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DEREK McGRATH’S DERBY DILEMMA

July 11, 2019

THE CURRAGH racecourse came under intense scrutiny during the Irish Derby Festival. The timing of the weekend was less than ideal, given that... Read more »

LUPTON’S LOBBYING

June 27, 2019

ONE OF the first issues seized upon by the media after the Ana Kriégel case was restricting access by children to online material.... Read more »

JOHN SWAN’S ROTTEN FRUIT

February 21, 2019

INTERESTING to see that accountant John Healy has just been appointed provisional liquidator to Carlow wholesaler Bestwell Ltd. The largest shareholder here is... Read more »

DINNY’S HAITIAN HEADACHE

February 7, 2019

DENIS O’BRIEN’S Caribbean woes continue, with fuel shortages in Haiti causing his mobile phone operation there severe problems and even landing his outspoken... Read more »

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‘INDO’ EVICTION FOLKLORE

February 7, 2019

THE print media sometimes rails against the unregulated irresponsibility of social media, but what restraints are there against the nonsense sometimes purveyed by... Read more »

GARY KAVANAGH’S PALS

January 24, 2019

THERE HAS been quite a surge in activity in recent weeks at right-wing “think tank” the Edmund Burke Institute (EBI), where Gary Kavanagh... Read more »

THOSE IRISH YELLOW VESTS

January 10, 2019

Who exactly are the Irish Yellow Vests? The movement in France is a leaderless broad church but, although subject to some right-wing infiltration,... Read more »

PHILIP SMYTH’S LATEST LOSSES

January 10, 2019

GENPORT Ltd, the company behind Hampton Court Hotel in Donnybrook, D4, has just filed yet another troubling set of accounts. The venture has... Read more »

CHASING MICHAEL HEGARTY

December 13, 2018

FANS OF Goldhawk may have been a tad surprised to see East Cork Blueshirt county councillor Michael Hegarty pop up on a three-man... Read more »

‘IT’ OUTSIDER

December 13, 2018

HISTORIAN and Irish Times columnist Diarmaid Ferriter quoted Irish Times columnist Kathy Sheridan to buttress his Irish Times column heaping hyperbolic praise on... Read more »

WINDING UP THE TONY RYAN TRUST

November 29, 2018

HAVING HANDED out just over €2m to various entities last year (and more than €15m during its lifetime), the Tony Ryan Trust has... Read more »

PADDY MCKILLEN’S PROFITS

November 29, 2018

WHILE THE media has increasingly focused on the ubiquitous Paddy McKillen jnr’s exhausting expansion of the Press Up group, behind the scenes his... Read more »

ARAMARK RATTLED

November 15, 2018

Is food services giant Aramark starting to panic about the boycott of its cafes and restaurants by students at the University of Limerick... Read more »

LIMERICK STUDENTS TARGET ARAMARK

November 1, 2018

BOXING superstar Katie Taylor is currently making her Irish box-office debut in a new documentary, but a company for whom she did some... Read more »

DOWN A ROYAL MESS

November 1, 2018

WHAT TO make of the Down Royal fiasco? The clash of business and sport looks set to leave some casualties, but confusion reigns.... Read more »

WINDING UP CARRIGALINE CARPENTRY

November 1, 2018

HARD luck to Cork businessmen John and Brian O’Neill, whose company, Carrigaline Carpentry Services Ltd, has just been wound up by the taxman.... Read more »

ALBIE PURCELL’S GOOD LUCK

November 1, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS (of sorts) are in order to Albie Purcell Jnr, who managed to confound AIB in the High Court recently. Judge Max Barrett... Read more »

SINN FÉIN POPPYCOCK-UP

October 18, 2018

THERE is war at all levels of Sinn Féin over presidential candidate Liadh Ní Riada’s statement that she would wear the poppy if... Read more »

SHANE ROSS’S CHEQUE BOOK

October 18, 2018

WHILE THE sports focus in the media this week has been on Martin O’Neill’s Republic of Ireland team, things have been moving apace... Read more »

CONROY’S FLASHY PROFIT

October 18, 2018

WHILE THE moolah being splashed out at Goffs showed that the going is very good these days, the market for bloodstock remains selective... Read more »

DONALL DOOLEY GOES BUST

October 18, 2018

HARD luck to former high-flying developer Donall Dooley, who has just been adjudicated bankrupt in the High Court. Fans of Goldhawk will not... Read more »

JEFFREY AIRD’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

October 18, 2018

POSH interior design company Clive Christian Ireland (CCI) Ltd is heading for liquidation. A creditors meeting is scheduled for next week for the... Read more »

SEAN FOY’S FOIBLES

October 4, 2018

SPARE a thought for Mayo solicitor Sean Foy, who recently received a dressing down from the Law Society. It’s not the first time... Read more »

FIXTURE LIST OFF COURSE?

September 20, 2018

AFTER MUCH pondering, Brian Kavanagh’s Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has released the fixture list for 2019 and it is one that has stimulated... Read more »

TBD GROUP GOES TO THE WALL

September 20, 2018

THREE companies in Galway-based Nama developer Bernard Duffy’s property group are set to call in the liquidator. TBD Group Holdings, Pershore Investments Ltd... Read more »

DEREK MCGRATH’S BIG PICTURE

September 6, 2018

THE FACT that the Curragh Racecourse has stayed open for business while being developed may not have been a bad idea in hindsight.... Read more »

DOM CARNEY’S BANKRUPTCY SUMMONS

August 23, 2018

MORE hard cheese for Rebel County entrepreneur Dom Carney, whose scrap with a vulture fund was back in the High Court recently. Ennis... Read more »

DROGHEDA LEISURE’S HEAVY LOSSES

August 23, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a set of accounts filed by Drogheda Leisure Facilities (DLF) Ltd recently. This is the troubled property vehicle that owned the... Read more »

PEAT BOG SOLDIERS

August 9, 2018

IT HAS been a cruel summer for Irish agriculture. This follows hot on the heels of what was one of the coldest springs... Read more »

TOUGH GOING FOR O’BRIEN

August 9, 2018

TRAINER EXTRAORDINAIRE Aidan O’Brien is unaccustomed to a downturn in the form of his expensive string, but the Ballydoyle maestro has recently had... Read more »

SULLIVAN’S ALE-ING BREWERY

August 9, 2018

IT’S BEEN a year since a confident Alan Quane, chief executive of Sullivan’s Craft Brewery (1702) Ltd, assuredly told thejournal.ie’s business section, fora.ie,... Read more »

STRIKING OFF IMELDA LEAHY

August 9, 2018

INTERESTING to see that hapless Carlow legal eagle Imelda Leahy has been struck off the Roll of Solicitors for taking €174,000 from a... Read more »

DUNDALK BUSINESSMEN BOWL A SPARE

August 9, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS (of sorts) are in order to the consortium of Louth businessmen who own the 2-acre Dundalk Sportsbowl complex on Racecourse Road. Accounts... Read more »

SALLYANN LUYKX’S COURT DATE

August 8, 2018

GOLDHAWK’s old pals Huibrecht and Sallyann Luykx have managed to get on the wrong side of the Revenue yet again. Readers will recall... Read more »

SLASHING AT THE IRISH TIMES

July 26, 2018

LAST WEEK The Irish Times reported on its own 2016 accounts, claiming a “€2m profit in a challenging market”. The actual story was... Read more »

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RUTH McGOWAN’S FLEXIBILITY

July 26, 2018

WHILE THE Dublin Theatre Festival has had difficulties offstage with the Arts Council, which cut this year’s funding by €25,000 to €825,000, Ruth... Read more »