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JOHN COLLISON’S COUNTRY TAB

August 12, 2021

IT WAS reported last weekend that John Collison paid a little more than half the asking price of €20m for the impressive AbbeyLeix... Read more »

JAMES HENNESSY’S SAMURAI WARRIORS

July 29, 2021

THERE WAS a glowing write-up in the Business Post last weekend of the impressive Kilmurry House in Co Kilkenny, a mid-18th century pile... Read more »

DÉJÀ VU IN HOWTH

July 29, 2021

IT LOOKS like a case of déjà vu on Howth Hill, where a planning row is brewing at the hilltop Heather Cottage, owned... Read more »

SILENT AT RUSSBOROUGH

July 29, 2021

HAVING BOUNCED into the black in recent years, it is not surprising that things took a turn for the worst at Russborough House... Read more »

ACCOUNTING AT ABBEYLEIX HOUSE

July 15, 2021

WITH THE announced sale to Stripe co-founder John Collison of the Abbeyleix House estate in Co Laois, the owner since 1994 David Davies... Read more »

RUTH’S FLOWER POWER

July 15, 2021

WITH THE government continuing to open up, the good news for florists is that weddings are getting bigger. Appassionata Flowers, which claims to... Read more »

HOWTH CASTLE’S SWIFT AUCTION

July 15, 2021

WHAT A pity the Gaisford St Lawrence family has opted to auction off a superb portrait of Jonathan Swift rather than donate it,... Read more »

HUBIE DE BURGH’S DOWNSIZING

July 1, 2021

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED the dissolving of a company called Huma Bloodstock Ltd last month, which was a business set up a couple of decades... Read more »

GERARD’S TILES OF DOSH

July 1, 2021

WITH CINEMA owners complaining about the social distancing restrictions hitting their bottom line since reopening last month, it was not surprising to see... Read more »

IAIN WRIGHT’S AMAZING HOME

July 1, 2021

A HOUSE with a rather picturesque setting has been put on the market, complete with Hollywood CV. It is being offloaded for a... Read more »

CIARA DONLON’S BACKERS

June 17, 2021

A NEW company has been formed by Ciara Donlon, the high-flying founder of Theya Healthcare, which manufactures post-surgery underwear from bamboo no less.... Read more »

JESS RYAN’S BLEMISH

June 17, 2021

IT IS the end of the road for the D4 beauty salon owned by Jess Ryan, daughter of Arthur ‘Penneys’ Ryan. The glamorous... Read more »

CLAYTON LOVE’S LOSS

June 17, 2021

A COMPANY called Barcrest Developments was liquidated earlier this month. It turns out to be a business that was established by one of... Read more »

BERNIE GALLAGHER’S BATHROOMS

June 3, 2021

THERE IS trouble brewing in leafy Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, where a substantial plan to revamp a protected house has elicited some strong opposition... Read more »

KIESWETTERS’ STUD FEES

June 3, 2021

RACING IS not for the faint-hearted, at least in financial terms, and the relatively new bloodstock business based out of Barnane Stud in... Read more »

ALISON’S ORANGERY

June 3, 2021

A PLANNING application has been lodged to convert a substantial Ballsbridge property back to residential use. It was lodged in the name of... Read more »

MAIREAD RONAN’S BUSINESS PARTNER

May 20, 2021

THERE IS a new name at the Faro Beauty operation co-owned by radio and TV presenter Mairéad Ronan. Mairéad’s marketing pal, Aoife Dunne,... Read more »

ASHLING KILDUFF’S DESIGN FLAW

May 20, 2021

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to note a creditors’ meeting has been called for the company behind the well-known Design Centre in the Powerscourt Townhouse... Read more »

JANE TRENAMAN’S OPERA ROLE

May 20, 2021

THE LATEST arrival on the board of the National Opera House is Jane Trenaman, daughter of Shrewsbury Road moneybags Fred Trenaman. No doubt,... Read more »

MAIREAD RONAN’S BUSINESS PARTNER

May 20, 2021

THERE IS a new name at the Faro Beauty operation co-owned by radio and TV presenter Mairéad Ronan. Mairéad’s marketing pal, Aoife Dunne,... Read more »

ASHLING KILDUFF’S DESIGN FLAW

May 20, 2021

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to note a creditors’ meeting has been called for the company behind the well-known Design Centre in the Powerscourt Townhouse... Read more »

JANE TRENAMAN’S OPERA ROLE

May 20, 2021

THE LATEST arrival on the board of the National Opera House is Jane Trenaman, daughter of Shrewsbury Road moneybags Fred Trenaman. No doubt,... Read more »

MARK O’KEEFFE’S TANGLES

May 6, 2021
DUBLIN STYLIST Mark O’Keeffe of Brown Sugar was given some space in the Sindo’s ‘Life’ magazine last month to hype up the hairdressing industry... Read more »

WISSAM’S GOOD PANDEMIC

May 6, 2021

QATARI MONEYBAGS Wissam Al Mana’s case against Facebook Ireland and a number of other defendants is back in the High Court next week.... Read more »

JOHN MALONE’S BREEDING BILLS

May 6, 2021

THE BREEDING of thoroughbred horses is an expensive business, though this is not the sort of thing to concern the excruciatingly wealthy owner... Read more »

LARS BJOERK’S LIECHTENSTEIN LOANS

April 22, 2021

THE FORMER owners of Dollanstown Stud in Co Meath have moved to strike off the company behind the operation. It is clear that... Read more »

HELEN McALINDEN’S BOTTOM LINE

April 22, 2021

EVERY SO often, Irish fashion designers pop up in the media with some words of wisdom for the locals. The latest to take... Read more »

FRAGRANT FAREWELL

April 22, 2021

SO FAREWELL then International Cosmetic & Fragrances (ICF), part of the cosmetics business developed here by German businessman Claus Michel. The move to... Read more »

MARY KEANE’S NEW JOB

April 8, 2021

CONGRATUALTIONS TO Mary Keane, the chair of the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI), who has just landed the sought-after job of director general... Read more »

NOELLE MAGUIRE’S IRFU RUCK

April 8, 2021

A RATHER nice pile on Zion Road in Rathgar, D6, is now on the market, with the owners looking for a tasty €2.65m.... Read more »

TOM GLEESON’S BURGERS

April 8, 2021

THE COMPANY behind the highly profitable burger chain, Bunsen, has issued High Court proceedings to block Dublin City Council from interfering with its... Read more »

LADY MARY’S £42M SALE

March 25, 2021

ACROSS THE Irish Sea, trouble is brewing for billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, whose massive steel empire is creaking, with demand for the product... Read more »

GUY O’CALLAGHAN’S NEW STUD

March 25, 2021

THE SALE of a prime stud property on the Curragh sees the blueblood O’Callaghan bloodstock clan adding another asset to the empire. The... Read more »

IN THE BUNKER AT DRUIDS GLEN

March 25, 2021

WHILE IRELAND’S golf fairways are quiet, there is plenty of action at Druids Glen resort in Co Wicklow where a former member, Niall... Read more »

BILL SHIPSEY’S ART WORK

March 11, 2021

CAMPAIGNING BARRISTER Bill Shipsey, long associated with the Irish section of Amnesty International (which he chaired at one stage,) got a few things... Read more »

WARRING WARD FAMILY’S PLOT TWIST

March 11, 2021

THE WEALTHY Ward family, which owns Dublin’s Savoy cinema among many others, is engaged in another legal wrangle that sees the principals named... Read more »