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MIZOW’S D2 MISHAP

February 27, 2020

WHAT NOW for Aussie-born, Dublin-based developer Paul Mizow, who will no longer be able to lease his D2 townhouses on William McGlade’s short-term... Read more »

MCKILLEN’S ISLE OF MAN FUSION

February 13, 2020

IT IS interesting to see that 73 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, a protected structure purchased by developer and hospitality tycoon Patrick McKillen... Read more »

DROPPED STITCH FOR JIM WALLACE

February 13, 2020

GOLDHAWK spotted a petition by Revenue to wind up Wexford textile firm JW Fashions Ltd, which listed local tailor Jim Wallace (cousin of... Read more »

FEELEY’S HARD FEELINGS

February 13, 2020

Accountant John Feeley, the recently appointed CEO of troubled company Maximum Media (MM), has a lot on his plate. Morale among the ranks... Read more »

FASTNET SLOWS DOWN

February 13, 2020

CORK-BASED Fastnet Mussels Ltd, which lists John Murphy and Shane Murphy as its directors, was once considered one of the largest shellfish producers... Read more »

TAX CASES NOT THEIR FORTE

February 13, 2020

More tax trouble for Wexford café owner Annino Forte. A judgment for no less than €2.7m was registered against him by the Revenue... Read more »

PAT CREAN’S PLAN

February 13, 2020

Fresh-faced developer Pat Crean has lobbed in a planning application for the demolition of properties at Dublin’s Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. The south... Read more »

ADIOS TO RIOS

February 13, 2020

RIOS PROPERTIES (Cork) Limited, a company that lists Cork-based Denis O’Sullivan and James Rigby as directors, fell into liquidation last month, with accountant... Read more »

IN THE SWAMP

February 13, 2020

Ireland’s fashionistas were no doubt devastated last month at the revelation that indigenous clothing brand Swamp, owned by husband-and-wife team Kieran Coogan and... Read more »

CALLING UP CUSACKS’ DEBTS

February 13, 2020

THE LIQUIDATION of Navco Ltd, the company behind Navan’s Newgrange Hotel in Co Meath, is gathering pace. PWC liquidator Michael O’Regan, who was... Read more »

HUGH GETS HOT AND BOTHERED

February 13, 2020

JOE.ie reporter Carl Kinsella got more than he bargained for when he took at pop at the Twitter habits of certain Irish journalists.... Read more »

IMAGE MEDIA’S IMAGE PROBLEM

January 30, 2020

A BAD HAIR day for Image Publications CEO Clodagh Edwards, whose Irish female-fronted glossy monthly Image magazine came under fire online earlier this... Read more »

DOMINO’S DOUGH KNOTS IN A TWIST

January 30, 2020

THE TAXMAN placed a tall order with Domino’s this month. It successfully quashed an appeal by the pizza chain’s Irish franchisee, Karshan (Midlands)... Read more »

HYNES DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

January 30, 2020

THE INEVITABLE has arrived for embattled jewellery merchant Frank Hynes (see The Phoenix, 13/12/19). His business, Hynes Jewellers (Wexford) Ltd, was wound up... 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »