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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 »

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 »

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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 »

ANGELA OMAN’S APPEAL

October 31, 2019

SPARE A thought for Angela Oman, who has spent a fair few bob on legal costs over the last couple of years to... Read more »

MARK WRIGHT STEPS DOWN

October 31, 2019

THERE HAVE been some predictable developments following on from the lodging of legal proceedings featuring members of the Wright family in Howth (see... Read more »

SWAN DIVE

October 31, 2019

CARLOW businessmen John, Niall and Alex Swan have a very important date with insolvency specialist PJ Lynch next week in the Four Goldmines.... Read more »

JAMIE HEASLIP’S TACTICS

October 16, 2019

FORMER Irish rugby captain Jamie Heaslip is everywhere at the moment. When he’s not appearing on RTÉ’s Rugby World Cup panel, the Newbridge... Read more »

DANIELLE MEAGHER’S TARGETS

October 16, 2019

ALTHOUGH SHE is now based in sunny California, Danielle Meagher (formerly ‘Dr Botox’) continues to create waves this side of the Atlantic. Now... Read more »

WILLIAM PRIOR’S CHARITY PROBLEM

October 16, 2019

PROVIDING FINANCIAL advice to individuals struggling with debt and lack of credit lines has become a growth business since the economic collapse of... Read more »

LAR CORRIGAN’S APPEAL

October 16, 2019

WEXFORD businessman Lar Corrigan’s scrap with Deloitte accountant Ken Fennell looks to have finally wound down in the Four Goldmines. The toxic row... Read more »

JOHN WALSH’S FOXROCK ASSETS

October 16, 2019

SPARE a thought for Foxrock developer John Walsh and his wife Bronagh Walsh, who recently suffered a setback in the Four Goldmines after... Read more »

IRELAND FUND DONORS

October 16, 2019

WITH A new face on the board of the Ireland Funds (see p18), it is interesting to see that the charity has been... Read more »

CREDITORS’ BEEF WITH NYHAN BROTHERS

October 3, 2019

DISGRUNTLED creditors of Rostella Properties Ltd received an update on the company’s troubled liquidation last week, but a report, prepared and presented to... Read more »

BAGOTS HUTTON’S LATE FILING

October 3, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted some recent activity at Urban Entertainment Ltd. This is the company behind the troubled Bagots Hutton restaurant and wine bar on... Read more »

GILMARTIN AGAIN

October 3, 2019

GOLDHAWK got a blast from the past when he saw a receiver had been appointed recently to a small property company called Dalmark... Read more »

VULTURES SWOOP ON SEAMUS GILLEN

October 3, 2019

SEAN Lyons – the man behind controversial plans for a refugee reception centre in Oughterard, Co Galway – isn’t the only direct provision... Read more »

JEFF LEO’S OTHER HEADACHE

October 3, 2019

THE appointment of an examiner to Dublin data compliance and software outfit Altada Technology Solutions Ltd isn’t the only issue on former Morgan... Read more »

NOT EMUSED!

October 3, 2019

ANOTHER year, another scary set of accounts filed by Emuse Corporation Ltd. This is the D2 tech company that makes software for interactive... Read more »

JASON DENHAM’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

October 3, 2019

MORE bad luck for Jason Denham. It looks like the Castleknock businessman couldn’t stand the heat at his high-end kitchen-fitting company, where the... Read more »

ANTHONY J FITZPATRICK VS MYLES KIRBY

September 19, 2019

LIMERICK LIQUIDATOR Anthony J Fitzpatrick suffered another setback in the latest round of his bust-up with Dublin liquidator Myles Kirby. A Court of... Read more »

PAUL MCKEON’S TOUGH RACE

September 19, 2019

ACCOUNTANT AND entrepreneur Paul McKeon has a number of irons in the fire. The horseracing fan is currently chairman of a health clinic... Read more »

HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT’S DEMISE

September 19, 2019

THERE WAS a setback this month for Cork property company Hazelwood Development Ltd, which was wound up at a creditors’ meeting in Youghal.... Read more »

CORRADO FORTE’S APPEAL

September 19, 2019

MORE ON Wexford Town businessman Corrado Forte, who had tax judgments totalling over €92,000 registered against him during the summer (see The Phoenix,... Read more »

BARTRA CAPITAL’S ‘NICHE’ LIVING

September 19, 2019

BETWEEN public scepticism and pernickety planners, Richard Barrett’s Bartra Capital is having a hard time getting its ‘co-living’ concept off the ground in... Read more »

PEARSE PHELAN’S FAULTY PRESCRIPTION

September 19, 2019

SURELY THE most interesting name on the latest list of tax defaulters is Mediserve Homecare Ltd, which was identified as agreeing a settlement... Read more »

DISCIPLINING JAMES DORNEY

September 19, 2019

CORK legal eagle James Dorney has been grounded by the Law Society’s Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal. The solicitor has been suspended from practice arising... Read more »

FERGAL MURTAGH’S HOUSE HEADACHES

September 5, 2019

SPARE A thought for Fergal Murtagh – son of Kingspan co-founder Brendan Murtagh – who has just had a €220,000 judgment registered against... Read more »