Big Phil is welcomed back into the Fine Gael fold as old foe Leo Varadkar departs the stage
Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future
Saoirse Ronan wants to rewrite the script for new Cork home
Paddy McKillen’s wine embarks on a voyage to America; bread giants have a word about a word; while the National Gallery of Ireland is unsure about language requirements
Mean to the fiddler: Band in unfair sacking case had more than €376,000 in earnings
Plus: Pizza man Brian MacGoey buys an upper-crust pad, Google eyes Boland’s Mills merch, and Young Fine Gael in a flap about proposed social media ban
Michael D: The Movie – Higgins in the frame for the Mary Robinson big-screen treatment
Plus: Intercom man’s vote of confidence in Trump; Shane ‘Mullet’ Byrne’s victory in dispute with tenants; and Adam Clayton’s application for gardener gaff
Mammy and Daddy Collison are moving up in the world, to Ailesbury Road to be exact
Plus: the seller of Tathony House in Dublin 8 got his sums right, Caitríona Balfe’s healthy finances, and the rising price of a Brittas Bay mobile home
Limerick mayor’s ‘great frustration’ over pay during his time in Land Development Agency revealed
Plus: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú's pay cut, Irish Ambassador to the US gets a profile boost, and Simon Coveney sails again
Senior counsel behind debt advisory group snaps up gorgeous Georgian mansion
Plus: Mary Hanafin called to the Bar, Danny Healy-Rae’s quarry quarrel, and Damo and Ivor’s pigeon pursuits
Go big or no home: Conor McGregor’s plans for Kildare house are repelled by county council
Pete Taylor’s latest legal battle; Irish tech titan spashes out; and Ceann Comhairle says no to Armenian genocide tree
UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
Neglected Dublin theatre could be in line for a revival
The Rupert Guinness Theatre requires ‘substantial investment’; Def Leppard frontman at the top of the tree; and Garret FitzGerald’s love note from Sophia Loren
Legal firm kindly volunteers its services to Irish Government department ahead of Covid inquiry
Plus: Mayor of Limerick’s ‘erroneous’ planning arguments; Nigel Farage’s Irish teacher; and Neil Jordan’s strange Garret FitzGerald anecdote
Developer Paddy Kelly suffers again, this time with the RTB’s maximum €60,000 rent arrears bill
Ditch journalist Roman Shortall settles his own rent bill; Siún Ní Raghallaigh has her say; and U2′s Dublin plans fall through again
El Diablo’s grandson hopes to join the Haughey political dynasty at the second attempt
Cathal Haughey’s second run for a council seat; the Irish man with a prominent view of Trump’s conviction; and Daithí Doolan’s spot-the-difference posters
X executive collars Irish data protection commissioners for chat in Madrid
Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions
Gastropub owners told to pay rent arrears to ‘accidental landlord’ IRFU
Owners of rugby fan favourite the Chop House were in dispute with rugby body over rented home in Dublin 4