Article Category: Brief Cases

PUSHING OUT PAUL COYLE

July 30, 2020

THE FORMER owner of Decobake Ltd, Paul Coyle, suffered his latest setback last month when he ended up on the wrong end of... Read more »

CHRIS SHIEL’S CRASH LANDING

July 30, 2020

SURPRISING To see one of the companies owned by Galway high-flier Chris Shiel come crashing to earth. The good news is that he... Read more »

SEAMUS SUTCLIFFE’S MANY HATS

July 16, 2020

GOLDHAWK SPIED a judgment being registered earlier this month against Saggart-based accountant Seamus Sutcliffe by AIB for the sum of U137,000. This is... Read more »

JASON MALLON’S ROUGH RIDE

July 16, 2020

THE EXAMINERSHIP of the company that operates Ireland’s largest food import and export facility at Dublin port, Cold Move Ltd, has failed to... Read more »

BRENDAN MCQUAID’S FLIGHT PATH

July 16, 2020

GOLDHAWK was surprised to see the name of Brendan McQuaid pop up in legal proceedings issued by a landlord to evict a woman,... Read more »

KEY COLLECTIONS LOCKED OUT

July 2, 2020

WITH THE pandemic causing havoc in the tourism sector, it is perhaps not surprising that some businesses are suffering coronavirus-related side effects. Nevertheless,... Read more »

LISA DELANEY’S JARRING EXPERIENCE

July 2, 2020

GOLDHAWK spied a couple of companies being readied for striking off by the Companies Office. They turned out to be linked to Monaco-based... Read more »

DANNY KENNY’S LOW BAR

July 2, 2020

A COMPANY called Midnight Entertainment Ltd is to be wound up at the end of this week. The owner here turns out to... Read more »

GOFF LALOR’S DISTRIBUTION

June 18, 2020

THE OFFICIAL assignee Chris Lehane has published a list of bankrupts whose estates will be distributed on July 20. One of the more... Read more »

JOHN GILMARTIN’S CHALLENGING TIMES

June 18, 2020

A FINANCIAL consultant who set up a number of companies to provide business advice has seen one of them come a cropper. The... Read more »

JONATHAN COSGRAVE’S PROPERTY PUNT

June 18, 2020

A LITTLE-known company called AHC Ltd has just been the subject of a notice from its auditors about the keeping of accounting records.... Read more »

PAUL BLANCHFIELD’S CREDITORS’ MEETING

June 18, 2020

A CREDITORS’ meeting has been called for a company called Frontier Entertainment Ltd, which was behind the failed theatre tourism project in the... Read more »

RICK DELANEY’S ROUGH RIDE

June 4, 2020

THIS WEEK sees a creditors’ meeting for a company called Aqua Blue Sport Ltd, which turns out to be the professional cycling team... Read more »

LIAM DOWDALL’S POLISH HEADACHE

June 4, 2020

IN THE High Court last month, a ruling was made refusing an application to remove high-profile number cruncher Liam Dowdall from his role... Read more »

MARC Ó BROIN’S PRACTISING CERT

June 4, 2020

SURPRISING TO see established number cruncher and financial adviser Marc Ó Broin fall foul of Chartered Accountants Ireland’s quality assurance committee. It published... Read more »

CUNNINGHAMS MEET THEIR MATCH

May 21, 2020

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see a creditors’ meeting called for Market Match Ltd, a public relations and marketing business operating in Ranelagh, D6.... Read more »

ANTHONY FITZPATRICK’S ‘FLAWED’ STRATEGIES

May 21, 2020

ONE OF Goldhawk’s old friends got a bit of a kicking from Judge John MacMenamin in the Supreme Court recently, when liquidator Anthony... Read more »

CALLING IT A DAY AT H&A

May 21, 2020

THREE YEARS after it exited examinership, Healy Design & Advertising Ltd (the company that was behind the H&A Advertising agency) has been quietly... Read more »

TRIONA HARRINGTON’S HEAVY GOING

May 21, 2020

THERE WAS good news for the horseracing community last week when the government brought forward the proposed restart date for the sport to... Read more »

BART DALY’S CELTIC GOLD

May 7, 2020

AT THE weekend it was reported that insolvency specialists Jim Stafford and Tom Murray of Friel Stafford have adapted to the ‘new normal’... Read more »

RONAN LYNCH’S NEW REGIME

May 7, 2020

THE REPRESENTATIVE bodies for publicans has been putting the pedal to the floor in an effort to convince the government to allow them... Read more »

MARIE BRAMBLE’S BAD MARKS

May 7, 2020

A COMPANY that appeared to be very much honours material in the education field thanks to its popular school app, Unique Diary Productions... Read more »

DAVID HALL’S BUSY SCHEDULE

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 is keeping David Hall busy. One of the self-promoter’s multitude of tweets last month proclaimed that extra services being provided by his... Read more »

JOHN V FARRELLY’S ADVENTURES

April 23, 2020

GOLDHAWK’S OLD pal, John V Farrelly, a former Fine Gael politician and a shareholder in ‘free’ energy company Steorn, will be paying close... Read more »

FALLON BROTHERS DIG DEEP

April 23, 2020

THEJOURNAL.IE, that right-on source of news for young readers, has probably suffered more than most news outlets due to the Covid-19 restrictions and... Read more »

NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE

April 23, 2020

THE BOYS of Dollard Packaging in Dublin will be breathing a sigh of relief after they dodged a hefty $4.5m pension deficit claim... Read more »

FRANCESCA’S ‘ANNUS HORRIBILIS’

April 23, 2020

LIKE BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth, who gave her an OBE in 2017, Bank of Ireland (BoI) boss Francesca McDonagh will presumably recognise an annus... Read more »

RICH RICCI’S WIND DOWN

April 23, 2020

A COMPANY called Dedsert Ireland Ltd has just been voluntarily wound up by its owners. The company turns out to be behind the... Read more »

RON WEISZ’S SEMI-RETIREMENT

April 9, 2020

THE CANNY old rancher, Leitrim-based American subprime lender Ron Weisz, might be semi-retired, but he’s still being kept busy by his high-interest money-lending... Read more »

CATHERINE WILEY’S COPYRIGHT HEADACHE

April 9, 2020

LIKE MANY similar organisations that depend on donations to survive, the Catholic Grandparents Association Ltd (CGA) is facing a tough few months ahead.... Read more »

TULLOW’S AFRICAN ‘PARENT’

April 9, 2020

AFRICAN BILLIONAIRE oilman Samuel Dossou-Aworet has pushed his stake in his Tullow Oil “baby” to more than 13%. Tullow’s share price has enjoyed... Read more »

JIM DURIE’S FITNESS CHALLENGE

April 9, 2020

At the same time that gyms have gone quiet during the lockdown, one of the bigger players in the game, the company behind... Read more »

WHAT’S ALE-ING PAUL SMITHWICK?

March 26, 2020

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to spot that legal eagle Paul Smithwick OBE has resigned from the board of Sullivan Craft Brewery, the company behind... Read more »