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DEIRDRE FOLEY MOVES ON

September 23, 2021
SO FAREWELL then Natrium Ltd, a company that was at the centre of the highly fractious purchase, closure and eventual sale to Paddy McKillen... Read more »

CHASING THE YANKEE DOLLAR

September 23, 2021
CONGRATULATIONS to e-learning gurus Garrett Byrne and Kevin Cronin, who have just wound up their Hawkington Ltd holding company, a year after selling off... Read more »

KEEPING UP WITH SIMON KELLY

September 23, 2021
MORE ON Goldhawk’s old friend Simon ‘son of Paddy’ Kelly, whose risk mitigation operation Emex Software, hit a road bump last month. It will... Read more »

DAVID NASH’S EXPENSIVE HEALTHCARE

September 23, 2021
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR David Nash (cousin of the soft drinks family that shares the name) has decided to wind up one of his healthcare software... Read more »

JOHN SWAN’S ROTTEN FRUIT BASKET

September 9, 2021
FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with the long-running liquidation of Carlow-based Swan Fruit Ltd, where the principal is John Swan (see The Phoenix... Read more »

GREG KAVANAGH’S WINE BILL

September 9, 2021
THE ONE and only Greg Kavanagh, Irish property developer extraordinaire, continues to encounter problems with parties who are demanding money from him. In some... Read more »

SHANE FILAN’S FOLLY

September 9, 2021
A NEW filing in the Companies Office concerns the notice of cessation by a receiver of a company called Shafin Developments Ltd. This company... Read more »

RALPH CHRISTIANS’S NEW PLOT

September 9, 2021
A COMPANY called Taylormade Films Ltd has just listed itself for voluntary striking off, which presumably means that a spat over the not insignificant... Read more »

COLM WU’S WOES

August 26, 2021
IT HAS been a bad month for the acquisitive Guoquing Wu (known here as Colm Wu) whose refinancing efforts for the debts of some... Read more »

MICHAEL HACKMAN’S MOVIE PLOT

August 26, 2021
THE CHANGES have been ringing following the announced sale by Ion Equity moneybags Joe Devine of his Ardmore and Troy Studios business to the... Read more »

KAROL MCELHINNEY’S GOOD NEWS

August 26, 2021
AT LAST, there has been good news for Donegal moneybags Karol McElhinney, after Donegal County Council granted permission for a luxurious house near Ballybofey,... Read more »

A TAXING MATTER

August 26, 2021
DOCUMENTS FILED by Myles Kirby, the liquidator of Hynes Jewellers (Wexford) Ltd, shed a little more light on the scale of liabilities in the... Read more »

M-BIRR’S FADING EMBERS

August 12, 2021
GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see a creditors’ meeting called for a company called M-Birr Ltd. It operates in the mobile money sector, focusing on... Read more »

DJI’S €25,000 DESIGN FLAW

August 12, 2021
THE HIGH-profile design company David James Interiors Ltd (DJI) has been hit with a judgment for a paltry €25,000 by Reefer Tech Refrigeration. Maybe... Read more »

OFF THE MENU

August 12, 2021
FILINGS BY John Healy, liquidator of Super Miss Sue Ltd (SMS) – which was behind the restaurant of the same name and also the... Read more »

HERBIE BOYLE’S JUDGMENT

August 12, 2021
NUMBER CRUNCHER Herbie Boyle found himself on the end of a €100,000 judgment last month from Shankill-based Dermot Fahy, who was for many years... Read more »

GEORGINA APPELBE’S APPEAL

August 12, 2021
THERE WAS good and bad news for one Georgina Appelbe in the Court of Appeal on July 26 when she was allowed to have... Read more »

ORLA DEANE’S APARTMENT

July 29, 2021
BAD NEWS last week from Dublin City Council for Orla Deane’s proposed apartment scheme in Ranelagh D6. The planners were not taken by an... Read more »

STUART MCGOLDRICK’S SKI ACCIDENT

July 29, 2021
THERE WAS bad news for customers of the Dublin Ski Centre in Sandyford this month when the facility announced it was keeping it doors... Read more »

MARCUS WHITE’S LEGAL HEADACHE

July 29, 2021
THE FOUR Goldmines are beckoning for the irrepressible Marcus White, organiser of the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival and high-profile operator of a number of hotels... Read more »

JOHN WRAFTER’S WOES

July 29, 2021
A HIGH Court action has just been launched by the receiver of south Dublin firm WR Land Ltd. This turns out to be one... Read more »

YVONNE DOLAN’S UNHEALTHY VENTURES

July 15, 2021
A CREDITORS’ meeting has been called for Yvonne Dolan’s Blendi Snacks Ltd, the highly rated health food company set up a couple of years... Read more »

CONOR FENNELLY’S DARK CLOUDS

July 15, 2021
The Decision to wind up “cloud-native, real-time, non-legacy core banking” platform Leveris comes as something of a shock given the bullish noises coming out... Read more »

FRANK DINEEN’S GAMBLES

July 15, 2021
A CASINO operation’s gambles with the dreaded taxman have resulted in a judgment against Gold Rush Card Club Ltd (GRCC), the latest in a... Read more »

AN TAISCE TURNS UP THE HEAT

July 15, 2021
THE LEGAL eagles for An Taisce have written to Monaghan County Council to seek an update on any moves being taken “to ensure the... Read more »

LIAM LYNCH’S TURNAROUND

July 15, 2021
THE LATEST accounts for Irish Studio Media Publishing (ISM), the outfit established by New York-based moneybags Liam Lynch, show how significant the magazine sale... Read more »

TIARNAN O’MAHONEY’S UPS AND DOWNS

July 1, 2021
A COMPANY called Rebenna Ltd has just ceased trading and the principal here is one Felicity Keane, wife of former Anglo Irish Bank senior... Read more »

BARRY NAPIER’S €1M JUDGMENT

July 1, 2021
SURPRISING TO see the highly respected telecoms entrepreneur Barry Napier finding himself on the end of a judgment from AIB for a cool €1m.... Read more »

FAT CAT FAILINGS

July 1, 2021
WHILE THE name may sound impressive, Fat Cat Property Holdings Ltd (FCP) doesn’t look like it is about to join the ranks of the... Read more »

MAIREAD MULHERN’S ‘FANTASIC ADVENTURE’

July 1, 2021
THE LIQUIDATION of Teilifís Mhaigh Eo Teo (TME), the company that was behind the ill-fated Irish TV channel, has finally been completed. Not surprisingly,... Read more »

GEOFF HOGAN’S HIGH COURT PETITION

July 1, 2021
FANS OF Goldhawk will not have been overly surprised by the decision of Period Door Properties Ltd (PDP) to petition the High Court this... Read more »

PHARMACISTS FOOT THE BILL

June 17, 2021
WHILE THE news that local pharmacists are finally allowed to start administering Covid-19 vaccines represents a welcome development for the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU),... Read more »

JOHN BRENNAN’S LIFT-OFF

June 17, 2021
HIGH COURT judge Michael Hanna heard harrowing descriptions last week of the experience of some guests of the Killarney Plaza hotel, who were in... Read more »

GERRY PURCELL’S PROCEEDINGS

June 17, 2021
A CREDITORS’ meeting has been called to wind up a property company called Megard Ltd, which is owned by Galway developer Gerry Purcell and... Read more »

GER LYONS’S WINNERS

June 17, 2021
RACEHORSE TRAINER Jim Bolger has always been a bit of a thorn in the side of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). He successfully... Read more »

KAM TIM NG’S HELICOPTER

June 17, 2021
THERE WAS a setback to high-flying Kam Tim Ng last month when he failed to have a legal action against him dismissed. The case... Read more »