It’s embarrassing how we Irish fawn over the super-rich, from Michael O’Leary to JP McManus
Here is a resolution for 2025: let’s stop glorifying extraordinary wealth. All great wealth reveals is that someone can afford to pay more tax
JP McManus
Festive plans for star McManus chasers could be clearer next week
Fact To File, Spillane’s Tower and Corbetts Cross all excelled as novices last term
Racing’s bittersweet progress makes popular underdog success stories unlikely
Modern jump racing has become too hardnosed to allow feelgood stories such as Danoli, Limestone Lad and Solerina
McManus team not ruling out Christmas Leopardstown option for Fact To File
Constitution Hill back in the frame to make return to action in Christmas Hurdle at Kempton
Fact To File clear Gold Cup favourite after exciting Durkan finish signals changing of the guard
Willie Mullins star beats Spillane’s Tower by half a length with reigning dual-Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs in third
Fact To File could head formidable JP McManus team into John Durkan test
Grade One winners Inothewayurthinkin and Spillane’s Tower also set to ‘tog out’ for Sunday’s €150,000 Punchestown feature
Buswells Hotel, opposite Leinster House, may be bought by London-based property firm
Roundstone Real Estate understood to have secured financing from company owned by nephew of JP McManus
Company that operates JP McManus’s Adare Manor resort posts a loss
The auditors report for Tizzard Holdings states that the company made a loss for the year to the end of December 2023
JP McManus’s International Rugby Experience closes after only a year
Business had intended to gift building in Limerick city to State, but negotiations stalled due to council fear of how to fund it
Next in line for success? Louis Walsh’s new boy band will have to conquer the primary school market first
Plus: The Ditch doing fine in a post-Paddy world; Fianna Fáil borrows from the DUP; and Brendan O’Carroll’s soft backing of Kamala Harris
Irish billionaires-backed Barchester’s profits soar
Nursing home business counts John Magnier, Dermot Desmond and JP McManus among its backers
Boylesports to sponsor Munster National for ‘significant’ six figure sum
JP McManus charity sweepstakes will make local charities winners by linking them with horses in the Munster National Festival’s feature race at Limerick Racecourse
Percival Legallois could spoil Gordon Elliott’s hopes of a landmark fifth Galway Plate success
JP McManus-owned In Excelsis Deo bids to become first cross-channel trained Plate winner since 2008
Three-time Cheltenham Champion Hurdle winner Istabraq dies, aged 32
Owner JP McManus: ‘He was a very special horse who gave us many great days of fun and enjoyment’
Los Angeles and Ryan Moore supply Aidan O’Brien with 16th Irish Derby success
Coolmore boss John Magnier backs €1.25 million Curragh Classic staying at a mile and a half
Adare bypass tenders must commit to completion before 2027 Ryder Cup
Bypass of Limerick village critical to traffic flows at high profile golf tournament and an intrinisic element of larger N69 Foynes to Limerick TEN-T project
Billionaire JP McManus endorses Independent candidate Helen O’Donnell in Limerick mayor race
Former rugby star Jerry Flannery backs ex-Department of Finance secretary general John Moran ahead of ballot
British Virgin Islands-based company buying up portfolio of premium Dublin properties
Dublin offices of Davy linked to complex network of international finance and property investment and development groups
Family affairs: How Ireland’s newly rich are putting money to work in secretive firms
As a result of sales of businesses, a plethora of family investment vehicles have sprung up in Dublin around Fitzwilliam Square and its adjacent streets
I Am Maximus secures Grand National victory as Irish horses dominate
Paul Townend secures first win in the race as Willie Mullins takes second and JP McManus a third
JP McManus opts for Paul Townend to ride I Am Maximus in Grand National
Champion jockey aiming to pull off jump racing’s unofficial ‘Triple Crown’ in single season
Grafton Street: What does it cost to rent a building there? It depends which part of it you want
International brands keen to get footholds in Dublin, says real-estate expert, even as business group says planners should broaden options for city-centre thoroughfare
Who owns Grafton Street? Wealthy Irish families and faceless funds control 119 of Dublin’s most valuable buildings
From large pension funds to wealthy private investors, the owners of Dublin’s most famous shopping street enjoy large rent rolls from some of the biggest names in the Irish retail sector
Willie Mullins sets new record for winners in a season with 631-1 Easter Sunday seven-timer
Champion trainer Willie Mullins reaches 238 winners for season in Ireland with over a month of the jumps campaign left
‘Old School’ Mark Walsh flying under the radar ahead of Fact To File task
JP McManus’s No 1 jockey Mark Walsh to team up with Sa Majeste in Coral Cup
Jonbon gives JP McManus another shot at filling one glaring gap in Cheltenham festival CV
McManus team ‘leaning a little bit’ towards Brown Advisory option for Fact Or File at Cheltenham
Melodic munificence of JP McManus
Colin Coyle on housing for Westlife member, former Web Summit CEO tilling the fields, Kneecap’s film, the IRFU, Isaac Allen and possible encore for Wolfe Tones man
Joseph O’Brien times Banbridge’s Kempton return perfectly ahead of weather concerns
Joseph O'Brien's Banbridge warms up for Cheltenham Festival with an appearance in the Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase at Kempton
Scramble for JP McManus’s millions begins
Clubs across the country are debating how the cash should be allocated
JP McManus donation is ‘like all our Christmases coming at once’
Longford GAA secretary Peter O’Reilly says clubs will appreciate the money injection
Some GAA clubs to receive over €30,000 after donation by JP McManus
The money from the Limerick hurling sponsor will be distributed equally among GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Camogie organisations
JP McManus profile: Enigmatic billionaire’s GAA handout has once again drawn attention to his tax affairs
McManus insisted he was proud to be Irish, saying he was improving the State by spending money in his homeland
What each GAA club will receive following JP McManus’s €32m donation
Depending on the circumstances and the tax paid by JP McManus in both jurisdictions, his largesse could be even more valuable for clubs
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