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ALAN SMYTH’S WEEDS

January 30, 2020

THE WEEDS have appeared for Kildare-based landscape gardening consultant Alan Smyth, who had a judgment for €185,000 registered against him by the taxman... Read more »

NUMBER 88 NOT SO LUCKY FOR WU

January 30, 2020

A BAD start to the Chinese New Year for Chinese businessman Guoqing Wu (known here as Colm Wu). The taxman came along to... Read more »

FETHERSTON’S CLEAR OUT

January 30, 2020

MICHAEL FETHERSTON, the low-profile operator of the TLC nursing homes group, has featured heavily in the headlines recently. The moneybags will soon finalise... Read more »

MARCINIAK MAKES HER MARK

January 30, 2020

THE DUST is not going to settle for troubled upmarket grocer Fallon & Byrne any time soon. Even though a recent cash injection... Read more »

WASTE NOT, WANT LOTS

January 30, 2020

THINGS ARE tense in the town of Tullamore, Co Offaly, where local businessmen Brian Colgan and Brendan Guinan have elevated an ongoing dispute... Read more »

BRIAN CONROY’S RECEIVERS

January 30, 2020

BANK OF IRELAND has appointed receivers Abdullahi Jambo and Richard Keith Roe, of Eddisons Commercial Ltd in Leeds, in relation to a €1m... Read more »

HIPHIPSTAY’S ROWDY RESIDENTS

January 16, 2020

YOUNG GUN William McGlade (see p17) got a lot more than he bargained for when he began renting out a number of townhouses... Read more »

MARC BEREEN’S BARS

January 16, 2020

WILL SOMEONE please think of the hipsters in Dublin? They will surely be at a loss at the revelation that Papa Fred Ltd,... Read more »

DENMARK’S SHOPPING SPREE

January 16, 2020

MALCOLM DENMARK’S local-newspaper shopping spree shows no sign of ending soon. The British advertising tycoon has more than 20 regional titles here under... Read more »

FALLON & BYRNE’S BACKERS

January 16, 2020

WHAT NOW for the well-heeled food shoppers of D4 and D6? Following the decision by Fallon & Byrne owners Paul Byrne and Fiona... Read more »

REINING IN THE BLOODSTOCK

January 16, 2020

MORE ON businessman Peter Kelly, whose Kildare bloodstock operation, Emerald Equine, was hit with a hefty €2.73m judgment in 2018 (see The Phoenix,... Read more »

TIME TO PAY THEIR DUES

January 16, 2020

SOME LEGAL eagles have had setbacks recently. Kinsale solicitor Nuala Teahan and her business partner, Kieran McCarthy, were handed a €250,000 judgment by... Read more »

RICHARD QUIRKE’S RETURNS

January 16, 2020

IT IS surprising to see that profitable Dublin Pool and Juke Box Company Ltd (DPJB), the holding company of casino impresarios Richard Quirke... Read more »

NICHOLAS O’CONNOR’S BAD LUCK

December 12, 2019

SPARE a thought for Goldhawk’s old pal Nicholas O’Connor, who just can’t seem to catch a break. Following the taxman slapping him with... Read more »

SEAN MCKEON’S LIQUIDATION

December 12, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting High Court judgment recently relating to a company called Sutton Castle Developments Ltd (SCD). This turns out to be... Read more »

RAY NORTON’S CONSUMER WARNING

December 12, 2019

THE BIZARRE saga of Ennis businessman Ray Norton’s online tech retailer Click.ie rattles on. Last week, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)... Read more »

MOUNTAINVIEW’S INSECURITIES

December 12, 2019

A FAMILIAR company that popped up on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters was Castlebar property outfit Mountainview Securities Ltd. The once-mighty... Read more »

MORE HEAT FOR HAVANA THERAPY

December 12, 2019

A DUBLIN company called Havana Digital Media Ltd (HDML) has just had a small tax judgment (€4,000) registered against it. Although their names... Read more »

JEAN LOGUE’S TAX BILL

December 12, 2019

A SMALL hotel company called Spanish Point Investments Ltd was named on the latest tax defaulters list. This is the entity behind the... Read more »

ALL THAT GLITTERS

December 12, 2019

NEXT WEEK the dreaded taxman will be in the High Court seeking to wind up the high-profile Hynes Jewellers (Wexford) operation. This is... Read more »

IPA’S NEW DIRECTORY

December 12, 2019

GOLDHAWK looks forward to this time of year when the Institute of Public Administration’s indispensable annual directory, Ireland – A Directory, lands on... Read more »

WINDING UP EAMONN MCCANN

November 28, 2019

A NEW YORK-based energy company called Hydromine Inc is petitioning the High Court to have Lugano Properties Company Ltd, a small Dublin 4... Read more »

STRIKING OUT FRANCESCA DE CATALDO

November 28, 2019

AFTER a few quiet years, it was interesting to see Killiney businesswoman Francesca De Cataldo pop up, not once but twice in the... Read more »

MYLES CROFTON’S NEW PROJECT

November 28, 2019

HOW interesting to see Myles Crofton back in the headlines thanks to his involvement in a plan to develop 300 homes in Monkstown.... Read more »

NO MERCY FOR BRENDAN AND SHEILA HADE

November 28, 2019

NOVEMBER has been a very bad month for Goldhawk’s old pals, Brendan and Sheila Hade, whose prayers have gone unanswered. Rathfarnham-based Brendan Hade... Read more »

PANDA WASTE’S TIME WASTING

November 28, 2019

INTERESTING to see another judgment registered against one of the companies in Ireland’s largest waste management group. The €44,000 hit comes courtesy of... Read more »

LIAM HOWARD’S PAPER PROFITS

November 28, 2019

CONGRATULATIONS to Kilworth, Co Cork businessman Liam Howard, who is retiring after 41 years as the owner and proprietor of the Avondhu, the... Read more »

JIM FERRY’S FINANCES

November 28, 2019

COUNTY DONEGAL illegal waste operator Jim Ferry has had plenty on his plate in recent times, so it is unlikely he will lose... Read more »

ANTHONY CAFFERKEY’S BAD INVESTMENT

November 14, 2019

A TROUBLED Kildare property company called Cafferkey Investments Ltd (CIL), which has called in the liquidator, rang a bell with Goldhawk. It turns... Read more »

NO SO EMUSING

November 14, 2019

ONE of Emuse group’s creditors has lost patience with the ailing technology business. The taxman has just registered a judgment for a measly... Read more »

CON CREEDON’S MEDICAL MATTER

November 14, 2019

THE TAXMAN has just registered a judgment for €43,000 against a medical accreditation company based in Sandymount, D4. This represents more bad news... Read more »

WINDING UP PETER CLOHESSY

November 14, 2019

THE Taxman has put in a late tackle on a pub company once linked to bankrupt former Ireland and Munster rugby player Peter... Read more »

JOHN MALONE’S HOTEL RATES

October 31, 2019

THE HIGH Court has just issued a ruling that looks set to have significant implications for low-paid workers. The case involved staff in... Read more »

EUGENE MCCOOL’S COURTROOM SAGA

October 31, 2019

THERE WAS more High Court heartache recently for Goldhawk’s old pal Eugene McCool in the seemingly endless U11m scrap between his company, McCool... Read more »

HABIB GHEEWALA’S IRISH ASSETS

October 31, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting property companies where Goldman Sachs-backed vulture fund Beltany Property Finance DAC has just appointed receivers. Stars and... Read more »

PHIL GERAGHTY’S BUM NOTE

October 31, 2019

THE MUSIC might be about to stop at one of Limerick nightclub impresario Phil Geraghty’s companies. The taxman has filed a petition with... Read more »