Article Category: Briefcases

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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HARISH BANSAL’S BIG TAX BILL

May 2, 2024

ONE OF the bigger judgments that Goldhawk has come across in recent times popped up in Stubbs Gazette last month, where one Harish... Read more »

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SEAN MULRYAN’S INVESTMENT

May 2, 2024

GOLDHAWK SPIES a familiar face among the backers of Patrick Kirby’s digital ticketing business, Tixserve. Tixserve has been attracting a fair deal of... Read more »

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LIGHTS, CAMERA…

May 2, 2024

WITH PLANS having been drawn up for new mega film studio developments in west Dublin and Wicklow, and other local authorities anxious to... Read more »

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OLIVER TATTAN’S NEW VENTURE

April 18, 2024

THE multi-hatted Oliver Tattan is getting back into the health insurance game, in tandem with Aviva, although the name of the new venture... Read more »

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THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

April 18, 2024

Join the Harris juggernaut. Enda Kenny speech at Fine Gael’s ard fheis I’d read a lot about the ancient Celtic warriors going into... Read more »

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DENIS O’BRIEN’S ‘LOVE ISLAND’ PRESENTER

April 18, 2024

IN GLASGOW last week, Capital Scotland radio listeners had their first taste of a brand new breakfast show presenter after the station was... Read more »

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GRÁ FOR GRÁ AR AN TRÁ

April 18, 2024

AT A time when RTÉ is facing severe budgetary constraints, it is interesting that the latest round of programme funding from the media... Read more »

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SUZANNE GILHOOLY’S JEWELS

April 18, 2024

GOLDHAWK NOTES that the taxman has registered a judgment for a less than blingy €2,400 against a company called C&S Jewellery Ltd, where... Read more »

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PURCELL CONSTRUCTION’S €150,000 OFFER

April 18, 2024

ALMOST THREE years on from the liquidation of Megard Ltd, the company involved in the construction of the Hyde Square apartment block in... Read more »

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CATCHING UP WITH JOHNNIE COOKE

April 4, 2024

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p19), Goldhawk takes a look at an operation called Green Bird, which was established by one Killian Bewley... Read more »

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