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Ed O’Flaherty’s Bad Publicity

January 28, 2016
DUBLIN businessman and dentist Ed O’Flaherty of Seapoint Clinic Ltd (SCL) knows a thing or two about drumming up publicity for his clinic, with... Read more »

Donal Spring’s Fees

January 28, 2016
SOLICITOR and former international rugby player Donal Spring – brother of former Labour party leader, Dick Spring – is set to tackle the trade... Read more »

Blackrock Planning Row

January 28, 2016
NEPTUNE HOUSE, a listed building in Blackrock, Co Dublin, is steeped in history and now looks set to be renovated and converted into an... Read more »

Paddy Keane’s Unfair Dismissal

January 14, 2016
SOME more bad news for well-known Galway solicitor Paddy Keane, who practises at Keane Solicitors in Galway city and who has various other business... Read more »

Back In Court With Greg Kavanagh

January 14, 2016
LOOKS like developer Greg Kavanagh is set for more courtroom action. Last month yet another High Court case initiated against a Kavanagh-fronted company. Kavanagh’s... Read more »

Tom Keane’s Bust-Up

January 14, 2016
MORE to report on Dublin accountant Tom Keane, who is battling on several fronts and is currently facing three separate disciplinary inquiries by the... Read more »

Bennett Company Goes Bust

January 14, 2016
A PROPERTY development company part-owned by Westmeath-based builder Christopher Bennett – of the well-known building firm, the Bennett Group – has collapsed into liquidation.... Read more »

More Tax Trouble For Sean Rainey

January 14, 2016
ONE of the larger settlements recorded on last month’s list of tax defaulters published by the Revenue was made by CDRN Partnership, a property... Read more »

School Boss’s Examination

January 14, 2016
WHEN controversial language school Eden College went bust back in 2014, over 1,000 students were left out of pocket, with the school having previously... Read more »

Disqualifying Chris Fleming

January 14, 2016
A FORMER boss of a chain of gyms has been disqualified from acting as a company director for nine years. Businessman Chris Fleming was... Read more »

FF Feud

January 14, 2016
ROSCOMMON Fianna Fáil members are a sensitive bunch and a libel case taken by Cllr Ivan Connaughton against Independent MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan (see... Read more »

Thomas Byrne sues the Worst

January 14, 2016
STRUCK-OFF solicitor Thomas Byrne was jailed in 2013 for 12 years for financial fraud, but the former legal eagle continues to cast a shadow... Read more »

Tom Keane’s Many Battles

December 17, 2015
MORE to report on the adventures of Tom Keane, the principal of BKRM accountants in north Dublin (see The Phoenix 23/10/15). Keane is currently... Read more »

Eoin Ó Cofaigh’s Report

December 17, 2015
THE RESIDENTS of an apartment development known as Riverwalk Court in Ratoath, Co Meath, face an uncertain future after Meath County Council (MCC) issued... Read more »

John Gallagher’s Troubles

December 17, 2015
THESE are nervous times for businessman John Gallagher, the founder of the private clinic, Charter Medical Group (CMG) in Smithfield, where his previous business... Read more »

Áine Feeney McTigue Struck Off

December 17, 2015
MORE TO REPORT on Galway-based legal eagle, Áine Feeney McTigue, who was suspended from practising as a solicitor in September over an alleged deficit... Read more »

Striking Off Robert Sweeney

December 17, 2015
LETTERKENNY-BASED legal eagle Robert Sweeney was struck off the Roll of Solicitors last month by the President of the High Court for a string... Read more »

Philip Marley’s “Sham” Lease

December 17, 2015
NOT much has been heard lately from Goldhawk’s old pal, colourful property developer Philip Marley, although that may be about to change, as a... Read more »

Keith McDonnell’s Settlement

December 17, 2015
AMONG the names to appear on Revenue’s recently published list of tax defaulters was that of Extreme Event Ireland Ltd (EEA), a tour operator... Read more »

Fishy Fiddler Fined

December 4, 2015
MARK FISHER is not yet clear of the mess he got into with his property management company, Global Property Care Ltd (GPC). Having been... Read more »

Oisín Hanrahan Hits Back

December 4, 2015
HANDY – the US-based online booking company for cleaners which was co-founded by Irish tech entrepreneur Oisín Hanrahan – is currently involved in two... Read more »

Brian Murphy’s Bum Note

December 4, 2015
The Taxman is investigating a Cork accountant named Brian Murphy – a former partner at Deloitte – for various alleged tax related offences. It... Read more »

More Surprises From Shanghai

December 4, 2015
FINALLY, the saga of Financial Plaza Shanghai Ltd (FPS), the British Virgin Islands company owned by around 140 Irish investors, who together spent €30m... Read more »

Eddie Sweeney’s Latest Challenge

December 4, 2015
PROPERTY developer Eddie Sweeney may be a familiar name thanks to his appearance in the Mahon Tribunal report in 2012, which was highly critical... Read more »

Shanny in the Slammer

December 4, 2015
SPARE A THOUGHT for a Meath accountant named Kenneth Shanny, who was jailed last month at Trim Circuit Court for various tax related offences.... Read more »

Creditors’ Meeting For Intrade

December 4, 2015
INTERESTING to see that a creditors’ meeting has been called for Intrade The Prediction Market Ltd and its related company, Trade Exchange Network Ltd... Read more »

Fresh Legal Woes For Alan Hanly

November 20, 2015
NAMA developer Alan Hanly of the Hanly Group has fresh legal woes to contend with and is currently being sued by various owners of... Read more »

Brian Goff’s Court Date

November 20, 2015
VETERAN Dublin restaurateur Brian Goff – one of the founders of the Insomnia coffee chain – is one busy man and is currently involved... Read more »

Rick Larkin And The Taxman

November 20, 2015
SOME bad news for highflying developer Rick Larkin. His family owned company, Vieira Ltd, which trades as Twinlite, has just come out on the... Read more »

Mary Cullen On The Warpath

November 20, 2015
FANS of Goldhawk will recall that earlier this year, Dublin publican and hotelier David Cullen – who was on the receiving end of a... Read more »

Arnold Fanning’s Bank Blues

November 20, 2015
BIRR-BASED businessman Arnold Fanning, the principal in Midland Web Printing Ltd (MWP) – which came close to buying Buy and Sell last year, but... Read more »

‘Ronaldo’ Kavanagh’s Own Goal

November 20, 2015
DEVELOPER Greg Kavanagh of New Generation Homes has been making plenty of waves in the business pages in recent months and is currently involved... Read more »

HOT AIR BRIGADE

November 6, 2015
Alfred Hitchcock once said that the greatest female stars had the trick of transforming themselves into a blank canvas onto which the masses could... Read more »

Tom Keane’s Bust Up With Beancounters

November 6, 2015
DUBLIN accountant Tom Keane – of BKRM accountants in north Dublin – has come out on the losing side of a row with the... Read more »

Clare Dooley’s Double-Dealing

November 6, 2015
FINANCIAL advisor Clare Dooley escaped jail last month over an insurance scam against New Ireland Life Assurance plc, but she was disqualified from acting... Read more »

Ruairi O’Ceallaigh’s Tax Affairs

November 6, 2015
SOME more bad news for disgraced legal eagle Ruairi O’Ceallaigh, who was jailed in 2014 for five years (with the final two years suspended)... Read more »