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JEFF LEO’S OTHER HEADACHE

October 3, 2019

THE appointment of an examiner to Dublin data compliance and software outfit Altada Technology Solutions Ltd isn’t the only issue on former Morgan... Read more »

NOT EMUSED!

October 3, 2019

ANOTHER year, another scary set of accounts filed by Emuse Corporation Ltd. This is the D2 tech company that makes software for interactive... Read more »

JASON DENHAM’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

October 3, 2019

MORE bad luck for Jason Denham. It looks like the Castleknock businessman couldn’t stand the heat at his high-end kitchen-fitting company, where the... Read more »

ANTHONY J FITZPATRICK VS MYLES KIRBY

September 19, 2019

LIMERICK LIQUIDATOR Anthony J Fitzpatrick suffered another setback in the latest round of his bust-up with Dublin liquidator Myles Kirby. A Court of... Read more »

PAUL MCKEON’S TOUGH RACE

September 19, 2019

ACCOUNTANT AND entrepreneur Paul McKeon has a number of irons in the fire. The horseracing fan is currently chairman of a health clinic... Read more »

PEARSE PHELAN’S FAULTY PRESCRIPTION

September 19, 2019

SURELY THE most interesting name on the latest list of tax defaulters is Mediserve Homecare Ltd, which was identified as agreeing a settlement... Read more »

HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT’S DEMISE

September 19, 2019

THERE WAS a setback this month for Cork property company Hazelwood Development Ltd, which was wound up at a creditors’ meeting in Youghal.... Read more »

CORRADO FORTE’S APPEAL

September 19, 2019

MORE ON Wexford Town businessman Corrado Forte, who had tax judgments totalling over €92,000 registered against him during the summer (see The Phoenix,... Read more »

BARTRA CAPITAL’S ‘NICHE’ LIVING

September 19, 2019

BETWEEN public scepticism and pernickety planners, Richard Barrett’s Bartra Capital is having a hard time getting its ‘co-living’ concept off the ground in... Read more »

DISCIPLINING JAMES DORNEY

September 19, 2019

CORK legal eagle James Dorney has been grounded by the Law Society’s Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal. The solicitor has been suspended from practice arising... Read more »

FERGAL MURTAGH’S HOUSE HEADACHES

September 5, 2019

SPARE A thought for Fergal Murtagh – son of Kingspan co-founder Brendan Murtagh – who has just had a €220,000 judgment registered against... Read more »

IAN KEOGH’S SHRINKING EMPIRE

September 5, 2019

NEXT WEEK a creditors’ meeting will be held in the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght, to appoint a liquidator to Total Bars Entertainment Ltd. This... Read more »

MYLES CROFTON’S LATEST SETBACKS

September 5, 2019

BOOM-ERA developer Myles Crofton might be in the process of kick-starting his comeback, but the legacy of the crash still looms large. Documents... Read more »

STRIKING OFF FRANCESCA DE CATALDO

September 5, 2019

GOLDHAWK’S favourite Italian import, Francesca De Cataldo, could end up saying ‘arrivederci’ to her interior design company, Sundogs Rock Productions Ltd. The firm... Read more »

DECLAN CASSIDY’S HERITAGE WOES

September 5, 2019

GOLDHAWK recently came across a company called Heritage Luxury Holdings Ltd, which has just called in the liquidator. Incorporated just last year, Heritage... Read more »

CHECKING THE PULSE

September 5, 2019

A STRUGGLING company called Pulse Fusion F6 Ltd has been hit for a €12,000 rates judgment by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. This is... Read more »

NOT IN THE PINK

September 5, 2019

THE EXOTIC-sounding Pink Sands Property Investments Ltd has just been listed for striking off the Companies Register. This could be of interest to... Read more »

ANDREW SHEEHY’S ROMANIAN TRAVAILS

August 22, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting High Court judgment recently relating to businessman Andrew Sheehy, who is being pursued for €4m by a vulture fund... Read more »

Brendan Morrissey (right) with Robert Plant

BRENDAN MORRISSEY LAID BARE

August 22, 2019

THE operators of a small Midlands music festival have hit a bum note. Bare Festival Ltd, the entity behind the BARE in the... Read more »

GOFF LALOR’S BANKRUPTCY

August 22, 2019

BANKRUPT Goff Lalor, who previously described himself as “founder and CEO of a number of successful companies”, has found success rather hard to... Read more »

GABRIEL DOOLEY’S TAX BILL

August 22, 2019

THERE IS more woe for Wicklow auctioneer Gabriel Dooley, who has just been whacked by the dreaded taxman for U91,000. The trouble started... Read more »

BROTHERLY LOVE

August 22, 2019

SPARE a thought for Louth businessman Niall Wiseman, who looks to be having some trouble on the family front. His own brother, Florida-based... Read more »

FRANK ENNIS’S FEES

August 22, 2019

THE NAME of multi-talented architect and former director and shareholder in the Porterhouse pub group, Frank Ennis, featured large in a High Court... Read more »

Paul Joyce’s Big Setback

August 8, 2019

KILDARE developer Paul Joyce has just had his bell rung by Ulster Bank. The bank recently registered a judgment against the Turnerstown businessman... Read more »

Arnaud Gaultier’s fine whines

August 8, 2019

THERE was more hard cheese for Kildare-based wine importer Arnaud Gaultier in the Four Goldmines recently, where the Frenchman is failing to make... Read more »

TARGETING THE NUMBER CRUNCHERS

August 8, 2019

THERE WAS bad news for some number crunchers recently, with the Chartered Accountants of Ireland (CAI) disciplinary and conduct committees registering some hits,... Read more »

MICHAEL WRIGHT’S NEW BUSINESS PLAN

August 8, 2019

WHILE ONE of the siblings of the Wright ‘fish family’, Mark Wright, finds himself on the receiving end of High Court proceedings from... Read more »

Sally Ann’s Van

August 8, 2019

GOLDHAWK was surprised recently to see the name of his old pal Sally Ann Luykx on the back of a van belonging to... Read more »

Corrado Forte’s latest headache

August 7, 2019

MORE woe for Wexford businessman Corrado Forte, who has just had two tax judgments registered against him for a total of over €92,000.... Read more »

HUGH SCULLY SINGS FOR HIS SUPPER

July 25, 2019

FORMER DJ Hugh Scully is no stranger to soft-focus plugs in the media for his music venture, Dublin Vinyl. So Goldhawk wasn’t too... Read more »

HALES NOT SO HEARTY

July 25, 2019

SPARE a thought for husband-and-wife duo John and Mary Hale, who had another tough day out in the Four Goldmines recently. A vulture... Read more »

IAN LUCEY’S LATEST GLITCH

July 25, 2019

GOLDHAWK’S favourite tech investor, Ian Lucey, is dealing with some major bugs at one of his companies. Already locked in a High Court... Read more »

JOHN MURPHY’S PAIN MANAGEMENT

July 25, 2019

A VISIT to the dentist is a harrowing experience for many, although Dr John Murphy of Vevay Dental in Bray, Co Wicklow, has... Read more »

DECLAN CREGAN’S ‘TAX EFFICIENT EXIT’

July 25, 2019

ON PAGE 5 of this issue, Goldhawk takes a look at the intriguing tie-in at Shannon Airport between Declan Cregan’s company, US Air... Read more »

JOHN SWAN’S DEFENCE

July 25, 2019

MORE ON Carlow wholesaler Swan Fruit Ltd, where liquidator PJ Lynch is trying to have former directors John, Niall and Alex Swan disqualified... Read more »

WINDING UP PULSE LOGISTICS

July 11, 2019

INTERESTING to see that a petition to wind up a Total Produce plc subsidiary called Tpem Ltd, which trades as Pulse Logistics, has... Read more »