Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from April 2008:
vintage queen Olivia Delaney travels all over Europe sourcing items for her niche vintage-furniture store. Some pieces end up in her house, but very often they go back to the shop because, as Olivia tells Mary O'Sullivan, the customer always comes first. Photography by Tony Gavin.
Apr 06, 2008 ... vintage queen Olivia Delaney travels all over Europe sourcing items for her niche vintage-furniture store. Some pieces end up in her house, but very often they go back to the shop because, as Olivia tells Mary O'Sullivan, the customer always comes first. Photography by Tony ...
Why our barristers are just like taxi drivers Competition benefits everyone and the law is no different to any other profession in this regard, writes John O'Keeffe.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Why our barristers are just like taxi drivers Competition benefits everyone and the law is no different to any other profession in this regard, writes John O'Keeffe THE chairman of the Bar Council is not a happy man. Turlough O'Donnell SC is concerned that the numbers ...
Misled by the love of others Annie Lennox found fame, fortune and heartbreak as the lead singer with Eurythmics. While in Dublin to help promote Unicef, she tells Paul Hopkins why she's wary of romance and only really believes in the love between a parent and child.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Misled by the love of others Annie Lennox found fame, fortune and heartbreak as the lead singer with Eurythmics. While in Dublin to help promote Unicef, she tells Paul Hopkins why she's wary of romance and only really believes in the love between a parent and child ...
Row wrecks launch ofnew 'copter ambulances.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Row wrecks launch of new 'copter ambulances The high-profile launch of a 24/7 national air ambulance service has been put on hold after a spat between two Government departments. Although the service, using new Air Corps helicopters, has gone live, the ...
Now the world really is our oyster Brendan O'Connor has set himself the ambitious target of chilling in some of the world's hippest places. And he's going to use Sunday Independent travel tokens to help him get there.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Now the world really is our oyster Brendan O'Connor has set himself the ambitious target of chilling in some of the world's hippest places. And he's going to use Sunday Independent travel tokens to help him get there OF COURSE the Irish always travelled. It's just ...
A literature festival for your eyes only Secrecy and the creative process is the theme of the Franco-Irish Literary festival, writes Madeleine Keane.
Apr 06, 2008 ... A literature festival for your eyes only Secrecy and the creative process is the theme of the Franco-Irish Literary festival, writes Madeleine Keane LOVE secrets: infidelity, cheating, deceiving, betraying; precious childhood secrets, harmful family secrets, gossips ...
'Funny, the things you call babies. I call mine a different one each time I see her: it could be the name of an African tyrant, a cake mix brand, whatever'.
Apr 06, 2008 ... 'Funny, the things you call babies. I call mine a different one each time I see her: it could be the name of an African tyrant, a cake mix brand, whatever' SATURDAY This is going to drive people potty but we got the 4x4. And I love it. I really love it. So we put ...
Why Kevin enjoys a bit of his own Spacey His latest film vehicle is '21' but actor Kevin Spacey's first love has always been the stage, writes Evan Fanning.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Why Kevin enjoys a bit of his own Spacey His latest film vehicle is '21' but actor Kevin Spacey's first love has always been the stage, writes Evan Fanning THERE is probably not a lot that Kevin Spacey has in common with Madonna. He certainly doesn't share the Queen ...
Maurice Abrahamson.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Maurice Abrahamson MAURICE Abrahamson gave up stockbroking at the age of 67. He rapidly headed to the Bar Library to start a new career for which he had qualified in 1949. The young Abrahamson had begun life as a stockbroker while simultaneously studying to be a ...
Anglo director involved in Tube contract fiasco.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Anglo director involved in Tube contract fiasco ANGLO Irish Bank director Ms Noel Harwerth was the "partnership director" of Britain's biggest public private fiasco, it has emerged. Harwerth, who joined the board of Anglo Irish Bank last year, served as a director of ...
Abbey for sale, with pervert priest's grave included.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Abbey for sale, with pervert priest's grave included Kilnacrott Abbey and 44 acres of land, including the grave of the notorious paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth, is for sale. The property just outside Ballyjamesduff could fetch in excess of '3m for the Norbertine ...
Burrell put to the sword.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Burrell put to the sword SO THAT duplicitous, unctuous, oleaginous opportunist finally got his comeuppance, and at the hands of a law lord. And Mohamed al Fayed was censured too. What bliss it was to see the unspeakable Paul Burrell roughed up by the elegant Lord Justice Scott ...
Noble falcon stoops to conquer.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Noble falcon stoops to conquer A GREY ghost like a missile from some ordnance across the bay shot through the lower bars of a gate. It skimmed like a hunted aircraft down slopes of tangled heather to glide outwards and upwards above the ocean. A prey missed. A lethal ...
Morah draws a Ryan line in the sand.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Morah draws a Ryan line in the sand THE Ryan Line was open a full week before the official announcement came. It was for those who cared to listen rather than talk. On March 1, Morah Ryan told friends at a party for 20 people (May Frisby, Michael Colgan, Denis ...
Jet tragedy close to home for Rosanna.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Jet tragedy close to home for Rosanna IT'S official. Rosanna Davison is a real live lady in red -- a Liverpool supporter, that is. The former Miss World and her family watched Liverpool defeat their local rivals Everton at Anfield last Sunday. Rosanna and dad Chris de ...
Farrell heads straight home.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Farrell heads straight home HE wasn't acting up for once. Colin Farrell was in the Ice Bar at the Four Seasons on Wednesday night. Ireland's young Brando was accompanied by two male friends and was looking extremely dashing. Actually, with stubbly George Michael-y ...
Chronicle of Bertie's life and loves looks all set to continue.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Chronicle of Bertie's life and loves looks all set to continue ALL is changed. Whither now the Drumcondra Mafia? Here's betting they have plenty of time to reflect on the difference between swimming with the sharks (daily political life) and sleeping with the fishes (being ...
Muffin-choker for genteel folk on the hill over land war publicityLAND WAR: Pat Kenny, top left with his wife Cathy, is in heated battle with former friends the Charltons, above left. Above, an aerial shot of the multi-million euro patch of land. Squatters' rights case that has the wealthy wincing to open in court this week.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Muffin-choker for genteel folk on the hill over land war publicityLAND WAR: Pat Kenny, top left with his wife Cathy, is in heated battle with former friends the Charltons, above left. Above, an aerial shot of the multi-million euro patch of land. Squatters' rights case that has ...
Cork's a poppin' with a taste for fizz.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Cork's a poppin' with a taste for fizz IT'S all happening in Cork. Plus ca change, as they say in Montenotte. The royal couple, Gerald Kean and Lisa Murphy are holding court this weekend -- I tell a lie, as they say in Mayfield -- they've actually been doing so since Wednesday ...
Oh Lords, immigration might not be so good for us after all We may have better service in bars and restaurants thanks to migrant workers, but a UK report questions how much they add to the economy.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Oh Lords, immigration might not be so good for us after all We may have better service in bars and restaurants thanks to migrant workers, but a UK report questions how much they add to the economy IT is just prejudice, but on this side of the Irish Sea, one does not ...
PROPERTY MATTERS.
Apr 06, 2008 ... PROPERTY MATTERS Now that's an energy efficient home When Mark Stephens, an architect from England, and his Irish wife Terri dreamt of designing and building their own home, they never thought they would have to look at more than 300 sites. "It wasn't until we packed ...
Big plans but cash-shy? Head west.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Big plans but cash-shy? Head west Property investment in Ireland these days has become a 'challenging' pursuit to say the least. Time was you could buy an apartment and just lie back while the lira rolled in, but not anymore. It is little surprise, therefore, that smaller Irish ...
Don't let bad day at the office put you off Derry glory.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Don't let bad day at the office put you off Derry glory GALWAY'S performance in front of the TG4 cameras last Sunday lit up what has been an otherwise mundane National Football League to date. There's no question that Liam Sammon's men are the team in form at the ...
Traveller camp delays work on '75m complex.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Traveller camp delays work on '75m complex A travellers' encampment beside a prime development site in Dublin is a core issue of dispute holding up completion of a '75m land deal. The six acres at Burton Hall Road in Sandyford in south Co Dublin is at the centre of a ...
Cowen to lead Fianna Fail party that is finally at peace with itself The significance of the Tanaiste's imminent election should not be overlooked, writes Jody Corcoran.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Cowen to lead Fianna Fail party that is finally at peace with itself The significance of the Tanaiste's imminent election should not be overlooked, writes Jody Corcoran The school principal had a transistor radio. He came into our classroom, a mixture of excitement ...
Lovely Louth loves Cookstown House.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Lovely Louth loves Cookstown House Auctions are proving a rarer beast this year than recently, and this is no bad thing. In the height of the property boom, one-up-one-downs in Finglas were going to auction and you were one of the little people if your house was sold by private ...
They've got him -- and sunk to a new depth The crocodile tearsfrom some of Bertie's fiercest critics are a sight to behold, writes Brendan O'Connor.
Apr 06, 2008 ... They've got him -- and sunk to a new depth The crocodile tears from some of Bertie's fiercest critics are a sight to behold, writes Brendan O'Connor So. Happy now? Was that all worth it? With a media that is given to blowing up fits of indignant rage about ...
Eureko plans buyout of FBD worth '1.2bn Dutch giant approaches insurer, shares rocket.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Eureko plans buyout of FBD worth '1.2bn Dutch giant approaches insurer, shares rocket FBD, the listed insurance company, has received a '1.2bn takeover approach from Dutch giant Eureko, the Sunday Independent has learned. Eureko is understood to have made ...
Brendan O'Brien The Irish showband scene has lost another legend, writes Ralph Riegel.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Brendan O'Brien The Irish showband scene has lost another legend, writes Ralph Riegel THE Irish showband industry lost its second legendary figure in less than four months with the death of Brendan O'Brien. Brendan, 66, died unexpectedly at his Cork home ...
O2 pounce on Smart Telecom.
Apr 06, 2008 ... O2 pounce on Smart Telecom O2, the vast European telecoms group, is in advanced discussions with Smart Telecom with a view to a takeover of the Irish operator. Industry insiders have told the Sunday Independent that talks have been going on for several weeks and that ...
No Failte Ireland welcome for U2's proposed Clarence revamp.
Apr 06, 2008 ... No Failte Ireland welcome for U2's proposed Clarence revamp U2's plans for a '150m revamp of the Clarence Hotel in Dublin have not been given one hundred thousand welcomes by Failte Ireland, the national tourism authority. Failte Ireland criticised the project, saying ...
Worker critically injured in gas blast.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Worker critically injured in gas blast ONE workman was in a critical condition in hospital yesterday and a second was stable after a gas cyclinder exploded when they were carrying out repairs on a roof at Dromoland Castle in County Clare. The 60-year-old man, named ...
Tell the truth, Bertie, the whole truth Ahern messed up by applying a convoluted political solution to a simple legal problem, writes Gene Kerrigan.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Tell the truth, Bertie, the whole truth Ahern messed up by applying a convoluted political solution to a simple legal problem, writes Gene Kerrigan Bertie Ahern's troubles have barely begun. At this stage, the best we can do is examine four aspects of this miserable ...
Taoiseach-in-waiting Cowen gets backing from 78% of electorate.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Taoiseach-in-waiting Cowen gets backing from 78% of electorate The Taoiseach-in-waiting Brian Cowen already enjoys enormous support among the electorate with a massive 78 per cent convinced he will make a good leader of this country. A Sunday Independent poll found ...
'Time to scrap tribunals' 'My greatest regret is not building a national stadium' 'If I could have taken the chalice from Grainne I would' 'Labour can keep Fianna Fail centre stage in the future' 'Enda's final jibe let him down'.
Apr 06, 2008 ... 'Time to scrap tribunals' 'My greatest regret is not building a national stadium' 'If I could have taken the chalice from Grainne I would' 'Labour can keep Fianna Fail centre stage in the future' 'Enda's final jibe let him down' The Taoiseach ...
A walkover win for FF's crown prince Cowen Ahern's successor declared after 'no contest'.
Apr 06, 2008 ... A walkover win for FF's crown prince Cowen Ahern's successor declared after 'no contest' Brian Cowen was officially declared the only nominee for leadership of Fianna Fail and will officially become Fianna Fail leader later this week. As expected, Cowen ...
Speaking plainly, Brian looks every inch a leader.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Speaking plainly, Brian looks every inch a leader The texts and the phone calls were coming in thick and fast about the shock news the other day. The gist of them all was the same: "What's this we hear about you being Taoiseach?" The confusion was understandable. ...
homegrownfolly Friends call their living room the Gin Palace and joke that Pat Fennessy and Lamber de Bie designed a home with two bedrooms and four ponds, but, says Mary O'Sullivan, the end result is stunning. Photography by Tony Gavin.
Apr 13, 2008 ... homegrown folly Friends call their living room the Gin Palace and joke that Pat Fennessy and Lamber de Bie designed a home with two bedrooms and four ponds, but, says Mary O'Sullivan, the end result is stunning. Photography by Tony Gavin 'A friend said to ...
Zeitgeist.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Zeitgeist The fashion student Ellen likes to spend time sitting on the windowsill of her flat, smoking Gauloises and listening to Gainsbourg. She lives in a new-build in north Dublin, and its cheap, breezeblock construction and low ceilings are not, she says, ...
The cORONAS.
Apr 13, 2008 ... The cORONAS Their debut single stayed in the Irish charts for 24 weeks. The hit San Diego Song from their debut album, Heroes and Ghosts won massive radio play and quickly garnered the band nationwide popularity. They graduated from playing small gigs in ...
stripped bare He would lock himself into his hotel room and get wasted all alone. Drink, drugs and sex had turned our biggest film star into 'a common-or-garden drug addict', as he puts it himself. He says he would have died had his family not stepped in. Julia Molony traces the rise, fall and second coming of Colin Farrell who seems poised for a stunning return to form.
Apr 13, 2008 ... stripped bare He would lock himself into his hotel room and get wasted all alone. Drink, drugs and sex had turned our biggest film star into 'a common-or-garden drug addict', as he puts it himself. He says he would have died had his family not stepped in. Julia Molony traces the ...
Larry Goodman one of One51's biggest backers Top Irish names invest in new share placement.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Larry Goodman one of One51's biggest backers Top Irish names invest in new share placement BEEF baron Larry Goodman is one of the largest individual backers of Philip Lynch's One51, following a share placing last October. Goodman's Parma investments owns ...
'He was just a really sweet little guy' Caroline Morahan still talks to her brother James in her dreams, though he died 20 years ago. The 'Off the Rails' star and her family endured harrowing times during James's illness -- a nationwide appeal for organs, a transplant, and his tragic passing aged six. She speaks publicly for the first time to Barry Egan about the loss and how it shaped her life.(Interview)
Apr 13, 2008 ... 'He was just a really sweet little guy' Caroline Morahan still talks to her brother James in her dreams, though he died 20 years ago. The 'Off the Rails' star and her family endured harrowing times during James's illness -- a nationwide appeal for organs, a transplant, and his ...
I reckon I never had that much sex as a kid Suave Daniel Craig takes a break from 007 to film a nostalgic comedy that reminds him -- a bit -- of his teen years, writes Evan Fanning.
Apr 13, 2008 ... I reckon I never had that much sex as a kid Suave Daniel Craig takes a break from 007 to film a nostalgic comedy that reminds him -- a bit -- of his teen years, writes Evan Fanning RATHER appropriately for someone just named 'Britain's best-dressed man' for the ...
Plenty of substance, little style Both the Volkswagen Tiguan and the Audi A4 have a lot going for them, but any luxuries you enjoy are going to come at a price, writes Campbell Spray.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Plenty of substance, little style Both the Volkswagen Tiguan and the Audi A4 have a lot going for them, but any luxuries you enjoy are going to come at a price, writes Campbell Spray The dominant position that the Volkswagen/Audi group holds in the sales league is no ...
War crimes judge offers wise counsel in Kenny land row.
Apr 13, 2008 ... War crimes judge offers wise counsel in Kenny land row The Senior Counsel Eoghan Fitzsimons was less than 10 seconds into his opening at the Kenny versus Charlton squatters' rights case when he was interrupted from the bench. "It is the practice in my court for all ...
Worth a try, Roy.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Worth a try, Roy I'm not sure if I'd want to be a Sunderland footballer next season after hearing that Roy Keane is going to spend part of his summer with the New Zealand rugby team. I'm not sure if I'd want to be an Irish rugby player either, who faces the All Blacks a matter ...
Asylum centres condemned as 'open prisons' Civil rights group finds serious failings in how refugees are treated in State accommodation.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Asylum centres condemned as 'open prisons' Civil rights group finds serious failings in how refugees are treated in State accommodation A MAJOR study by an Irish civil rights group has revealed alarming problems involving State asylum seeker accommodation ...
Irish job for Diana's Mr Wonderful.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Irish job for Diana's Mr Wonderful ON the evidence of the enquiry into her death, you could be forgiven for thinking that all the participants in the late Princess Diana's love life were cads and bounders. Not so. There was one who behaved impeccably -- so impeccably ...
Nice and Eze does it.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Nice and Eze does it oet was Monday night. So it must be Eze in the Cote d'Azur (this column gets to go all over the world to bring you the stories). The taxi driver pointed to Bono's residence beside the sea in Eze. I would have popped in for tea but my driver told me that the ...
Kazumi's a cut above.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Kazumi's a cut above I WAS going to become a hairdresser, but my career teacher at school told me it was a dye-ing trade. Not so. If the beau monde who turned out in their droves on Wednesday night for the launch of the new-look Kazumi Hair salon are anything to go ...
Domini topples for a smart journo.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Domini topples for a smart journo Itsanengagement. Itsabagel owner Domini Kemp -- who has a daughter Lauren with controversial chef Conrad Gallagher -- has got engaged. Actually, it happened last month, when she and Sunday Business Post journalist Garvan Grant made ...
Come and follow me up to Carlow.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Come and follow me up to Carlow I have a couple of Carlow friends who have expressed concern to me over the years that people from their county are rarely typecast as anything at all really. Cork types, for instance, think they're either mad rebels or see their city as the ...
Yvonne ready to rebuild her life.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Yvonne ready to rebuild her life THE late Patrick Gallagher's fiancee Yvonne D'Arcy has found love again. I met Yvonne and her new beau in the Shelbourne on Thursday night. And if any woman deserves to have found romantic happiness again, it is she. In 1999, the ...
UNMATCHED QUALITY.
Apr 13, 2008 ... UNMATCHED QUALITY All rise if you will please and follow Gaybo Life is not the same without Gay. Remember the bishop and the nightie? For the cherubs among you, in 1966 the Bishop of Galway condemned The Late Late Show as immoral. Gaybo had interviewed a number of ...
Morgan O'Sullivan.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Morgan O'Sullivan MORGAN O'Sullivan is the personification of the Irish film industry. He lives and breathes the dream he played such a huge part in creating. His current project (along with producer James Flynn) is The Tudors, which is already entering its second ...
Feuding neighbours' last chance to avoid wounding evidence TV host Kenny and lawyer agree to talks before the dirt is dug up in land ownership row, writes Jerome Reilly.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Feuding neighbours' last chance to avoid wounding evidence TV host Kenny and lawyer agree to talks before the dirt is dug up in land ownership row, writes Jerome Reilly SO what did Pat Kenny say about Vanya, the Moldovan gardener? According to barrister Eoghan ...
Cowen must show mettle by saying 'No' and sticking to it It is very refreshing to be able to understand a taoiseach expounding on his policies after years of listening to Bertie Ahern's fractured syntax.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Cowen must show mettle by saying 'No' and sticking to it It is very refreshing to be able to understand a taoiseach expounding on his policies after years of listening to Bertie Ahern's fractured syntax THERE has been much ill-informed comment about the state of the ...
Tinney will seek EBS sale if board fails to deliver.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Tinney will seek EBS sale if board fails to deliver ETHNA Tinney , who is standing for re-election to the board of the EBS at tomorrow's AGM, has thrown down a gauntlet to the society's directors. Speaking to the Sunday Independent last night she pledged to seek the ...
As Benefactor Bertie leaves, others look nervously at the exit.
Apr 13, 2008 ... As Benefactor Bertie leaves, others look nervously at the exit "He hasn't gone away, you know," one of my Deepest Throats told me on Monday night. "And he won't be going either. Charlie Haughey had to disappear after he left office for a few years. I can't see Bertie Ahern ...
pedigree SET-UP.
Apr 13, 2008 ... pedigree SET-UP A great-looking stud in Meath There's just something about the horsy set. I grew up amongst them myself, and we liked nothing better than to jump on our pieballs and head up the town for some sport. Saddles were for the little people, and in those ...
Post system to end speed fine chaos An Post will verify the delivery of notices to defendants' stated addresses under new scheme.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Post system to end speed fine chaos An Post will verify the delivery of notices to defendants' stated addresses under new scheme THE mounting crisis over Ireland's speeding fine regime is set to be resolved by a revolutionary new postal system. The ...
It is not too late for a bit of fair treatment of Bertie at the tribunal Whatever the Taoiseach's failings, it is obvious that he did not receive fair play from the Mahon inquiry, writes Willie Kealy.
Apr 13, 2008 ... It is not too late for a bit of fair treatment of Bertie at the tribunal Whatever the Taoiseach's failings, it is obvious that he did not receive fair play from the Mahon inquiry, writes Willie Kealy Those who say Bertie Ahern is responsible for the present downturn ...
Tearing down a leader is an event to dwell onWe moved in unseemly haste from eulogising Ahern to celebrating the new Taoiseach, says Brendan O'Connor.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Tearing down a leader is an event to dwell onWe moved in unseemly haste from eulogising Ahern to celebrating the new Taoiseach, says Brendan O'Connor Do you remember your first funeral? When you were a kid? Remember how it seemed a bit shocking that there was general chat and ...
Locals are real Temple Bar bane.
Apr 13, 2008 ... Locals are real Temple Bar bane It has been stereotyped as a haven for rowdy, drunken, brawling stag parties from the UK. But new figures show that when it comes to troublemakers in Temple Bar, we have only ourselves to blame and not weekend visitors. For, ...