This article describes the Irish magazine: for other uses of the word Phoenix, see Phoenix (disambiguation).

The Phoenix is an Irish news and satire magazine, inspired by the British magazine Private Eye. The magazine was launched in January 1983 and is published fortnightly by Penfield Enterprises Ltd. It is edited by Paddy Prenderville under the pseudonym "Goldhawk", a character who appears in radio adverts for the magazine. The magazine is owned (as of 2006) by John Mulcahy. It has an ABC-audited circulation of 19,014 for 2004, and 18,150 for 2005. Image File history File linksMetadata The_Phoenix_(magazine). ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... The word Phoenix has several meanings. ... NEWS is the abbreviation of North,East,West,South. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... The Audit Bureau of Circulations is one of the several organizations of the same name operating in different parts of the world. ... Most circulated periodical magazines in the U.S. as of 2003. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Features in the magazine include the news column, profiles ("Pillars of Society" and "The Young Bloods"), a satirical section "The Funnies" - which indicates that the pieces are funny by the repeated strapline "Funnies" - which includes a regular parody of Bertie Ahern entitled "Da Diary of a Nortsoide Taoiseach", and a financial column, "Moneybags". Like Private Eye, the cover features a speech bubble, putting ironic or humorous comments into the mouths of the famous in response to topical events. Patrick Bartholomew Ahern (known as Bertie Ahern, Irish name: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn; born 12 September 1951) is an Irish politician. ... Traffic passing the Independent Bridge at Drumcondra The harbour at Howth The Northside is the area in Dublin City, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey, to the east by Dublin Bay and to the north and west by the M50 motorway. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ... Four different shapes of speech or thought balloons Speech balloons (also speech bubbles or word balloons) are a graphic convention used in comic books, strips, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the...

Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin politicians get a less hostile ride from the magazine than the opposition Fine Gael and Labour parties. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; (mistranslated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though a literal translation is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland),¹ is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ... Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicized to (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership of over 34,000. ... Labour (Commonwealth English) or labor (American English) may refer to one of the following. ...

It is a major source of investigative journalism in Ireland. Notable court cases against the magazine which ended in settlement have been taken by politician Avril Doyle and former US diplomat George Dempsey. Avril Doyle is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Ireland East. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... George Dempsey is a former American diplomat. ...

The name Phoenix is apparently a reference to its "emergence from the ashes" of two of John Mulcahy's previous publications. These were the periodical Hibernia, which ceased publishing in 1980 after a libel action, and the Sunday Tribune newspaper, which first collapsed financially in 1982. Sunday Tribune is an Irish Sunday newspaper humourously referred to as The Turbine, especially in the magazine The Phoenix. ...

Vincent Browne

The Phoenix has had a long antagonistic relationship with Dublin journalist Vincent Browne. This may stem from the fact that Vincent Browne previously worked for the Phoenix founders at the Sunday Tribune. Browne was reputed to be a difficult and unpredictable boss, and the tone of the Phoenix’s coverage of the Sunday Tribune, Browne himself and his other ventures, Magill magazine and Village magazine, made it clear that there is deep hostility between them. Referring to his current publishing venture, the Phoenix now routinely refers to Browne as the ‘Village Idiot’. Vincent Browne is one of Irelands best-known and most controversial print and broadcast journalists. ... Sunday Tribune is an Irish Sunday newspaper humourously referred to as The Turbine, especially in the magazine The Phoenix. ... Magill is an Irish politics and current affairs magazine originally founded by Vincent Browne and others in 1977. ... Village magazine is an Irish current affairs magazine founded and edited by Vincent Browne. ...

The antipathy appears to be returned, as Browne and his publications have rarely referred to the Phoenix in anything other than disparaging terms, and an early edition of the Village magazine carried an apology for remarks made by Browne about the Phoenix. Before the Village was first published he was asked how it would differ from the Phoenix, and he replied that the Village would pay its taxes. The apology later printed acknowledged that the Phoenix was fully tax-compliant.

Sources

• ”Publisher who became monarch of the magazine sector.” (7 Jan. 2006). The Irish Times p14.
• The Phoenix (13 Jan. 2006).

Trivia

The voice of Goldhawk in the radio advertisements is a parody of Charles Haughey. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• The Phoenix magazine home page
• ABC Data