Article Category: Brief Cases

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 »

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 »

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 »

POOR GRADES AT DUBLIN LANGUAGE SCHOOL

November 1, 2018

SPARE a thought for creditors of Dublin English language school Oscars International, which is petitioning the High Court to have an examiner appointed.... Read more »

GRAHAM CANNING’S PUB HANGOVER

November 1, 2018

THERE’S been another blow for former publican Graham Canning, who has just had a second judgment registered against him by the taxman in... Read more »

CHECKING OUT AT THE ATHENAEUM

November 1, 2018

THE original company behind the swanky Athenaeum House Hotel on the Waterford-Kilkenny border has called in the liquidator, just a few weeks after... Read more »

CATHAL MALLON’S BUSINESS PARTNERS

November 1, 2018

A VULTURE fund has just swooped on D4 developer Cathal Mallon. The fund recently secured judgment against Mallon in the High Court for... Read more »

JUDGMENT DAY FOR EDMOND O’REILLY

November 1, 2018

IT’S ALL gone wrong for Tipperary high-flier Edmond O’Reilly, who has just been whacked by the Revenue for over €1m. The Clonmel man... Read more »

TOM CONSIDINE’S WIND-UP

November 1, 2018

A PROPERTY vehicle called Western Alliance Property (WAP) Ltd is calling in the liquidator. The directors are listed as Gerry Prendergast, Tom Considine... Read more »

BASSAM NASER’S HARD MEDICINE

November 1, 2018

THERE are more maladies for jailbird Sutton doctor Bassem Naser, who has just been declared bankrupt in the High Court. The Irish-Palestinian received... Read more »

PAUL DOHERTY’S LATEST VENTURE

October 18, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a small Dublin tech company called Software Design Ltd (SDL) that went into voluntary liquidation at the end of August. Happily,... Read more »

LEGAL EAGLES GROUNDED

October 18, 2018

THERE might be some tension at the next Southern Law Association shindig after two Cork City solicitors had judgments registered against them by... Read more »

TAXMAN SKINS TOM HOGAN

October 18, 2018

THE dreaded taxman has lasered in on Galway businessman Tom Hogan. The Carrowbrowne man, who is listed as a director at a company... Read more »

WINDING UP THALMAN HEALTH

October 18, 2018

THE MUCH-VAUNTED Cork healthcare start-up Thalman Health Ltd is calling in the liquidator. The company, which straddled the Atlantic, operating in Cork and... Read more »

ED HEAPHY’S SUPREME COURT APPEAL

October 18, 2018

HARD luck to Cork banking consultant and former businessman Ed Heaphy, who had his appeal against a Bank of Ireland judgment slapped down... Read more »

DAVID HERLIHY’S SECOND STRIKE-OFF

October 18, 2018

MORE on struck-off solicitor David Herlihy’s Law Society scrap. The former Limerick legal eagle was back in the Four Goldmines last week, where... Read more »

GREG KAVANAGH’S LATEST HEADACHES

October 4, 2018

ARKLOW property developer Greg Kavanagh’s scrap with his former New Generation Homes partner Pat Crean is back in the Four Goldmines next week.... Read more »

SEAN LYNE’S LATEST LIQUIDATION

October 4, 2018

AN ENTITY called CLS Crystal Partners Holding Company Ltd is calling in the liquidator. Once upon a time, this was the central company... Read more »