which were trained by his father,... Read more »
TWOMEY’S CHALLENGE
IT WILL be recalled (see The Phoenix 12/7/24) that handler Paddy Twomey found himself on the end of some surprising criticism last season from former-trainer-turned-pundit Sarah Lynam, who suggested that... Read more »
Moneybags
WHAT IS KENMARE RESOURCES WORTH?
THE REACTION of Kenmare Resources CEO Tom Hickey to Mick Carvill’s €565m takeover bid for the company last month is reminiscent of Tony Smurfit’s... Read more »
CORRE ENERGY’S CASH PROBLEM
CORRE ENERGY investors have been on the proverbial rollercoaster ride, from the company’s September 2021 float at €1 a share to its delisting from... Read more »
Dublin Unites to Promote Foreign Investment and Economic Growth
Dublin has long been a hub for global business. But now, a new campaign, “Invested in Dublin: Local Ambition, Global Success”, is showing the world exactly why Dublin is... Read more »
Brief Cases
BUTLERS CHOCOLATES PR TREAT
CONGRATULATIONS TO Butlers Chocolates, which got a valuable plug in the Indo last week in the run-up to Easter. Goldhawk is happy to fill in a couple of the more... Read more »
CHARITY’S €1M BLIND SPOT
ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p5), Goldhawk looks at the decision of the Charities Regulator to send inspectors into two charities operating in the visually impaired area. One of these... Read more »
GOOD ‘ADVISE’
THE FOUNDERS of high-tech analytics company Advise, Kevin McCarthy and John Phelan, had plenty to celebrate just before last Christmas when they attracted an impressive €1.66m in investment from assorted... Read more »
CHRISTOPER MOOREHOUSE’S €2M TAX BILL
THE DREADED Revenue have just registered a judgment for a whopping €2m against one Christopher Moorehouse with an address in Salville Road, Drumgoold, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. This turns out to... Read more »
NOT SO SUPERMARKET
SOME ACTIVITY was spotted at Escadia Ltd and Belraine Ltd – the companies associated with a large SuperValu supermarket in Ardee, Co Louth – controlled by Margaret Lanney and her... Read more »
Irish National Opera Placing Irish culture On The World Stage
Irish National Opera continues to expand its impact by showcasing outstanding performances across Ireland and internationally. Since its inception in 2018, INO has presented 184 live performances in 35... Read more »
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