Article Category: Brief Cases

Bennett Company Goes Bust

January 14, 2016

A PROPERTY development company part-owned by Westmeath-based builder Christopher Bennett – of the well-known building firm, the Bennett Group – has collapsed into... Read more »

More Tax Trouble For Sean Rainey

January 14, 2016

ONE of the larger settlements recorded on last month’s list of tax defaulters published by the Revenue was made by CDRN Partnership, a... Read more »

School Boss’s Examination

January 14, 2016

WHEN controversial language school Eden College went bust back in 2014, over 1,000 students were left out of pocket, with the school having... Read more »

FF Feud

January 14, 2016

ROSCOMMON Fianna Fáil members are a sensitive bunch and a libel case taken by Cllr Ivan Connaughton against Independent MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan... Read more »

Thomas Byrne sues the Worst

January 14, 2016

STRUCK-OFF solicitor Thomas Byrne was jailed in 2013 for 12 years for financial fraud, but the former legal eagle continues to cast a... Read more »

Tom Keane’s Many Battles

December 17, 2015

MORE to report on the adventures of Tom Keane, the principal of BKRM accountants in north Dublin (see The Phoenix 23/10/15). Keane is... Read more »

Eoin Ó Cofaigh’s Report

December 17, 2015

THE RESIDENTS of an apartment development known as Riverwalk Court in Ratoath, Co Meath, face an uncertain future after Meath County Council (MCC)... Read more »

John Gallagher’s Troubles

December 17, 2015

THESE are nervous times for businessman John Gallagher, the founder of the private clinic, Charter Medical Group (CMG) in Smithfield, where his previous... Read more »

Áine Feeney McTigue Struck Off

December 17, 2015

MORE TO REPORT on Galway-based legal eagle, Áine Feeney McTigue, who was suspended from practising as a solicitor in September over an alleged... Read more »

Striking Off Robert Sweeney

December 17, 2015

LETTERKENNY-BASED legal eagle Robert Sweeney was struck off the Roll of Solicitors last month by the President of the High Court for a... Read more »

Philip Marley’s “Sham” Lease

December 17, 2015

NOT much has been heard lately from Goldhawk’s old pal, colourful property developer Philip Marley, although that may be about to change, as... Read more »

Keith McDonnell’s Settlement

December 17, 2015

AMONG the names to appear on Revenue’s recently published list of tax defaulters was that of Extreme Event Ireland Ltd (EEA), a tour... Read more »

Fishy Fiddler Fined

December 4, 2015

MARK FISHER is not yet clear of the mess he got into with his property management company, Global Property Care Ltd (GPC). Having... Read more »

Oisín Hanrahan Hits Back

December 4, 2015

HANDY – the US-based online booking company for cleaners which was co-founded by Irish tech entrepreneur Oisín Hanrahan – is currently involved in... Read more »

Brian Murphy’s Bum Note

December 4, 2015

The Taxman is investigating a Cork accountant named Brian Murphy – a former partner at Deloitte – for various alleged tax related offences.... Read more »

More Surprises From Shanghai

December 4, 2015

FINALLY, the saga of Financial Plaza Shanghai Ltd (FPS), the British Virgin Islands company owned by around 140 Irish investors, who together spent... Read more »

Shanny in the Slammer

December 4, 2015

SPARE A THOUGHT for a Meath accountant named Kenneth Shanny, who was jailed last month at Trim Circuit Court for various tax related... Read more »

Creditors’ Meeting For Intrade

December 4, 2015

INTERESTING to see that a creditors’ meeting has been called for Intrade The Prediction Market Ltd and its related company, Trade Exchange Network... Read more »

Fresh Legal Woes For Alan Hanly

November 20, 2015

NAMA developer Alan Hanly of the Hanly Group has fresh legal woes to contend with and is currently being sued by various owners... Read more »

Brian Goff’s Court Date

November 20, 2015

VETERAN Dublin restaurateur Brian Goff – one of the founders of the Insomnia coffee chain – is one busy man and is currently... Read more »

Rick Larkin And The Taxman

November 20, 2015

SOME bad news for highflying developer Rick Larkin. His family owned company, Vieira Ltd, which trades as Twinlite, has just come out on... Read more »

Mary Cullen On The Warpath

November 20, 2015

FANS of Goldhawk will recall that earlier this year, Dublin publican and hotelier David Cullen – who was on the receiving end of... Read more »

Arnold Fanning’s Bank Blues

November 20, 2015

BIRR-BASED businessman Arnold Fanning, the principal in Midland Web Printing Ltd (MWP) – which came close to buying Buy and Sell last year,... Read more »

‘Ronaldo’ Kavanagh’s Own Goal

November 20, 2015

DEVELOPER Greg Kavanagh of New Generation Homes has been making plenty of waves in the business pages in recent months and is currently... Read more »

HOT AIR BRIGADE

November 6, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock once said that the greatest female stars had the trick of transforming themselves into a blank canvas onto which the masses... Read more »

Clare Dooley’s Double-Dealing

November 6, 2015

FINANCIAL advisor Clare Dooley escaped jail last month over an insurance scam against New Ireland Life Assurance plc, but she was disqualified from... Read more »

Kathryn Thomas’s Shares

November 6, 2015

THERE was some bad news last month for Carlow-based developer Gwynne Thomas – father to RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas – when a company... Read more »

Jamie White’s Rehabilitation

November 6, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to budding young Dublin publisher, Jamie White, who enjoyed a nice plug earlier this month in the Sunday Independent,... Read more »

Luigi Wewege’s Legal Contacts

November 6, 2015

MORE ON Luigi Wewege, the colourful boss of Irish registered subprime mortgage company, Vivier Mortgages Ltd (VML), which is currently suing RTÉ for... Read more »