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REGINA V JOSEPHA – AND MAYBE BARRY
Date: December 14, 2023 -
LEO VARADKAR and his command staff officers in the bunker have one issue to deal with before others when it comes to the Dublin European seat and that’s whether to run one or two candidates. This likely means that Fine Gael delegates at convention will… Read more »
HARRY McCALMONT’S HEAVY GOING
Date: December 14, 2023 -
HARROW-EDUCATED horse breeder and well-known Turf Club personality Harry McCalmont found himself in the headlines last week when a legal action against him resulted in a High Court settlement for over €2m. The case, which concerned the death of stud groom George Williams while he… Read more »
VOL 41 NO 24
Date: December 14, 2023 -
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UKRAINE DEFEAT LOOMS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE ISRAELI horror show in Gaza cannot hide for long the uncomfortable fact – for Nato and the West, including Ireland – that Ukraine stands on the edge of defeat in war against Russia. That the Irish Government, and Micheál Martin in particular, does not… Read more »
RTÉ’S FOUR SEATS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
AS GOLDHAWK revealed (see The Phoenix 1/12/23), the premature exit of Connor Murphy from the RTÉ board created a second vacancy for media minister Catherine Martin to fill. She has now advertised the €16,000-a-year seats, along with two other vacancies that have yet to arise. The queue of applicants is unlikely to be a long… Read more »
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Date: December 14, 2023 -
In an article about Chris Andrews TD in your 1 December issue of The Phoenix you give a very misleading account of my position on politicians and defamation law. I have not condemned Mr Chris Andrews or his party. I have consistently said that, while everyone is entitled to go to law to defend their… Read more »
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ARMS TO GAZA (VIA UKRAINE)
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE ARMS industry makes a big deal of end-use certificates, which identify a government agency of the importing state that will use their weapons. Despite this, there is still a thriving illicit market for weapons in conflict zones and embargoed destinations around the world. The… Read more »
DREW HARRIS’S COP OUT
Date: December 14, 2023 -
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris’s credibility in the aftermath of the Dublin riots rests on his claim that no one could have anticipated the level of violence. But the level of lawlessness at far-right protests has been steadily escalating over the last four years. Also Harris’s cop out does not explain how, even in the aftermath… Read more »
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THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
Date: December 14, 2023 -
If anointed, the appointing of An Taoiseach will begin with a friendly sparring match in my purpose built, Presidents Octagon, in the grass outside Áras an Uachtaráin. Gumshield, 16oz gloves, shin pads, vale tudo for Caio. If you cannot spar a friendly spar with your President you should not lead the country. Televised on ppv…. Read more »
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‘SENSIBLE’ NORTH REFORMS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
ON DECEMBER 4 Westminster’s Northern Ireland affairs committee (NIAC) published its proposals for reform of the Stormont assembly’s procedures for electing its speaker and first and deputy first ministers. The north’s unionist media were quite excited about the development. Some outlets in the south shared the excitement. The Irish Times, confirming once again that the… Read more »
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THE 2023 GIRL
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE FIRST and one of the most intriguing Fine Gael selection conventions for the next general election takes place in the new year (January 15) in Dublin Bay South (DBS), where the constituency that was once graced by Sir Garret FitzGerald no longer holds a… Read more »
KINGSTOWN FG: THE ENEMY WITHIN
Date: December 14, 2023 -
A FRISSON of anti-Russian paranoia ran through a number of Dún Laoghaire Blueshirts recently, causing the postponement of the convention for candidates to the Blackrock area for next year’s local elections. Three such conventions were organised in the Fine Gael heartland of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, namely Dún Laoghaire, Killiney-Shankill and Blackrock. However, a complaint… Read more »
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‘MIRROR’ OVER REACHES ITSELF
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE ELEVATION of Irish Sun editor Kieran McDaid to the hot seat occupied until recently by Nóirín Hegarty at the Aarish edition of the Sunday Times also saw the transfer of Michael McNiffe to Murdoch’s flagship. McNiffe was lured from the post of executive editor at the Daily Mirror to the role of associate editor… Read more »
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CoI SLEEPS SOUNDLY
Date: December 14, 2023 -
LAST WEEK the Church of Ireland (CoI) and the Scouts Association forked out £100,000 in damages to Eddie Gorman, who was abused by Rev WG (Bill) Neely in Mount Merrion Church, Belfast. Neely also abused children as a scout leader. The scouts expelled Neely in… Read more »
BUSY OLIVER SEARS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
ART DEALER and Holocaust awareness advocate Oliver Sears tends to generate plenty of media interest and most recently was afforded a lengthy outing on Brendan O’Connor’s RTÉ Radio One show. Presumably, the high profile is good for business and Sears has been raking it in at his Upper Fitzwilliam Street gallery in D2. He has… Read more »
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ADVANTAGE MULLINS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board stewards made a decision at Punchestown that could have ramifications for trainers and jockeys, especially in light of the BHA’s plans to introduce a limit of four runners per trainer in a race. After the four-runner Grade 1 Morgiana Hurdle, which was saw the Willie Mullins-trained State Man lead home a… Read more »
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CONNELL’S PLAN
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE RECENT ‘festivalisation’ of some of the big winter jumps meets has resulted in big crowds and great atmospheres at Irish tracks. Leopardstown boss Tim Husbands will be hoping this momentum carries on to the big four-day Christmas meeting. It is, of course, the horses that play the big part and have provided some thrilling… Read more »
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BIRR CASTLE’S CHINESE MENU
Date: December 14, 2023 -
IT LOOKS like some very wealthy people from around the world will be making contact with the owners of Birr Castle, who are offloading a much sought after private box in the Royal Albert Hall, home of Last Night of the Proms. With a potential €3.5m price tag, it could deliver a very nice Christmas… Read more »
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DERMOT SMURFIT’S BET ON GAN BLOWS UP
Date: December 14, 2023 -
AT ONE stage, after floating off on the American Nasdaq market in May 2020 and raising $50m, the Dermot Smurfit-headed GAN Gaming looked to be well on the way to making it big in the US. The shares, originally floated on the AIM Market in London at €2 a share, floated on the Nasdaq at… Read more »
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ORIGIN’S LESS THAN FERTILE PERFORMANCE
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE CEO of Origin Enterprises, Sean Coyle, describes the company as “evolving and well positioned for future growth with strong fundamentals and sustainability at its core”. “Evolving” seems accurate enough but what is concerning investors is the wild fluctuation in results being delivered by the company. Last year was underwhelming and this year didn’t start… Read more »
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BARRY NAPIER’S WINDFALL
Date: December 14, 2023 -
CHRISTMAS CAME early for tech investor Barry Napier, whose remarkable multimillion-euro windfall from the sale of a controlling stake in his Cubic Telecom business to the Japanese SoftBank represents a hell of a comeback for a man who was on the wrong end of a €1m judgment only a couple of years ago. It will… Read more »
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FRANK BOYLE’S MISPLACED OPTIMISM
Date: December 14, 2023 -
WELL-KNOWN Sligo-based medtech entrepreneur Frank Boyle is not going to have a happy Christmas and neither will any creditors of his Nektr Technologies Ltd (NTL) and its subsidiaries, all of which are being wound up next week. It looks like Frank was caught cold given that only a few weeks ago he was convinced that… Read more »
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MIZNA’S STRONG MEDICINE
Date: December 14, 2023 -
AMONG THE relatively small batch of tax defaulters published by the Revenue Commissioners earlier this month was a company called Mizna & Co Ltd, which is described as a medical services provider. It turns out to have been rather unhealthy. Mizna was incorporated in 2014 and the listed directors at the time it collapsed into… Read more »
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MAX’S BURNT BURGERS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
AMONG THE more high-profile players in the hospitality game here in recent years have been Shane Mitchell and long-time business partner John Quinn, who are associated with a number of popular Dublin restaurants and bars, including the likes of Asador in Ballsbridge and Lennan’s Yard on Dawson Street. A recent addition to the stable of… Read more »
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MAURA DERIVAN’S SETTLEMENT
Date: December 14, 2023 -
THE SETTLING this week of circuit court defamation proceedings by number-cruncher Bobby Fitzgerald against outgoing Law Society president Maura Derivan and her hubby, Patrick, took no less than 14 years. The case also almost prevented Maura from attending the prestigious International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Paris. Things got pretty hairy for Derivan, given that… Read more »
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ED HONOHAN AND THE VULTURE FUNDS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
FORMER MASTER of the High Court Ed Honohan has been on the rampage in the US in recent weeks, with dramatic allegations against what he describes as collusion between the Irish Government and the mainly Wall Street-backed vulture funds that have been repossessing Irish properties. Essentially, Honohan is alleging that there is collusion between certain… Read more »
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BILL CALLANAN’S CANDID COMMENTS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
The long-standing nitrates derogation that allows some farmers to use 250kg per hectare ends this month. A new lower limit of 220kg will be in place in 2024 amid much weeping and gnashing of teeth in agri circles. But this is still far above the EU’s “safe” level of 170kg and will likely be gone… Read more »
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SIMON COVENEY’S AMBITIONS
Date: December 14, 2023 -
YOU REALLY have to wonder who, apart from one of Simon Coveney’s people, inspired that Sunday Times story last weekend headlined, “TDs tip Coveney to replace Donohoe”, as speculation continues about public expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe becoming head of the IMF next year. The other suspects mentioned – servants of further education minister Simon Harris… Read more »
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NON-DISCLOSURE AT THE ‘IT’
Date: December 14, 2023 -
IT LOOKS like the Irish Times DAC and also the IT Trust have weathered the stormy response of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and its chapel (NUJ branch) to the revelation that the outgoing editor and managing director received a total of €1.15m between them as they kissed goodbye to the company last year…. Read more »
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BOX OFFICE BLUES
Date: December 14, 2023 -
AROUND 40 ‘Irish’ movies, some of them re-releases or hold-overs from 2022, were released in cinemas in Ireland over the course of 2023. Many of these movies will have passed Irish cinemagoers by or, possibly, Irish cinemagoers decided they weren’t worth seeing. What counts as an Irish film continues to puzzle cinephiles but if it… Read more »
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DAME LOUISE RICHARDSON: NO TRIPLE LOCK
Date: November 30, 2023 -
ANTI-TERRORIST EXPERT Dame Louise Richardson was hand-picked by Tánaiste and foreign minister Micheál Martin, to chair his forum on defence and security policy and also to compile a report on the proceedings. However, given the furore that greeted the forum’s bias and the carefully selected… Read more »
PROFILE: CHRIS ANDREWS
Date: November 30, 2023 -
CHRIS ANDREWS TD is the latest Sinn Féin politician to be accused of abusing defamation law via his High Court action against the Irish Times and its political correspondent, Harry McGee. Senior Government politicians and various media groups – including press ombudsman Susan McKay, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Reporters without Borders –… Read more »
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YOUNG BLOOD: SARAH KIERNAN & CONOR COCHRANE
Date: November 30, 2023 -
While talent managers such as Noel Kelly, Joanne Byrne and Andrea Roche are almost as recognisable as their respective stables of clients, Mullingar-based couple Sarah Kiernan and Conor Cochrane of Icon Management are virtually unknown in the public arena. Yet the 34-year-olds are coming up on the inside lane to show the more established influencer marketing agencies… Read more »
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RTÉ BOARD’S EMPTY SEATS
Date: November 30, 2023 -
FOLLOWING IAN Kehoe’s decision not to seek a second term on the beleaguered RTÉ board, there is a second man overboard as a result of the decision of tech whizz, Connor Murphy, to quietly step down for what the communications department told Goldhawk were “personal reasons”. Finding replacements for the two boys could prove tricky… Read more »
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FAR-RIGHT’S INTERNAL SPAT
Date: November 30, 2023 -
IN THE aftermath of the recent Dublin city riots, the gyrations of the far-right Irish Freedom Party (IFP) was striking as evidenced by party president Hermann Kelly, who regularly distances himself from more extreme right-wing elements. Kelly emphasised that he was against violence, arguing on his X account that he hoped people would “channel righteous… Read more »
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DUNNE-HAUGHEY: THE REAL STORY
Date: November 30, 2023 -
Last Saturday Irish Times finance guru Cliff Taylor posted an account of how the story about Ben Dunne bunging Charlie Haughey £1.1m was researched and published back in 1996. Taylor placed himself and his newspaper at the centre of this feat of investigative journalism. He… Read more »
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