From the Archive Archives

DALATA HOTELS’ BALANCE PROBLEM

February 26, 2020

GOLDHAWK was not surprised to see Dalata Hotels boss Pat McCann talking of expansion into Europe by the group when announcing its underwhelming... Read more »

WILLIAM MCGLADE’S DECISION

February 20, 2020

YOUNG MONEYBAGS William McGlade’s HipHipStay short term letting operation featured on the front page of the Irish Times today as a result of... Read more »

PAUL WILLIAMS’ LECTURE

February 18, 2020

PAUL WILLIAMS’ lecture on Claire Byrne Live last night and his pearl-clutching online-only op-ed for The Independent yesterday — about how millennial voters ‘turned their... Read more »

HELEN DIXON’S FACEBOOK POST

February 17, 2020

IT LOOKS like Facebook has not been paying enough attention to the modus operandi of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon. Her... Read more »

MARY O’BRIEN’S BAD DIAGNOSIS

February 7, 2020

A CREDITORS meeting has been called for Videodoc Ltd, the online GP service established by Kenmare-based Mary O’Brien. This will not come as... Read more »

BEHIND THE FBD SHARE SURGE

February 7, 2020

THE BIG jump in profits signalled this week by FBD Insurance will not surprise fans of Moneybags who were told in December that... Read more »

SINN FÉIN IN GOVERNMENT?

February 4, 2020

IS THE unthinkable — Sinn Féin in government — about to become the inevitable with SF’s rise and rise? Or is the real... Read more »

BAD NEWS BOOSTS RYANAIR PROFITS

February 3, 2020

FANS OF The Phoenix will not have been surprised that Mick O’Leary’s Ryanair delivered profits of almost €90m for the last quarter of... Read more »

MARTIN’S REAL POWER BASE

January 31, 2020

THERE IS quiet, almost embarrassed amusement in the Fianna Fail parliamentary party at their leader Micheál Martin’s accusation that Sinn Féin is under... Read more »

ROSS LEWIS’S RETENTION

January 31, 2020

MICHELIN-STAR chef Ross Lewis (pictured above) of Chapter One fame could stand the planning heat, so he’ll be allowed to stay in the... Read more »

OCTAGON PLOT TWIST

January 31, 2020

THE POSSIBILITY that the €50m High Court claim by German film producer Winifred ‘Winni’ Hammacher against the two boys behind Love/Hate and Vikings... Read more »

THE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD CONUNDRUM

January 30, 2020

For over a year, foreign minister Simon Coveney has threatened to take the gloves off and recognise Palestinian statehood if Israel continued to... Read more »

SARAH DURCAN’S DRAMATIC EXIT

January 30, 2020

FANS OF The Phoenix will not have been surprised to see that Social Democrat candidate for Dublin Bay South, Sarah ‘Waking the Feminists’... Read more »

ROBERT NAIRAC EXPOSED

January 24, 2020

‘Breaking news’ about the involvement of SAS officer, the late Captain Robert Nairac, in the Miami Showband massacre will not have surprised readers... Read more »

JOHN MCGUIRK AND GRIPT

January 24, 2020

THE JOHN MCGUIRK-edited gript.ie conservative website is in the news for all the wrong reasons, with cybersecurity outfit Upstart drawing attention to links... Read more »

CPL RESOURCES PROFIT BOOM

January 24, 2020

FANS OF Moneybags will not be surprised to see that profits are up for Anne Heraty’s undervalued recruitment group CPL Resources, where the... Read more »

PROFILE: FEARGAL PURCELL

January 23, 2020

Goldhawk was surprised to see his old pal Feargal Purcell on the panel for analysis of last night’s TV debate. Enda Kenny’s former... Read more »

ALAN ENGLISH MOVES TO THE SINDO

January 21, 2020

CONGRATS TO Alan English for landing the Sunday Independent editor’s job, confirming Goldhawk’s report last week (see The Phoenix, 17/1/20). For the full background to office/editorial... Read more »

HOW THE WESTON FAMILY MADE THEIR FORTUNE

January 21, 2020

No surprise to see Hilary and Galen Weston et al at the top of the growing list of ‘Irish’ billionaires, with a guesstimate... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: SARAH DURCAN

January 20, 2020

First time Social Democrat candidate Sarah ‘Waking the Feminists’ Durcan has some interesting cultural credentials, most notably as a member of the board... Read more »

AODHÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN’S LABOUR AMBITIONS

January 17, 2020

Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is hoping to claw his way back into the Lower House by contesting the 2020 election in Dublin Bay... Read more »

TP O’REILLY’S CAMPAIGN

January 17, 2020

Vlad’s visit to a forklift factory in Cavan as part of the first days of the election trail inadvertently created some pretty bad... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PADDY HOLOHAN

January 16, 2020

SINN FÉIN councillor, Paddy Holohan, has managed to come across as homophobic and racist in just a few words, referring to Varadkar’s India... Read more »

YOUNGBLOOD: PAUL MCAULIFFE

January 16, 2020

Who is Fine Gael’s most vulnerable TD in Dublin, if not the country? Answer: Noel Rock in Dublin North-West. Who is poised to... Read more »

YOUNGBLOOD: SAOIRSE MCHUGH

January 16, 2020

Will Achill Island native Saoirse McHugh be able to ride the ‘green wave’ all the way to a seat in the Dáil? Rural... Read more »