Article Category: Briefcases

WORKCOMPASS LOSES ITS WAY

August 22, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p5) Goldhawk looks at the adventures of Dundrum-based businessman, landlord and philanthropist Aidan Corless, who is now in... Read more »

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DAVID KENNEDY’S SURPRISE MOVE

August 8, 2024

A COMPANY that was behind an established massage clinic operating out of a premises in D2 is set to be wound up on... Read more »

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BRIAN DURKAN’S INTEREST CHARGES

August 8, 2024

A COMPANY called Cedarvale Commercial Ltd has been wound up boasting some pretty hefty losses, with most of the red ink down to... Read more »

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DAN FLINTER’S STALLION PROBLEM

August 8, 2024

IN HIS first review as chairman of the Irish National Stud (INS), former Irish Times chairman Dan Flinter tried his best to put... Read more »

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BEIT FOUNDATION’S LEGAL BILLS

August 8, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p18) Goldhawk looks at the increasingly fraught financial picture at the Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF), which oversees the... Read more »

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JOHN SWAN’S FRUIT AND VEG ORDER

August 8, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar (see The Phoenix 22/2/19) with the gruelling liquidation of Carlow-based Swan Fruit Ltd (SFL), where the principal,... Read more »

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SECURITY CONCERNS

July 25, 2024

FOLLOWING THE move by the dreaded taxman to wind up GZ Professional Security Ltd (GZPS), Aiden Murphy of Crowe is now in situ... Read more »

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SHARON BYRNE’S BIG BET

July 25, 2024

THE LATEST accounts for the Irish Bookmakers’ Association (IBA) – the gambling lobby entity chaired by Sharon Byrne – provide an update on... Read more »

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AKO AMIRI’S HAIR CUT

July 25, 2024

A LITTLE over a year on from the collapse of the Just For Men Ltd (JFM) barbers and male grooming chain in Cork,... Read more »

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MUM’S THE WORD

July 25, 2024

ACCOUNTS WERE filed last week for Associated Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd, the company behind the Oirish Daily Mail and assorted publications it has snapped... Read more »

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JOE FOLEY V STEVE PARKIN

July 25, 2024

AS PREDICTED by Goldhawk (see The Phoenix 5/4/24), the legal eagles have galloped on the track in the row between Ballyhane stallion master... Read more »

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JOHN MCGUIRK’S COURT CASES

July 11, 2024

GOLDHAWK WONDERS if right-wing firebrand and Gript editor John McGuirk has had a chance to peruse the correction published in the latest issue... Read more »

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TWIN OAKS JUDGMENT

July 11, 2024

A JUDGMENT has just been registered by Fingal County Council for a paltry €4,500 against a company called Castleknock Hospitality but it seems... Read more »

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LUKE COMER’S BLEMISHED RECORD

July 11, 2024

MONACO-BASED billionaire property developer Luke Comer is set to begin his lengthy three-year suspension as a racehorse trainer next Monday, although until the last... Read more »

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BECKETT END GAME

July 11, 2024

NEXT WEEK the High Court will hear a winding-up petition for a company called Beckett Acquisition Ltd (BAL). This is a company controlled... Read more »

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AUBREY MCCARTHY’S B&B

July 11, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p18) Goldhawk looks at the awarding by the RDS of honorary lifetime membership to businessman and philanthropist Aubrey... Read more »

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TREVOR WHITE’S MUSEUM PIECES

June 27, 2024

READERS OF the Irish Times last week would have noticed a couple of adverts for Trevor White’s very well-funded Little Museum of Dublin... Read more »

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DERMOT DESMOND’S WINDING UP

June 27, 2024

A MYSTERIOUS company called Dies Irae Ltd (DIL) – linked to Dermot Desmond’s International Investment and Underwriting (IIU) investment vehicle – has been... Read more »

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PRIDE PAYS

June 27, 2024

IT WAS surprising to see Dublin Pride festival manager Jamie Kenny going to the trouble of telling Irish Defence Force members and courts... Read more »

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DRAMA IN TEMPLE BAR

June 27, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p17) Goldhawk reports on the ongoing structural changes at the Smock Alley Theatre, which have come about as... Read more »

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PAT MCDONAGH’S APPEAL

June 13, 2024

THIS WAS a memorable month for Supermac’s co-founder Pat McDonagh, whose fast-food operation scored a notable win in its long-running trademark dispute with... Read more »

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SAVING MIKE ORMONDE’S HYDE

June 13, 2024

THE RESCUE process being undertaken by Secret Seasonings Ltd, the insolvent company behind the Hyde bar and nightclub off Dublin’s Grafton Street, is... Read more »

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MAGNIER & CO DIG DEEP

June 13, 2024

A COMPANIES Office filing reveals that another €20m has just been pumped into the Curragh racecourse by its assorted shareholders that includes a... Read more »

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SUSAN BERGIN BOWS OUT

June 13, 2024

Given arts and media minister Catherine Martin’s promise to bring forward a proposed new funding framework for RTÉ before the Dáil recess on... Read more »

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NORMAN CROWLEY’S DEPLETED ENERGY

June 13, 2024

JOINT LIQUIDATORS Ken Fennell and Brendan O’Reilly of Interpath Advisory have been installed at Crowley Carbon, owned by the media-friendly Norman Crowley. The... Read more »

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MICHEÁL MARTIN’S PODCAST

May 30, 2024

WITH THE elections to be held next week, money starts to become more of a factor, as advertising spend is ratcheted up, especially... Read more »

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HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES AT 2FM

May 30, 2024

RTÉ 2FM alumnus Doireann Garrihy has spent the past few months calmly putting in place the arrangements for her future business endeavours. It... Read more »

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ANDY NOONAN’S BARBECUE

May 30, 2024

Big Grill food festival, run by barbecue boy Andy Noonan, kicks off in August in Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, with tickets costing €30 a... Read more »

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THE GREENWOODS’ FAILED RECIPE

May 30, 2024

THE LIQUIDATOR of Cooks Academy Ltd (CAL) has just filed his penultimate report into the winding up of the eponymous cookery school established... Read more »

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RAYMOND KIRK’S BLOCKBUSTERS

May 16, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for Raymond Kirk, a Dublin 2-based first assistant director who has clearly been doing rather well for himself, courtesy... Read more »

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RESTRICTING PAUL NYHAN (II)

May 16, 2024

AFTER A whopping 38 outings in the High Court, insolvency expert PJ Lynch has finally witnessed the restriction of Paul Nyhan, one of... Read more »

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RORY FITZPATRICK’S ‘SPACE DEBRIS’

May 16, 2024

EARLIER THIS week, Rory Fitzpatrick, chief executive of the National Space Centre (NCS) in Cork, popped up as a speaker in Istanbul at... Read more »

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DAVID STONE’S ROCKY PATCH

May 16, 2024

CONTROVERSIAL businessman David Stone found one of his myriad companies on the end of a winding-up petition from a disgruntled creditor last month.... Read more »

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PUNCHESTOWN HIGH FLYERS

May 16, 2024

THERE WERE a couple of familiar moneybags getting stuck into the action at the Punchestown horse racing festival earlier this month, with mixed... Read more »

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CAROLINE DOWNEY’S RUBY

May 2, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p16), we profile new pop-dance sensation Lyra (aka Laura McNamara), who has been benefiting from the business muscle... Read more »

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MICHAEL LYNCH’S LIMERICK GIG

May 2, 2024

REPORTS OF colossal double bets being struck and landed were rife at the Limerick races last month, when the well-punted Declan Queally pair,... Read more »

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