Article Category: Brief Cases

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... 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.... 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... 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... 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... 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.... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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.... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read more »

Familiar names feature on defaulters list

March 9, 2017

GOLDHAWK spotted some familiar names on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters. Disgraced former District Judge Heather Perrin was hit with a... Read more »

More tax trouble for Michael O’Leary

March 9, 2017

SPARE a thought for Michael O’Leary (not that one) who has just had yet another judgment registered against him by the dreaded taxman,... Read more »

Jerry Carey’s pals in China

March 9, 2017

MORE on Jerry Carey, the Cork businessman who has been a godsend for the political career of Fine Gael junior minister Dara Murphy.... Read more »