Article Category: Brief Cases

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

LISA MURPHY’S LATE FILING

January 10, 2019

GOLDHAWK got a blast from the past recently when he spotted that New Lisa Life Ltd was listed for striking off the register... Read more »

A DIARY FOR YOUR DATE

December 14, 2018

FANS OF Goldhawk will be aware of the value he places on the significant source of information that is the annual diary/director published... Read more »

MARY ROBINSON’S ‘GOOD GOVERNANCE’

December 13, 2018

MARY ROBINSON has decided to step down from the board of her climate change foundation, where she was in situ for many years.... Read more »

SIMONE ROCHA’S ‘NONLINEAR WAY’

December 13, 2018

THE CHRISTMAS shopping frenzy should help further boost the overflowing coffers of London-based fashion designer Simone Rocha (daughter of John and Odette Rocha).... Read more »

IFTA’S NEW STAR SIGNING

December 13, 2018

HAVING STARTED out this year staring down the barrel of the Revenue’s gun, Áine Moriarty and Deirdre Hopkins – the drivers of the... Read more »

IAN GLASS’S TRACK RECORD

December 13, 2018

THE HIGH Court has ordered the liquidation of a Waterford company called Galmor Ltd, which previously published the free sheet Waterford Today. This... Read more »

ALISTAIR LANIGAN-O’KEEFFE’S RECIPE

December 13, 2018

SPARE A thought for Alistair Lanigan-O’Keeffe, who has just been declared bankrupt. The restaurateur is a well-regarded operator on the Cork scene, best... Read more »

SECRET ‘SEPTICEYE’

December 13, 2018

THE NEWS that a young Irishman made the world top 10 list of YouTube earners, as determined by Forbes magazine, took many people... Read more »

DAVID LYNCH’S WINDFALL

November 29, 2018

THE DAVID Lynch-owned Capital Cover Group (CCG), which includes Brennan Insurances – one of the country’s oldest insurance operators – was bought by... Read more »

JOHN BYRNE JNR’S VAST PROFITS

November 29, 2018

ACCOUNTS JUST filed for a company called Santenay Ltd shine a clear light on the vast wealth of the principals in the property... Read more »

BRENDAN HALLIGAN’S D2 DESTINATION

November 29, 2018

GOLDHAWK has reported on the rise and rise of Brendan Halligan’s Ireland China Institute, but not all Sino-Gaelic endeavours are thriving. Earlier this... Read more »

WILL DOWLING’S LANGUAGE PROBLEM

November 29, 2018

WITH LOTS of businesses seeking a slice of the growing English-language tuition sector, there have been a few casualties. One entity that has... Read more »

SONYA LENNON’S MANY HATS

November 29, 2018

WITH MOVES being made to introduce gender-based professorships in universities and the news agenda increasingly featuring discussions about the level of female participation... Read more »