Article Category: Brief Cases

CAFOLLA FAMILY’S HOTEL KERFUFFLE

March 7, 2019

DUBLIN City Council has pulled the brakes on the proposed development of a Dublin city centre property with some interesting names attached to... Read more »

BREEGE O’CONNOR GROUNDED

March 7, 2019

FANS of Goldhawk will recall the adventures of Galway builder and used car salesman Donal O’Connor, who was declared bankrupt in the north... Read more »

RODERICK SMYTH’S MATCHMAKER

March 7, 2019

SPARE a thought for Roderick Smyth, the founder of the award-winning TempBuddy app and a senior suit at recruitment agency Erecuit. His company,... Read more »

OFFSHORE AT THE HAMPTON HOTEL

March 7, 2019

SOME interesting developments at Crofter Properties Ltd, the property vehicle behind the Hampton Hotel on Morehampton Road in D4. Classiebawn Castle owner Hugh... Read more »

LIAM HAZEL’S ‘NIGHTMARE’

February 21, 2019

GOLDHAWK got a blast from the past recently when he saw old pal Alex Gibbons pop up in the Court of Appeal. The... Read more »

JACKIE GREENE’S PROFIT SPLIT

February 21, 2019

A DUBLIN-based building company, Jackie Greene Construction (JGC) Ltd, had a bad time of it in the Supreme Court last month in a... Read more »

THOMAS FLANAGAN’S ITALIAN PALS

February 21, 2019

CONNEMARA aeuronautics business Éirecomposites Teoranta (ET) has finally gotten around to filing its 2017 accounts. And there was some good news at last... Read more »

NOT SO TASTY FOR BRODERICKS

February 21, 2019

NEWLY filed accounts suggest the brothers behind Broderick’s cakes and bars could do with sweetening their mix. Although sales were up slightly at... Read more »

DES COFFEY’S NEW JUDGMENTS

February 21, 2019

MORE hard cheese for restaurateur Des Coffey, who has just had two small tax judgments registered against him, less than a month after... Read more »

WINDING UP NICHOLAS KRIVENKO

February 21, 2019

STRANGE to see that a winding-up petition has been filed against a dissolved Co Limerick property vehicle, Riverhall Ltd, by a New York-based... Read more »

JONATHAN O’CONNOR’S CONDUCT

February 7, 2019

SPARE A thought for Wicklow accountant Jonathan O’Connor, who has recently been whacked by the Disciplinary Tribunal of Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). The... Read more »

RAY NORTON’S NEW SHOP

February 7, 2019

THE bizarre Click.ie saga took another turn recently with the opening of a new shop in Dublin. This is despite the company behind... Read more »

HUGH SCULLY’S SWEET SOUNDS

February 7, 2019

DUBLIN entrepreneur Hugh Scully is hitting all the right notes. Companies Office filings reveal that the former DJ recently managed to tap the... Read more »

TAXMAN BITES HENRY FITZSIMONS

February 7, 2019

THE taxman is trying to bring colourful canine trainer Henry Fitzsimons to heel. Meanwhile, the Dundalk native has just brought another case against... Read more »

JERRY DONOVAN’S BUSINESS PARK

February 7, 2019

THERE was some activity (of the wrong kind) at Nama developer Jerry Donovan’s Irish and European Properties Ltd (IAEP) recently. The property vehicle,... Read more »

PORTERHOUSE’S BRAY HANGOVER

February 7, 2019

THERE was good news for craft beer fans recently when the Porterhouse group released its annual results, with accumulated profits up by over... Read more »

PATRICK MCCABE’S BANK BEEF

February 7, 2019

SPARE a thought for Louth farmer and businessman Patrick McCabe Jnr, who has just had his eye wiped by AIB in the High... Read more »

IAN LUCEY’S SMALL MERCIES

January 24, 2019

THERE was finally some good news for tech investor Ian Lucey recently. His investment vehicle, Lucey Technology Ltd, has managed to satisfy a... Read more »

SEÁN DOYLE IS NOT ENTERTAINED

January 24, 2019

MORE woe for Wexford businessman Seán Doyle, whose hospitality company has just filed a troubling set of accounts. The serial entrepreneur and former... Read more »

NYHAN BROTHERS FOR THE CHOP?

January 24, 2019

CREDITORS of a South Dublin butcher business, which was voluntarily wound up in 2014, are starting to get antsy about the lengthy liquidation... Read more »

DAVID RONAN’S ‘AGREED FACTS’

January 24, 2019

IT’S SQUEAKY-BUM time for former CTO Greenclean Ltd operators David Ronan and Stephen Griffin, whose High Court showdown with liquidator Myles Kirby will... Read more »

EAMON WATERS’ RUBBISH PROBLEM

January 24, 2019

IRELAND’S largest waste management firm, Panda Waste, has been coining it recently, so it was very surprising to see a judgment registered against... Read more »

DES COFFEY’S TAXING TIMES

January 24, 2019

GOLDHAWK had a case of déjà vu recently when he saw that his old pal, restaurateur Desmond Coffey, had fallen foul of the... Read more »

MOSHAN BARI’S TAX BILL

January 24, 2019

SPARE a thought for Sandyford businessman Moshan Bari, who has just had a judgment for €36,000 registered against him by the dreaded taxman,... Read more »

JOE MACKEN’S LANDLORD BLUES

January 10, 2019

HIPSTER restaurateur Joe Macken is used to getting a soft ride from the press. So it was no surprise that he was treated... Read more »

RESTRICTING PIA BANG

January 10, 2019

MORE setbacks for boom-era power couple Pia Bang-Stokes and Jeff Stokes. Before Christmas, the pair consented to a restriction order in the High... Read more »

ZABRINA SHORTT’S DAY JOB

January 10, 2019

THE activities of Irish scientologists made headlines just before Christmas after a Prime Time special revealed the church had just 87 Irish members,... Read more »

MICHAEL TIERNEY’S LEGACY DEBT

January 10, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted that Real Bars Ltd, the company behind the Riverbank House Hotel in Ferrybank, Co Wexford, has had to call in the... Read more »