Article Category: Brief Cases

JENNIFER ZAMPARELLI’S BIG BUCKS

March 20, 2025

IT HAS been hard to avoid the glamorous mush of Jennifer Zamparelli over the past week as the media went Dancing With The... Read more »

TONY BLOOM’S FORM

March 20, 2025

A LOT of people will have taken note of the remarkable 100/1 win last week by Poniros in Cheltenham’s JCB Triumph Hurdle, which... Read more »

LIGHTS, CAMERA, NO ACTION

March 20, 2025

TROUBLING NEWS from across the water for the many promoters of new Irish film studios – or ‘media campuses’ as they are now... Read more »

SWAN FRUIT CONTINUES TO ROT

March 20, 2025

FANS OF The Phoenix will not have been surprised by the Sindo’s article last weekend headlined, “Fraud Squad probes fruit and veg firm... Read more »

JENNI TIMONY’S SALES PITCH

March 6, 2025

GOLDHAWK spotted an old friend popping up in Letterkenny at a Mum Talks event (for women looking “to feel inspired”) at the Castle... Read more »

MICK SMURFIT’S FAMILY TIES

March 6, 2025

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p18), Goldhawk looks at the latest adventure by Sharon Smurfit, daughter of moneybags Monaco resident Mick. She has... Read more »

REVENUE’S SURGICAL STRIKE

March 6, 2025

THE TAXMAN has secured the winding up of a company called Vesalius (EU) Ltd, which turns out to have links to one Stephen... Read more »

CARTON HOUSE HANDICAP

March 6, 2025

CARTON HOUSE golf club in Co Kildare has been busy in recent months as host of the KPMG Women’s Open, where the organising... Read more »

WEE CARE’S WEDGE

February 20, 2025

FIGURES JUST filed for the Belfast-controlled Wee Care nursery business, which has significant operations in south Co Dublin, show that founder Ian Buchanan... Read more »

HAMISH KHAYAT’S OLD NUMBERS

February 20, 2025

ONE HAMISH Khayat must have been flashing his pearly whites from ear to ear after last weekend’s gushing article in the Business Post.... Read more »

DERMOT PURCELL’S GOOD GOING

February 20, 2025

FANS OF the sport of kings will have noted that well-liked racehorse trainer Harry Rogers has been back in the High Court with... Read more »

FRANCIS HANRAHAN’S FOOTWORK

February 20, 2025

THE DREADED taxman has just registered a judgment for €42,000 against a company called Unit 3 Ltd, which is owned by Mount Merrion-based... Read more »

JAMIE’S MYERSCOUGH SHAKE-UP

February 6, 2025

IT HAS been hard to avoid former Take That member Robbie Williams in recent weeks, as the hype machine has cranked up the... Read more »

SHANE CORRY’S TAX BILL

February 6, 2025

INTERESTING TO report a chunky €427,000 tax judgment registered against one Shane Corry, with an address on Foxfield Road in Raheny, D5. It... Read more »

ÁINE MORIARTY’S IFTA PLOT

February 6, 2025

ÁINE MORIARTY’S annual publicly-funded IFTA gong show for the nation’s film and TV industry luvvies takes place fittingly on Valentine’s Day. The big... Read more »

HIBERGENE’S MEDICAL REPORT

February 6, 2025

THE LIQUIDATOR of the controversial HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd (HDL) has filed returns in the Companies Registration Office revealing the scale of the debts... Read more »

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 »