Article Category: Briefcases

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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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MARK QUICK’S MANY HATS

September 19, 2024

IT’S BEEN a challenging few years for entrepreneur Mark Quick, who has dipped his fingers in a great many pies but pulled up... Read more »

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EDDIE HOBBS’S SOUR TREAT

September 5, 2024

THE OFFICIAL end is nigh for one of the various businesses that financial adviser Eddie ‘Rip Off Republic’ Hobbs has backed over the... Read more »

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MICHAEL MULCAHY’S MANY HATS

September 5, 2024

GOLDHAWK’S POST-Sunday-lunch indigestion was exacerbated by the work involved in deciphering the Sindo’s exciting tale of regrets, recriminations, homophobia and padel tennis last... Read more »

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LEGAL EAGLES FLY THE NEST

September 5, 2024

LAST WEEKEND the Business Post property editor Tina-Marie O’Neill waxed lyrical about the impressive Argyle at Ballybride Manor in the Dublin mountains, which... Read more »

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NELL MCCAFFERTY’S SHARE TIPS

September 5, 2024

THERE WERE, unsurprisingly, many heartfelt tributes last month to the irrepressible Nell McCafferty, with contributors highlighting her significant impact on Irish society and... Read more »

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BILL MCCABE’S IMPLANTS

August 22, 2024

A FEW months after the liquidation of the heavily indebted breast implant manufacturer Global Consolidated Aesthetics Ltd (which was backed by the likes... Read more »

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9TH IMPACT’S TAX GAME

August 22, 2024

DIGITAL GAMING is big business and an Irish company that has been at the forefront in recent years is 9th Impact, which was... Read more »

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KITE MEDICAL’S TURBULENCE

August 22, 2024

A YEAR and a half after collapsing into liquidation, the final wind up meeting has been held for Kite Medical Ltd (KML). While... Read more »

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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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