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VISUAL’S QUARE OLD LOSSES

January 23, 2025

HAVING JUST celebrated 15 years in operation, the well-funded Visual arts centre in Carlow – the largest visual arts space in the country... Read more »

DAVID STONE’S POP FLOP

January 23, 2025

ANOTHER SETBACK for hapless businessman David Stone, whose efforts to rescue one of his many companies has just fallen flat. For many, it... Read more »

KOREAN POWER PLAY

January 23, 2025

A JUDGMENT for a whopping €3m has just been registered by a South Korean energy giant against an Irish-registered company called Instant Upright... Read more »

WINDMILL LANE’S FADE-OUT

January 23, 2025

ON FRIDAY there will be a creditors’ meeting held for Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd (WLP) – the audiovisual post-production business established under James... Read more »

ROCHA FAMILY OVER THE MOON

January 9, 2025

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p18) Goldhawk looks at the high-flying, high-fashion phenomenon that is London-based Simone Rocha, recently crowned British Womenswear Designer... Read more »

DR EVA’S NEW REGIME

January 9, 2025

FANS OF health guru Dr Eva Orsmond had a nice start to the new year thanks to the Indo giving the celeb lots... Read more »

FRANNO’S SCORES

January 9, 2025

INTERESTING TO see a judgment mortgage registered against a company called KC Property Developments Ltd (KCP) by Killarney-based plant and tool hire company... Read more »

ZAHRA PUBLISHING’S RED INK

January 9, 2025

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that a company called Zahra Publishing Ltd (ZPL) entered the Scarp company rescue process just before Christmas. The... Read more »

AUBREY’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN

December 12, 2024

WITH NOMINATIONS closed for the upcoming university Seanad elections, the battle for the three seats in Trinity College will be more interesting than... Read more »

DAVID ROCK’S HEALTH EMERGENCY

December 12, 2024

TWO OF David ‘RocDoc’ Rock’s companies are to be wound up next week on foot of liabilities built up. This follows last year’s... Read more »

NOEL FRISBY’S FEISTY FOES

December 12, 2024

WATERFORD DEVELOPER Noel Frisby’s plans to build a three-block development of around 79 apartments at a site on the ring road around Waterford... Read more »

LORETTA DIGNAM’S MENOPAUSE MONEY

December 12, 2024

LORETTA DIGNAM will have plenty to celebrate this Christmas, having just secured €¼m in funding for her Menopause Hub operation. There are some... Read more »

EAMONN ROTHWELL’S RENT

November 28, 2024

ONE OF the longest-serving bosses on the Irish stock market listed companies is Eamonn Rothwell, who has made a fortune out of his... Read more »

JOHN FARRELL’S RECIPE

November 28, 2024

FANS OF the type of restaurants associated with hip restaurateur John Farrell will be delighted that a new operation – Suertudo – has... Read more »

JOHN COLLISON’S NEIGHBOURS

November 28, 2024

STRIPE BILLIONAIRE John Collison’s spending on his Laois estate continued apace last year, as losses of €3.6m were racked up on his Abbeyleix... Read more »

DECLAN GANLEY’S ENEMIES

November 28, 2024

GOOD TO see Declan Ganley echoing the honourable legacy of the Skibbereen Eagle, this time keeping an eye on the chairman of the... Read more »

DECLAN GANLEY’S TRUMP TWEETS

November 14, 2024

ONE PERSON who was delighted with Donald Trump’s re-election as US president was Goldhawk’s old pal, Declan Ganley, the founder of Rivada Networks,... Read more »

FUNDING ‘THE APPRENTICE’

November 14, 2024

DONALD TRUMP’S long-time courtship of the movie business is well known (his cameo appearances include a walk-on in Home Alone 2). The incoming... Read more »

ANNUAL 2024: FROM LOADED ADVERSARIES TO FLEEING RUGBY STARS

November 14, 2024

IN 2024 there was no shortage of excitement in the business world, with company collapses and expensive court outings aplenty. While some of... Read more »

SHARON KEEGAN’S ‘EMPOWERMENT BRAND’

October 31, 2024

GOLDHAWK IS sad to see that the leisurewear company set up by his favourite “inspirational leader”, Sharon Keegan, is being wound up next... Read more »

DEIRDRE VELDON’S SMOOTH RIDE

October 31, 2024

READERS OF The Currency online business publication were treated to yet another gushing interview with a publishing figurehead at an acquisitive media group... Read more »

KEITH MCDONNELL’S BIKE CRASH

October 31, 2024

IT WAS something of a surprise to see a creditors’ meeting called for next week for an outfit called The Lazy Bike Tour... Read more »

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DUNNES STORES STATS

October 31, 2024

THERE WAS much interest in the Sindo’s exclusive last weekend on the contents of the will of Frank Dunne, brother of Margaret Heffernan... Read more »

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BAD ATTITUDE

October 31, 2024

THE DREADED taxman has tracked down a company that was set up in Cork to develop and distribute pet GPS systems. Back in... Read more »

MULCAHY’S FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

October 17, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with Cork businessman extraordinaire Michael Mulcahy, who has quite the talent for organising awards ceremonies and hanging... Read more »

THAMMY NGUYEN’S WORKOUT

October 17, 2024

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED last week that a company with the innocuous name of CFBD Ltd has gone into liquidation on foot of its liabilities.... Read more »

KEVIN DUNDON’S NEW RECIPE

October 17, 2024

SO-CALLED ‘celebrity chef’ Kevin Dundon was rather modest during one of his (very) frequent media appearances recently, telling the Irish Examiner that his... Read more »

DAWSON STREET DETOUR

October 17, 2024

A COMPANY that had planned to completely redevelop the high-profile Dawson Hotel on Dublin’s Dawson Street is now going into liquidation. In 2022,... Read more »

CORMAC LOHAN’S VAT BILLS

October 3, 2024

GOLDHAWK’S OLD friend, Athlone legal eagle Cormac Lohan, has suffered yet another setback, this time in the Court of Appeal courtesy of a... Read more »

FRANK CARROLL’S FURNITURE

October 3, 2024

THE APPOINTMENT last month of Joe Walsh of JW Accountants as interim examiner at swanky furniture manufacturer Alfrank Designs follows AIB’s taking over... Read more »

BUDGET PLOT

October 3, 2024

THE LOBBYING by film and TV interest groups in the run-up to this week’s budget has been escalating since June, when Susan Kirby’s... Read more »

WAREHOUSING AT THE ‘BIZ POST’

October 3, 2024

AS BEFITS the parish newsletter of the SME community in Ireland, the Business Post has been blasting out articles for much of this... Read more »

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STEPHEN DONNELLY’S SAVINGS

October 3, 2024

IT WILL be recalled (see The Phoenix 12/7/24) that Goldhawk was curious about a restaurant company called Castleknock Hospitality Ltd (CHL) that had... Read more »

JOHN MCGUIRK V THE BROGANS

September 19, 2024

THE HEATED reaction to the housing of ‘unvetted military-aged men’ has reached fever pitch in recent months, spearheaded by a few key personalities... Read more »

NORAH ORBITING ONCE MORE

September 19, 2024

ONE OF the ventures of Norah Casey is about to enter a new dimension as she gears up for the launch of Planet... Read more »

GAY FUTURE COUP

September 19, 2024

FOXROCK-BASED moneybags Ger O’Leary had plenty to celebrate last month after the part-time racehorse trainer saddled Doyen For A Drink to land Cartmel’s... Read more »