Article Category: Brief Cases

‘Cloud bleed’ hits Captains?

March 9, 2017

STRANGE that a recent major internet security breach went unreported in the Irish media recently. The phenomenon known as “cloud bleed” affected over... 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 »

Harry Lorton’s timely exit

February 23, 2017

THE scheme of arrangement for Cork advertising company H&A Marketing was agreed last month and it makes bleak reading for its many creditors,... Read more »

Michael Martin’s closure order

February 23, 2017

SPARE a thought for Dublin restaurant Pacino’s, which recently featured on the Food Safety Authority’s naughty list after being served a closure order... Read more »

Bad Karma at Maharishi University

February 23, 2017

GOLDHAWK spotted an intriguing little company called Maharishi International University Ltd (MIU), which seems to have been the victim of some bad karma.... Read more »

John Condon’s bad record

February 23, 2017

DUBLIN solicitor John F Condon still can’t catch a break. The hapless legal eagle had a bad day in the Court of Appeal... Read more »

Pure results for Kathryn Thomas

February 23, 2017

GOOD to see that accounts recently filed for Aquarius Productions Ltd, the company owned by RTÉ presenter Kathryn Thomas and her brother David... Read more »

Small mercies for Tadhg Gunnell

February 9, 2017

FORMER Bloxham director Tadhg Gunnell had a rare spot of luck at the end of January when he managed to successfully appeal part... Read more »

Dublin City Council’s pyrite saga rolls on

February 9, 2017

GOLDHAWK’s old pals at Irish Asphalt (IA) Ltd had a bruising start to 2017 after Cavan builders James Elliott Construction (JEC) Ltd registered... Read more »

Derek O’Leary’s good day in court

February 9, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS to Goldhawk’s old pal Foxrock developer Derek O’Leary who had a pretty decent day in the Court of Appeal recently. One of... Read more »

Industrial distress in Trinity College

February 9, 2017

A ROW between management and workers has been on the boil in Trinity College where Unite and Siptu have been involved in talks... Read more »

Carlow beer barons brew up success

February 9, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the beer barons at Carlow Craft Brewery Ltd, the company behind the increasingly popular O’Hara’s range of craft... Read more »

Workplace Relations Commission ‘grinding to a halt’

January 25, 2017

ALL IS not well at the new Workplace Relations Commission, according to a number of legal practitioners including  Richard Grogan of Grogan & Associates Solicitors,... Read more »

Legal eagle Madden’s tale of woe

January 25, 2017

GOLDHAWK’s old pal, former solicitor Paul Madden, is set for a stint in the slammer after he got three and a half years... Read more »

More headaches for John Condon

January 25, 2017

SPARE a thought for unlucky solicitor John Condon who had High Court proceedings lodged against him last week by the dreaded taxman. Condon,... Read more »

A rough start to 2017

January 25, 2017

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting names and companies that have popped up in Stubbs Gazette since the start of 2017. Meath choreographer... Read more »

Tom McEnaney’s business partner

January 12, 2017

GOLDHAWK noticed that former journalist Tom McEnaney has applied to the High Court to strike his media consultancy firm off the companies register.... Read more »

Rudi Butler Wins Big

January 12, 2017

Rudi Butler (Far Left) CONGRATULATIONS are in order to 29-year-old wunderkind developer Rudi Butler who just before Christmas was granted planning permission for... Read more »

Wind farm directors up in the air

January 12, 2017

THERE was some good news last week when the Revenue announced a 46% surge in investments made through the government’s Employment Investment Incentive... Read more »

Maureen Curran’s bad day in court

January 12, 2017

Judge Mary Irvine (Above) SPARE a thought for 81-year-old Maureen Curran who had a rough day in the Four Goldmines in December when... Read more »

Leo Sherlock’s legal woes

January 12, 2017

GOLDHAWK’S old pal Leo Sherlock just can’t catch a break. After months of being pilloried on social media by journalists who claimed that... Read more »

Senator Paudie’s protests

January 12, 2017

IT WAS interesting to see Fine Gael senator Paudie Coffey proudly proclaim before Christmas that Fine Gael is not the party of the... Read more »

Winding up De Valera’s communications company

December 14, 2016

A CREDITORS meeting took place earlier this week to appoint a liquidator to M&C Communications Ltd, the long-suffering medical communications company owned by... Read more »

Early Christmas present for tax defaulters

December 14, 2016

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting professionals on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters, some of who have had their share of... Read more »

A Date for Your Diary

December 14, 2016

IT’S FAIR to say that Goldhawk’s investigations would be a lot more difficult if it wasn’t for the indispensible Institute of Public Administration... Read more »

Millennium Park saga winds down

December 14, 2016

AN END is finally in sight for the long-running saga of the Naas Millennium Business Park, after the pair of companies at the... Read more »

George Beggan goes on the counter

December 14, 2016

THERE was an interesting judgment in the High Court last month relating to Meath developer and farmer George Beggan, against whom Danske Bank... Read more »

Developer Monaghan falls foul of vulture fund

December 14, 2016

SPARE a thought for developers Barry Monaghan and Michael Doyle whose company Monaco Properties Ltd has just had a receiver appointed to it... Read more »

Declan Ganley’s month to forget

December 1, 2016

DECLAN Ganley has had a bad month. In early November, his Rivada Networks technology company was knocked out of the tendering process to... Read more »