January 31 - February 13, 2020 Archives - Page 2 of 2

Reviews

THE STYLE COUNSELLORS – (RTÉ 1)

January 30, 2020

THE LATEST home-produced makeover series is presented by Suzanne Jackson and Eileen Smith – described by RTÉ as “two social media sensations”. At... Read more »

PHOENIX RISES

January 30, 2020

DESPITE EXPLOSIVE allegations late last year of money laundering and using the proceeds of a crypto-currency Ponzi scheme to fund the investment of... Read more »

BRIAN HUGHES’S OPPORTUNITY

January 30, 2020

THE SAYING ‘one man’s loss is another man’s gain’ can often ring true in jump racing and the recent injury suffered by reigning... Read more »

MICK O’LEARY’S RATING PROBLEM

January 30, 2020

WITH THE Cheltenham Festival looming, the thorny issue of Irish-trained horses being allotted higher handicap marks in Britain compared to Ireland has again... Read more »

KOLLECT TAPS SCANDINAVIAN MARKET

January 30, 2020

WATERFORD entrepreneur John O’Connor pulled off a neat trick in raising €2.5m by offering shares in his Kollect waste operation at €1.33 on... Read more »

DOMINO’S DOUGH KNOTS IN A TWIST

January 30, 2020

THE TAXMAN placed a tall order with Domino’s this month. It successfully quashed an appeal by the pizza chain’s Irish franchisee, Karshan (Midlands)... Read more »

HYNES DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

January 30, 2020

THE INEVITABLE has arrived for embattled jewellery merchant Frank Hynes (see The Phoenix, 13/12/19). His business, Hynes Jewellers (Wexford) Ltd, was wound up... Read more »

JOHN MAGNIER’S FRENCH FANCY

January 30, 2020

COOLMORE STUD is known to be relentless in its pursuit of dominance in the breeding world and the latest acquisition by John Magnier... Read more »

IAN IRELAND IMPRESSES AT DONEGAL INVESTMENTS

January 30, 2020

IAN IRELAND, a Denis Brosnan acolyte at Kerry Group, has been running Donegal Creameries – now called the Donegal Investment Group (DIG) –... Read more »

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ALAN SMYTH’S WEEDS

January 30, 2020

THE WEEDS have appeared for Kildare-based landscape gardening consultant Alan Smyth, who had a judgment for €185,000 registered against him by the taxman... Read more »

NUMBER 88 NOT SO LUCKY FOR WU

January 30, 2020

A BAD start to the Chinese New Year for Chinese businessman Guoqing Wu (known here as Colm Wu). The taxman came along to... Read more »

FETHERSTON’S CLEAR OUT

January 30, 2020

MICHAEL FETHERSTON, the low-profile operator of the TLC nursing homes group, has featured heavily in the headlines recently. The moneybags will soon finalise... Read more »

MARCINIAK MAKES HER MARK

January 30, 2020

THE DUST is not going to settle for troubled upmarket grocer Fallon & Byrne any time soon. Even though a recent cash injection... Read more »

WASTE NOT, WANT LOTS

January 30, 2020

THINGS ARE tense in the town of Tullamore, Co Offaly, where local businessmen Brian Colgan and Brendan Guinan have elevated an ongoing dispute... Read more »

BRIAN CONROY’S RECEIVERS

January 30, 2020

BANK OF IRELAND has appointed receivers Abdullahi Jambo and Richard Keith Roe, of Eddisons Commercial Ltd in Leeds, in relation to a €1m... Read more »