Article Category: The Hot Water Brigade

Gerry Adams’s Actions

June 2, 2017
hoping to build up his pension pot before retiring later in the year. The SF president is suing the BBC for its Spotlight programme’s... Read more »

Stormy weather for wind farm investors

June 2, 2017
SPARE a thought for investors in Sunflower Design Ltd who claim they are still getting short shrift from the directors of the company. The... Read more »

Murray’s Twitter Index

June 2, 2017
READERS will recall an article a few weeks ago about the Murray Tweet Index, an annual ranking of Irish journalists on Twitter by PR... Read more »

Blooming Success

June 2, 2017
PHOENIX PARK is again set to be choc-a-bloc with garden enthusiasts, foodies and assorted day trippers for the annual Bloom Festival run under the... Read more »

O’Gara’s company in the sin bin

May 17, 2017
CONGRATULATIONS are very much in order to Irish rugby legend Ronan O’Gara who was recently awarded the freedom of his native Cork City. But... Read more »

Eugene McCool’s ‘trifling’ complaint

May 17, 2017
CONGRATULATIONS to solicitor Colin Monaghan who had good day in the Court of Appeal recently. Arthur Cox partner Monaghan has been embroiled in a... Read more »

David Ronan back in court

May 17, 2017
GOLDHAWK’s old pal Tipperary businessman David Ronan popped up again recently after an interesting day out in the High Court before Judge Robert Haughton... Read more »

Geoffrey Branigan’s Monkstown moves

May 17, 2017
SOUTH Dublin businessman Geoffrey Branigan looks like he’s onto a winner now that he’s put his fully renovated Victorian home on Monkstown Road on... Read more »

Rough times for Phelan Hotels

May 17, 2017
SPARE a thought for the owners of the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght, the company behind which has been hit with a judgment it can... Read more »

Sarah Ponsonby’s New Leaf

May 17, 2017
GOLDHAWK recently came across a company called New Leaf Health Company Gts Ltd with links to an interesting family. New Leaf – which has... Read more »

Not really such a difficult choice!

May 17, 2017
ONE of the more intriguing company names that Goldhawk has come across is Sophie’s Choice Ltd, which collapsed into liquidation earlier this year. It... Read more »

Sky falls on Molloy’s Pub

May 3, 2017
SPARE a thought for thirsty Independent News and Media journalists who could have a hard time watching matches in their local boozer from now... Read more »

Paul Ferriter’s tax troubles

May 3, 2017
IT’S been a good year professionally for Dublin sculptor Paul Ferriter whose statue of champion jockey AP McCoy was unveiled at February’s Cheltenham Festival.... Read more »

Taxman knocks for Nick Munier

May 3, 2017
SPARE a thought for former Masterchef Ireland judge and maître d’hôtel extraordinaire Nick Munier who unexpectedly shut the doors of his Dublin restaurant Avenue... Read more »

Cardinal runs the rule over Genesis

May 3, 2017
SPARE a thought for former McInerney Homes chief Barry O’Connor whose Genesis Homes property vehicle has just had a receiver appointed to it by... Read more »

Hugh Scully’s Pressing Matters

May 3, 2017
THE Sunday Business Post was kind enough to feature a plug recently for Dublin entrepreneur Hugh Scully who is planning to set up a... Read more »

Heating up at Gaelectric

May 3, 2017
THE temperature has been turned up at renewable energy group Gaelelectric, which has reduced its board from nine to four members, possibly in an... Read more »

Jimmy Finlay’s bad punt

April 19, 2017
IT’S THE end of an era as the company behind well-known independent bookmakers Bambury has moved to wind itself up in the High Court.... Read more »

Daragh Heagney’s Howth return

April 19, 2017
PENINSULA Brewery Ltd, with an address on O’Connell Street in Limerick City, has just had a judgment registered against it by Fingal County Council... Read more »

Anthony Fitzpatrick’s courtroom saga

April 19, 2017
WELL done to Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick who recently had a relatively good day in the Court of Appeal. Regular readers of these... Read more »

Accountants’ not so public hearings

April 19, 2017
ALTHOUGH hearings before the Disciplinary Tribunal of Chartered Accountants Ireland – the institute’s mechanism for dealing with wayward members – are advertised as public... Read more »

Leo Sherlock’s late filing

April 5, 2017
TWO separate civil actions for breach of copyright against Goldhawk’s old pal Leo Sherlock are about to kick off in Ardee District Court. It... Read more »

Nicholas O’Connor’s woes continue

April 5, 2017
SPARE a thought for accountant Nicholas O’Connor who has just had his practising certificate withdrawn by Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) following a review by... Read more »

Cathal Pendred’s retirement plan

April 5, 2017
FORMER Irish mixed martial artist Cathal Pendred is currently making the move into acting but a set of accounts filed recently by his company... Read more »

David Coulson’s Tax Judgment

April 5, 2017
GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting name in the latest issue of Stubbs Gazette. Dalkey businessman David Coulson had a €146,000 judgment registered against him at... Read more »

No love-in at Lovin Dublin

March 23, 2017
INTERESTING times at Lovin Dublin where would-be start-up guru Niall “Harbo” Harbison announced last weekend he was taking a step back from “operational matters”... Read more »

Former film financier Forde falls foul

March 23, 2017
SURPRISING to see Goldhawk’s old pal Ignatius Forde in trouble for the small amount of €2,054 owed to Carlow County Council. The judgment was... Read more »

Áine Collins’s bookkeeping troubles

March 23, 2017
A PROPERTY company in Cork called Ocean View Lodge Ltd has fallen foul of its creditors who held a meeting to appoint a liquidator... Read more »