Article Category: Brief Cases

Pia Bang Stokes’s Kitchen Nightmares

February 25, 2016

BUSINESSWOMAN Pia Bang Stokes is currently facing the threat of bankruptcy, along with her husband, Jeff Stokes, while elsewhere a company she owns... Read more »

John Flynn’s Lawyer

February 25, 2016

DEVELOPER John Flynn is currently involved in a well-publicised shareholders’ dispute concerning the Blackrock Clinic, while in the US, the businessman has recently... Read more »

Knives Out For Conrad Gallagher

February 25, 2016

NOTORIOUS chef Conrad Gallagher is based in South Africa these days, having left a trail of debt in Ireland and the US, where... Read more »

‘Technical Glitch’ Costs Taxpayer

February 25, 2016

A TECHNICAL screw-up involving video-link evidence in a case before Galway Circuit Court last December has resulted in the taxpayer being left out... Read more »

Alan Hanly’s Legal Woes

February 11, 2016

FANS of Goldhawk will already be familiar with the legal woes faced by Alan Hanly, one of the principals at Kilronan Castle Hotel... Read more »

Matthew J Connolly’s Industrial Strife

February 11, 2016

DUBLIN businessman Matthew J Connolly is the principal of Connolly Shoes, a business that has been the focus of various complaints in recent... Read more »

Gwynne Thomas Vs Musgrave

February 11, 2016

CARLOW businessman Gwynne Thomas – father to RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas – is a man under pressure these days and, late last year,... Read more »

Killally’s Victim Loses Appeal

February 11, 2016

AN UNFORTUNATE victim of bankrupt developer Ger Killally has failed in a legal attempt at recouping some of his losses, having made the... Read more »

Galway Builders €9m judgement

February 11, 2016

SPARE A THOUGHT for Galway builder Tommy Finnerty, who found himself on the receiving end of a whopping €9.2m judgment, courtesy of Danske... Read more »

Planning Corruption In Wicklow

January 28, 2016

THERE was good news earlier this week for former Wicklow town clerk, Frank O’Toole, who avoided a trip to the slammer when he... Read more »

Fresh Legal Woes For John O’Donnell

January 28, 2016

INDEPENDENT councillor from Donegal John O’Donnell is up to his neck in legal problems and featured in last month’s programme from RTÉ’s Investigations... Read more »

Jay Bourke’s Good News

January 28, 2016

FINALLY some good news for Goldhawk’s old friend, Jay Bourke, the Dublin businessman who has been involved in all manner of legal disputes... Read more »

Nama Sues Solicitor’s Wife

January 28, 2016

THINGS aren’t getting any easier for the Appelbe family of Bandon, Co Cork, which is headed by the under-fire solicitor and property developer,... Read more »

Ed O’Flaherty’s Bad Publicity

January 28, 2016

DUBLIN businessman and dentist Ed O’Flaherty of Seapoint Clinic Ltd (SCL) knows a thing or two about drumming up publicity for his clinic,... Read more »

Donal Spring’s Fees

January 28, 2016

SOLICITOR and former international rugby player Donal Spring – brother of former Labour party leader, Dick Spring – is set to tackle the... Read more »

Blackrock Planning Row

January 28, 2016

NEPTUNE HOUSE, a listed building in Blackrock, Co Dublin, is steeped in history and now looks set to be renovated and converted into... Read more »

Tom Keane’s Bust-Up

January 14, 2016

MORE to report on Dublin accountant Tom Keane, who is battling on several fronts and is currently facing three separate disciplinary inquiries by... Read more »

Paddy Keane’s Unfair Dismissal

January 14, 2016

SOME more bad news for well-known Galway solicitor Paddy Keane, who practises at Keane Solicitors in Galway city and who has various other... Read more »

Back In Court With Greg Kavanagh

January 14, 2016

LOOKS like developer Greg Kavanagh is set for more courtroom action. Last month yet another High Court case initiated against a Kavanagh-fronted company.... Read more »

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 »