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Tipp solicitor’s noble clientele

September 7, 2016

GOLDHAWK spotted a tax judgment registered against a very interesting Tipperary solicitor recently. John G O’Donnell, of O’Donnell Solicitors in Tipperary Town, had... Read more »

MARIE GORMAN

September 7, 2016

A LIMERICK fashion company called Claraffa Ltd had a judgment registered against it last week by South Dublin County Council. The company operates... Read more »

Limerick liquidator’s court battles

September 7, 2016

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting judgment in the Court of Appeal recently related to Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick. He was voluntarily appointed liquidator... Read more »

Odessa Club soldiers on

August 24, 2016

IT’S BEEN a tough couple of years for popular Dublin bar and restaurant Odessa Club with the company that operates the venue, Odessa... Read more »

Michael Doody’s tax woes

August 24, 2016

CORK legal eagle Michael Doody has had yet another judgment registered against him by the Revenue, his seventh since 2012. The judgment against... Read more »

Stephen Evans-Freke’s castle battle

August 24, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to Stephen Evans-Freke who had a great day in the High Court before Judge David Keane ahead of the summer recess. Moneybags... Read more »

Offside with Jamie Heaslip

August 24, 2016

A DUBLIN company called Lucey Technology Ltd (LTL) has had a judgment for unpaid services registered against it by a consultancy outfit. Blackrock... Read more »

Marie Gorman’s rub of the green

August 24, 2016

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting judgment recently, related to Roscommon agricultural consultant Pauraic Larkin and his wife, Marie Gorman. Larkin owned a company called... Read more »

John Sheehan’s strike off

August 24, 2016

THERE was more bad news for Goldhawk’s old pal, Cork property developer and ex-security industry mogul John Sheehan, when receiver Michael McAteer of... Read more »

Some good news for the Foys

August 10, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to Blackrock businessman Aiden Foy and his son, Philip, who both had a good day in the High Court before the summer... Read more »

Mixed results for chef Nolan

August 10, 2016

THERE was some bad news for creditors in Galway last month as Green Leaf Restaurant Ltd, trading as the Green Leaf Restaurant in... Read more »

Publicans feeling the pressure

August 10, 2016

ONCE again, the owners of Galhoy Inns Ltd have had a receiver appointed on foot of two AIB mortgages secured against pubs in... Read more »

Andreucetti’s Annus Horribilis

August 10, 2016

SPARE a thought for Dublin hotel operator Theresa Andreucetti who lost her court battle to extend the deadline for the handing over of... Read more »

Bob Lanigan’s legal saga

August 10, 2016

AN INTERESTING judgment was handed down last month relating to Goldhawk’s old friend, former general manager of Coolmore Stud Bob Lanigan. In 2008,... Read more »

Michael O’Leary’s tax woes

July 28, 2016

SPARE A thought for Michael O’Leary (not that one) who just had a judgment for €54,000 registered against him by the Revenue in... Read more »

Revenue gets tough with solicitors

July 28, 2016

THE REVENUE has registered judgments against no less than five solicitors since the start of June. The legal eagles will now have to... Read more »

Bad times get worse for O’Connor brothers

July 28, 2016

THERE WAS bad news in July for Kerry developers and builders WK O’Connor & Sons Ltd (WKOC) which had a receiver appointed to... Read more »

Solicitor Condon’s saga of litigation

July 28, 2016

DUBLIN solicitor John F Condon was the subject of a judgment by the president of the High Court, Judge Peter Kelly, last week,... Read more »

Some good news for Peter Lavelle

July 28, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to property investor and financial markets trader Peter Lavelle, who had a great day in the High Court last week in front... Read more »

Another bad day in court for Peter McCann

July 28, 2016

GOLDHAWK’S old pal Peter McCann had a rough day in court last week when the High Court upheld a ruling that he intended... Read more »

De Valera’s Irish Pressures

July 15, 2016

IRISH Press PLC finally filed its 2014 accounts last month after a long wait, which saw it listed for striking off the Companies... Read more »

Michael O’Reilly’s Danske woe

July 15, 2016

CELBRIDGE-BASED businessman and ex-director of construction giant Pierse Contracting Ltd, Michael O’Reilly had a €247,000 judgment registered against him by Danske Bank in... Read more »

Receivers swarm on Redhill

July 15, 2016

A COMPANY called Redhill Properties Ltd last month had its fifth receiver appointed to it in three years on foot of a tranche... Read more »

John McCormack’s huge losses

July 15, 2016

IT’S been a summer to forget for former Sligo Businessman of the Year John McCormack, with Bank of Ireland (BoI) appointing a receiver... Read more »

Bad news for the Butler boys

July 15, 2016

GOLDHAWK recently spotted an interesting set of accounts filed in June by a company called Entertainment Enterprises Restaurants Holdings Ltd (EERH), one of... Read more »

Worrying Numbers for Michael Peirce

July 15, 2016

SPARE a thought for Oransay Developments Ltd (ODL), which had a receiver appointed to it last month on foot of a mortgage charge... Read more »

Irish outposts for Blackstone’s schemes

July 15, 2016

INTERESTING to see that Saudi Arabia has agreed to invest $20bn in private equity giant Blackstone’s new US infrastructure fund. The fund is... Read more »

The Wrafters’ raft of woes

July 2, 2016

THERE’S more trouble in store for Goldhawk’s old pals, the Wrafter clan. One of their property businesses, Carnsen Ltd, had receivers appointed last... Read more »

Profits sink for the Admirals

July 2, 2016

LOUTH publican James Carter has had a 2016 to forget with three of his pubs appointing liquidators in May. Carter is the principal... Read more »

Carlow fashionista’s rates bill

July 2, 2016

A FASHION boutique in Co Wexford, operated by a very interesting fashion designer and entrepreneur named Tanyia Deane, has been hit with a... Read more »

Kerry developers have day in court

July 2, 2016

SPARE a thought for Co Kerry property developers William ‘Billy’ Moloney and Eamon McCarthy, who have had a whopping E11m judgment registered against... Read more »

Premia faces winding-up petition

July 2, 2016

A COMPANY called Premia Developments Ltd (PDL) are facing a winding-up petition in the High Court by ISOL Financial Ltd. ISOL is a... Read more »

Revenue gets tough with developers

July 2, 2016

GOLDHAWK’S old friends, developers James Cummins and Michael Walsh, popped up on Revenue’s most recent list of tax defaulters. After an audit of... Read more »

O’Leary’s powerful friends

July 2, 2016

MORE on Monkstown modernist Michael O’Leary (not that one), whose new house in south Dublin has locals in a tizzy (see The Phoenix... Read more »

Dermot Desmond’s graduates

June 17, 2016

IT HAS been a busy few weeks for Dermot Desmond’s Uversity, the ‘cultural odyssey’ idea he floated at the Global Economic Forum in... Read more »

Revenue clamps down on corporation tax

June 17, 2016

THREE unlucky companies were named in Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters for failure to file corporation tax returns. S Carroll Contracts Ltd,... Read more »