Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from July 2008:
Former RTE production assistant Irene Fenton always loved the Tipperary cottage where her husband Michael was reared, so they decided to build their dream home next to it, writes Mary O'Sullivan. Photography by Tony Gavin.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Former RTE production assistant Irene Fenton always loved the Tipperary cottage where her husband Michael was reared, so they decided to build their dream home next to it, writes Mary O'Sullivan. Photography by Tony Gavin It hasn't only been since the advent of the property ...
zeitgeist.
Jul 06, 2008 ... zeitgeist Festival parents Dave and Beth are taking the kids to the festival for the whole weekend this year as their one-day trial run at last year's went so well. They'll be going ensemble with some friends, hiring neighbouring teepees in the boutique campsite, and ...
LAURA WHITMORE.
Jul 06, 2008 ... LAURA WHITMORE The young Irish woman was chosen from 3,000 hopefuls to be the brand new face of MTV. Laura entered the search for an MTV news presenter and won a place among a clutch of hopefuls vying for a contract as part of the reality-TV show Pick Me MTV. She was eventually ...
Embrace for her daughter's killer What began as a typical summer's day for Peter and Linda Biehl in Newport Beach in the US turned to tragedy when their daughter Amy was bludgeoned to death in South Africa. Linda Biehl tells Paul Hopkins why she had to forgive Amy's killers.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Embrace for her daughter's killer What began as a typical summer's day for Peter and Linda Biehl in Newport Beach in the US turned to tragedy when their daughter Amy was bludgeoned to death in South Africa. Linda Biehl tells Paul Hopkins why she had to forgive Amy's killers ...
'I'm surprised people weren't grabbing my cheeks, pinching me and making goo-goo sounds at me'.
Jul 06, 2008 ... 'I'm surprised people weren't grabbing my cheeks, pinching me and making goo-goo sounds at me' FRIDAY FRANK the dentist did oral surgery on me today. It was all going fine until he asked me if I'd like a look. Naturally, I had to be all manly about it, and I had a ...
Get a kick out of pandering to fans Dustin Hoffman tells Evan Fanning why he has no regrets about starring in a movie featuring a kung fu loving panda.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Get a kick out of pandering to fans Dustin Hoffman tells Evan Fanning why he has no regrets about starring in a movie featuring a kung fu loving panda In the flesh, it's hard to pinpoint just which of the many characters Dustin Hoffman has portrayed in his glittering ...
America's hurling messiah He has made Milwaukee the hurling capital of the US, writes Sen Ryan, but Dave Olson has even greater plans for the game.
Jul 06, 2008 ... America's hurling messiah He has made Milwaukee the hurling capital of the US, writes Sen Ryan, but Dave Olson has even greater plans for the game D AVE OLSON is not your stereotypical hurling name, yet he has developed a passion for the game that would equal anything ...
Mortgage.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Mortgage Save up to '8,000 or enough for an 11-day beano stretching from Hollywood and Hawaii to Vegas for two people with Sunway Holidays. Plus about '3,600 in folding stuff just by switching a 20-year mortgage of '750,000 on a '1.5m house. An NIB tracker is staggeringly ...
Golden grey soil.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Golden grey soil So there was gold in them there hills after all. The stones that made up the Stony Grey Soil of Patrick Kavanagh's poem about the Monaghan countryside were in fact gold rocks glistening under the surface. As the village of Clontibret, with a ...
Brosnan's buxom babe.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Brosnan's buxom babe JUST when you thought he had schmoozed and seduced his last, Pierce Brosnan has turned up in another movie, this time in an all-singing-all-dancing role in Mamma Mia! Naturally enough, Hollywood's favourite stock playboy has been posing his way around the ...
Gerry and the BATs flit about town.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Gerry and the BATs flit about town YOU have to hand it to Gerry Ryan (no, not a pint of Heineken -- he is looking far too slim for that these days). It's the way he has kept his self-respect and his head ever since his extremely public split from wife Morah earlier this year. ...
Flood in a sea of love.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Flood in a sea of love PAMELA FLOOD has remained fashionably chaste since her romance with long-term beau Michael Sharpe went off the rails in January of this year. Doubtless she was flooded with offers when Sharpe appeared to move on rather sharpishly with a much younger girl. ...
His Grace before meals.
Jul 06, 2008 ... His Grace before meals Grace before -- and after -- meals was guaranteed when Bishop Dr Brendan Comiskey dined in the Unicorn last weekend with a group of seven or eight male friends. They sat at the large round table as you come in the door of Giorgio Casani and ...
Pippa to pop along to races.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Pippa to pop along to races It's official. Pippa O'Connor is at the races. Or at least she will be. The Irish model -- along with her boyfriend You're A Star presenter Brian Ormond -- is to judge the Dawn Dairies Queen of Fashion at Killarney Races Festival from July 14 to 17. ...
Bono and crew dine out after finally finishing album.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Bono and crew dine out after finally finishing album BONO hosted a swish party last weekend in Town Bar & Grill. Since he is in the restaurant every other Friday night with the Simon Carmody Community (Guggi, Gavin et al) I can only assume he subscribes to the faithful party ...
Maisie McDaniel Singing legend who livened up rural Ireland in sixties, writes Liam Collins.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Maisie McDaniel Singing legend who livened up rural Ireland in sixties, writes Liam Collins But for a few old timers from the early days of the showband era, Maisie McDaniel is a forgotten name. But back in the 1960s as the ballroom boom was bringing ...
Islands could become tax havens Proposal would see people living offshore for half the year earning first '100,000 tax-free.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Islands could become tax havens Proposal would see people living offshore for half the year earning first '100,000 tax-free FOR centuries, illicit poitin has been the only tax-free commodity on Ireland's islands -- despite the best efforts of the English who first ...
Tycoon eyeing up BoI's '1bn business in UK Entrepreneur targets merger of several lenders.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Tycoon eyeing up BoI's '1bn business in UK Entrepreneur targets merger of several lenders CLIVE Cowdery, the British entrepreneur who sold insurance firm Resolution for over '6bn last month, is targeting Bank of Ireland's '1bn-plus valued Bristol & West arm as part of ...
Rare insight into a public sector laid bare by naked civil servant Padraig O hUiginn is the best recruitment advert the civil service could ever hope for, writes Brendan O'Connor.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Rare insight into a public sector laid bare by naked civil servant Padraig O hUiginn is the best recruitment advert the civil service could ever hope for, writes Brendan O'Connor YOU CAN listen to all the earnest debates you want to about public sector reform, but ...
A McJob on the side, please.
Jul 06, 2008 ... A McJob on the side, please UBIQUITOUS burger joint McDonald's has seen a spike in job applications from Irish people for the first time in nearly a decade. Saddled with the "McJob" image of dead-end and low-paid work, entry-level positions at McDonald's were shunned ...
Cowen on the rack cents Taoiseach's ratings plummet cents Public outrage at '1bn tribunal costs cents Lenihan seeks '500m in cuts.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Cowen on the rack cents Taoiseach's ratings plummet cents Public outrage at '1bn tribunal costs cents Lenihan seeks '500m in cuts THE public's satisfaction with Taoiseach Brian Cowen has fallen dramatically, as the country slides into recession in the aftermath of ...
Firms linked to board win Enterprise Ireland grants.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Firms linked to board win Enterprise Ireland grants COMPANIES and research institutions linked to directors of Enterprise Ireland received nearly 15 per cent of grants awarded by the semi-state agency last year. According to figures seen by the Sunday Independent, but ...
Two circuses and a fiasco.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Two circuses and a fiasco GREAT to hear Richard Nesbitt of Arnotts on Marian Finucane's brilliant RTE show on Sunday. Richard was agitated by last week's column here about Greencore, the one that fingered the food company's auditors Pricewaterhousecoopers. Insiders tell me ...
Arrests in gun attack Young man 'critical'.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Arrests in gun attack Young man 'critical' A man and a woman were being quizzed by gardai yesterday in connection with the shooting of a young Dublin man in a housing estate on Friday night. The young victim was in a critical condition in hospital last ...
Don't worry the wealthy with R-wordGene Kerrigan says it's past time to stop molly coddling the rich now that the boom is over.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Don't worry the wealthy with R-wordGene Kerrigan says it's past time to stop molly coddling the rich now that the boom is over NOTHING matters more than confidence. As long as the super-rich retain their confidence, it seems, none of us has anything to worry about ....
Anti-establishment voters could opt for a Libertas political party.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Anti-establishment voters could opt for a Libertas political party Last week I spoke to a Fine Gael politician about Enda Kenny. He defined the problem: "The public has made up its mind about Enda, and they are not going to change it." The economy has collapsed, ...
Anne marie rigney.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Anne marie rigney She was hand-picked out of all the fashion graduates in her year at NCAD for a plum job designing clothes for River Island. All the students entered their end-of-year collections into a competition to win a placement in the company's design studio in West ...
zeitgeist.
Jul 13, 2008 ... zeitgeist The competitive mother Sandra had always known that when she decided to have a baby she would give up her career. It was a decision that Emmett, her husband, entirely supported. Not that it wasn't a sacrifice -- it was. She had loved her job working in ...
James and Jo Fennell fell in love with Prague and bought an apartment there, but their affection was severely tested by their first builder. Their luck, however, was soon to turn, they told Mary O'Sullivan. Photography by James Fennell.
Jul 13, 2008 ... James and Jo Fennell fell in love with Prague and bought an apartment there, but their affection was severely tested by their first builder. Their luck, however, was soon to turn, they told Mary O'Sullivan. Photography by James Fennell Anyone who has undertaken home renovation ...
Iraq sues Irish firm over Saddam-era kickbacks.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Iraq sues Irish firm over Saddam-era kickbacks THE government of Iraq has launched a $10bn ('6.3bn) anti-bribery lawsuit against a number of international companies, including Thermo King Ireland, a subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand. The civil suit, which has been filed in ...
Personal loan.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Personal loan Borrow '6,000 to get the family away from the next 100 days of rain with a three-week holiday on the Amalfi coast. Paying it back over a year is nearly '190 cheaper at Tesco than at Ulster Bank, based on Simply Mortgages quotes. Best: Tesco: '517.85 per ...
The Louis factor He was once an altar boy in Kiltimagh, now he's the Svengali of pop music. Louis Walsh's journey from Mayo to the centre of the music world has been a long one, but the once-angry impresario has found great personal contentment. Barry Egan dined with him.
Jul 13, 2008 ... The Louis factor He was once an altar boy in Kiltimagh, now he's the Svengali of pop music. Louis Walsh's journey from Mayo to the centre of the music world has been a long one, but the once-angry impresario has found great personal contentment. Barry Egan dined with him ...
Europe to test Drogheda's new dimension A tactical change has raised league holders' game, writes Sen Ryan.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Europe to test Drogheda's new dimension A tactical change has raised league holders' game, writes Sen Ryan E LEVEN weeks ago, the bottom fell out of Eircom League champions Drogheda United's season when they lost at home to pretenders Bohemians and slumped ...
Meryl is a real dancing queen The 9/11 attacks marked the start of a long road taking Meryl Streep to a starring role in a musical, discovers Evan Fanning.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Meryl is a real dancing queen The 9/11 attacks marked the start of a long road taking Meryl Streep to a starring role in a musical, discovers Evan Fanning IT may seem like an unlikely starting point, but Meryl Streep's journey which has wound up with her starring in ...
Dual dilemma cannot hide McCabe's impact A gifted playmaker for Fermanagh and Glentoran, Shane McCabe faces a hectic sporting week, writes Damian Lawlor.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Dual dilemma cannot hide McCabe's impact A gifted playmaker for Fermanagh and Glentoran, Shane McCabe faces a hectic sporting week, writes Damian Lawlor S ince beating Derry, Fermanagh's total focus has been on next Sunday's Ulster final, but Shane McCabe has been ...
Minmet investors set to roast top brass at EGM The exploration company has seen a share price collapse that would make even an Irish bank cringe, writes Nick Webb.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Minmet investors set to roast top brass at EGM The exploration company has seen a share price collapse that would make even an Irish bank cringe, writes Nick Webb FROM the moment it was set up by Charlie Haughey's son Conor and late Aer Lingus chairman Bernie Cahill, ...
Sucking diesel at long last Subaru has a new engine, but the Legacy Sports Tourer is a bit of a work in progress, writes Campbell Spray.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Sucking diesel at long last Subaru has a new engine, but the Legacy Sports Tourer is a bit of a work in progress, writes Campbell Spray AMONG the motoring cognescenti, Subaru has always punched above its weight in talk if not in sales. Whenever two or more are ...
Blessed are those men who procreate after 40 Older men make better dads than hormonal oiks who are still children themselves, says John O'Keeffe.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Blessed are those men who procreate after 40 Older men make better dads than hormonal oiks who are still children themselves, says John O'Keeffe THE poor fathers of Ireland were dealt another terrible blow last week. Well, at least one section of us. Apparently ...
From old to taboo -- on TVRATED: Nielsen back on TV.
Jul 13, 2008 ... From old to taboo -- on TVRATED: Nielsen back on TV It may well be a case of too little too late, but at least Brigitte Nielsen has got herself back on television. Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife is currently appearing on a German TV show called From Old to New: Brigitte Nielsen in ...
Top men at IAWS stand to hit it rich.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Top men at IAWS stand to hit it rich IAWS boss Owen Killian and his executive team could land a bonus jackpot of around '30m if they hit earnings targets following the '2.7bn merger with Swiss baker Hiestand. Killian's predessessor Philip Lynch, who now runs One51, ...
Debbie's not the kind of girl who gives up just like that, even at 63 She may be getting on in age, but punk goddess Debbie Harry still gives Barry Egan the serious CBGBs.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Debbie's not the kind of girl who gives up just like that, even at 63 She may be getting on in age, but punk goddess Debbie Harry still gives Barry Egan the serious CBGBs F Scott Fitzgerald introduces a character in The Great Gatsby as having an "immediately ...
Case that woke us all up to sexual scandalThe death last week of Roches Stores boss Stanley Roche prompts John O'Keeffe to recall a court showdown more gripping than even the just- ended Lying Eyes trial.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Case that woke us all up to sexual scandalThe death last week of Roches Stores boss Stanley Roche prompts John O'Keeffe to recall a court showdown more gripping than even the just- ended Lying Eyes trial Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea Henry Fielding ...
Airport radar woes started five weeks ago.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Airport radar woes started five weeks ago THE flaw in the radar system that crippled Dublin Airport in recent days had occurred four times in the last five weeks. Sources at the Dublin Airport Authority said that a team of engineers from French company Thales, which ...
Don't believe me, John? Believe this: repeating lies is bad news A Minister of State's libel against me has shown him to be divorced from reality, says Jody Corcoran.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Don't believe me, John? Believe this: repeating lies is bad news A Minister of State's libel against me has shown him to be divorced from reality, says Jody Corcoran DEAR oh dear. When a normally mild-mannered man gets hot under the collar you can be certain the heat ...
Gang of clueless ministers need to get real and meet those in the know The Taoiseach and Cabinet would be doing us all a favour by having a drink with Ireland's businessmen, writes Brendan O'Connor.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Gang of clueless ministers need to get real and meet those in the know The Taoiseach and Cabinet would be doing us all a favour by having a drink with Ireland's businessmen, writes Brendan O'Connor AT SOME stage in the political madness of the last two years, one of ...
Angling industry feels the bite as tourists drift away.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Angling industry feels the bite as tourists drift away Blackwater Lodge offers a unique tourism product -- superb private and exclusive salmon fishing over 40 miles of the famed river between Lismore, Co Waterford and Mallow, Co Cork. But like all sectors of the ...
Sophie justice is in French hands.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Sophie justice is in French hands A PROSECUTION over the brutal killing of film executive Sophie Toscan du Plantier, 39, in west Cork almost 12 years ago is now only likely to take place in her native France. The revelation came as the gardai -- following ...
Irishman's killing by US police a case of excessive force, says family.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Irishman's killing by US police a case of excessive force, says family THE family of the young Irishman shot dead in the United States by a police officer have said the killing seemed to be "a clear case of unreasonable and excessive force". The family of 20-year-old ...
Best minds not great on the old basics A hat-trick of ministerial gaffes do little to inspire confidence, writes Gene Kerrigan.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Best minds not great on the old basics A hat-trick of ministerial gaffes do little to inspire confidence, writes Gene Kerrigan What do you make of this? I refer to three disturbing incidents. The first is recorded in the official transcript of the Dail debates, ...
Stranded holidaymakers flown home.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Stranded holidaymakers flown home A specially chartered plane carrying 220 stranded holidaymakers from Cyprus is expected to land in Dublin early this morning, after the collapse of a tour operator. A spokesman for the Commission for Aviation Regulation said it had ...
Brennan showed can-do spirit to make Veronica's garden blossom.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Brennan showed can-do spirit to make Veronica's garden blossom Almost five years to the day after Veronica Guerin was murdered, a distinguished gathering took place in Dublin Castle to inaugurate a memorial garden in her honour. Then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was there, ...
Murder inquiry as man found stabbed.
Jul 13, 2008 ... Murder inquiry as man found stabbed Gardai are expected to launch a full-scale murder inquiry after the body of a man was found with stab wounds in Cork yesterday. Gardai are treating as suspicious the discovery of the body of the married father-of-five, a retired ...
Zeitgeistthe artisan food producer.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Zeitgeist the artisan food producer Dave gave up his career as a stockbroker four years ago and he has never looked back. He rode the crest of the financial tsunami for a while, enjoying the best lifestyle that the boom could offer. He put in enough hard work to get ...
A taste for quality Nutritionist Louise Reynolds and her husband Maoiliosa, an architect, had been married 10 years before they embarked on their first house project -- by then, they had all the ingredients for a dream family home, writes Mary O'Sullivan. Photography by Tony Gavin.
Jul 20, 2008 ... A taste for quality Nutritionist Louise Reynolds and her husband Maoiliosa, an architect, had been married 10 years before they embarked on their first house project -- by then, they had all the ingredients for a dream family home, writes Mary O'Sullivan. Photography by Tony ...
coming home.
Jul 20, 2008 ... coming home 'You owe me lunch," he says. It's Conrad Gallagher on his recent visit to Ireland, and he's right. I do owe him lunch. In fairness, it's in return for 10 days of wining and dining in South Africa. The last time I saw him, not only did I stuff myself for more than a ...
a little place we know. . . A Taste for LIFE asked the great and the good -- everyone from Bertie Ahern and Andrea Roche to Gerald Kean -- to reveal their favourite restaurants and found that a warm welcome and good service were as much top of the menu as great food. Photography by Tony Gavin.
Jul 20, 2008 ... a little place we know. . . A Taste for LIFE asked the great and the good -- everyone from Bertie Ahern and Andrea Roche to Gerald Kean -- to reveal their favourite restaurants and found that a warm welcome and good service were as much top of the menu as great food ....
legends in their own lunchtime Pasta with a porn star, pizza with Bono and two jugs of Bellini with two Irish Models. In this Taste for LIFE special, Barry Egan recalls the juiciest encounters in his top 20 celebrity meals ever. Illustration by Jon Berkeley.
Jul 20, 2008 ... legends in their own lunchtime Pasta with a porn star, pizza with Bono and two jugs of Bellini with two Irish Models. In this Taste for LIFE special, Barry Egan recalls the juiciest encounters in his top 20 celebrity meals ever. Illustration by Jon Berkeley n La ...
Food, love, life and eileen Make a meal of eating together, says Brendan O'Connor.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Food, love, life and eileen Make a meal of eating together, says Brendan O'Connor Eileen was the one who really taught me about food. Don't get me wrong, like everyone who grew up in Ireland in the Seventies and Eighties, I grew up in a house with great grub. There ...
Life down to a tee Golf drew Adhamhnan O'Sullivan to Lanzarote but he found so much more.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Life down to a tee Golf drew Adhamhnan O'Sullivan to Lanzarote but he found so much more AN invitation to visit Lanzarote for a few days in the company of four ladies sounded wonderful, if a little challenging. "You're blessed among women," is how one of the quartet ...
Wine at breakfast? Why not? He's the hell raiser who survives while all his drinking buddies -- Burton, Harris, McCann -- have downed their last. At 74, in pink jumper and cravat and fresh from a life-affirming tribute at the Galway Film Fleadh, Peter O'Toole talks bombs, Beckett and benders with Barry Egan.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Wine at breakfast? Why not? He's the hell raiser who survives while all his drinking buddies -- Burton, Harris, McCann -- have downed their last. At 74, in pink jumper and cravat and fresh from a life-affirming tribute at the Galway Film Fleadh, Peter O'Toole talks bombs, ...
Norma Smurfit.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Norma Smurfit NORMA Smurfit is, maybe, the only socialist Smurfit. As a child she even read the hard-left Daily Worker and her family were "very socialist minded". A cousin, Lord Treisman, is a Labour member of the House of Lords. Not quite the background you might ...
Overdrafts.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Overdrafts As the recession gets worse, you'll probably go overdrawn in order to avoid shopping at Aldi, darning socks and getting a bus. God help you, if you're an AIB customer. The rapidly shrinking biggest bank in the country has extortionate overdraft rates. How can an ...
Surprisingly vulnerable really Sigourney Weaver's new film is science fiction -- but it's a far cry from Alien and it suits her softer side, writes Evan Fanning.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Surprisingly vulnerable really Sigourney Weaver's new film is science fiction -- but it's a far cry from Alien and it suits her softer side, writes Evan Fanning THE next 12 months promises to be quite a year for Sigourney Weaver. For starters, she celebrates her 25th ...
Winstone and friends pull no punches in latest film Jaime Winstone once again shows she is not afraid of sex scenes, says Evan Fanning.
Jul 20, 2008 ... Winstone and friends pull no punches in latest film Jaime Winstone once again shows she is not afraid of sex scenes, says Evan Fanning AS INTERVIEWS go, this one seems slightly daunting for some reason. I'm sitting down with Jaime Winstone, Nichola Burley and Sian ...
The mighty Quinns keep it in the family John O'Keeffe profiles the very private Quinn family, whose chief recently suffered a staggering '1bn loss at Anglo Irish Bank.
Jul 20, 2008 ... The mighty Quinns keep it in the family John O'Keeffe profiles the very private Quinn family, whose chief recently suffered a staggering '1bn loss at Anglo Irish Bank Depending on who you believe, Sean Quinn is either one of the most astute businessmen that this ...