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BRENDAN HALLIGAN’S D2 DESTINATION

November 29, 2018

GOLDHAWK has reported on the rise and rise of Brendan Halligan’s Ireland China Institute, but not all Sino-Gaelic endeavours are thriving. Earlier this... Read more »

WILL DOWLING’S LANGUAGE PROBLEM

November 29, 2018

WITH LOTS of businesses seeking a slice of the growing English-language tuition sector, there have been a few casualties. One entity that has... Read more »

PADDY MCKILLEN’S PROFITS

November 29, 2018

WHILE THE media has increasingly focused on the ubiquitous Paddy McKillen jnr’s exhausting expansion of the Press Up group, behind the scenes his... Read more »

SONYA LENNON’S MANY HATS

November 29, 2018

WITH MOVES being made to introduce gender-based professorships in universities and the news agenda increasingly featuring discussions about the level of female participation... Read more »

TAXMAN LOCKS ON TO BASTA

November 15, 2018

MORE headaches for the team behind Sligo lock and door manufacturing plant Basta Parsons Ltd, with the taxman filing a winding-up petition. This... Read more »

SEAN LYNCH TACKLES THE ‘IRISH TIMES’

November 15, 2018

INTERESTING to see that the Irish Times is being sued by a popular Dublin 2 pub. The Swan Bar on Aungier Street and... Read more »

TRIBUNAL GROUNDS LEGAL EAGLES

November 15, 2018

A COUPLE of troubled legal eagles have found themselves on the wrong side of the Law Society again. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has... Read more »

ADRIAN BLANC’S BILL

November 14, 2018
SPARE a thought for Foxrock businessman Adrian Blanc, who has just been whacked by vulture fund Launceston to the tune of €2.3m. Blanc (also... Read more »

GRAHAM CANNING’S PUB HANGOVER

November 1, 2018

THERE’S been another blow for former publican Graham Canning, who has just had a second judgment registered against him by the taxman in... Read more »

POOR GRADES AT DUBLIN LANGUAGE SCHOOL

November 1, 2018

SPARE a thought for creditors of Dublin English language school Oscars International, which is petitioning the High Court to have an examiner appointed.... Read more »

CHECKING OUT AT THE ATHENAEUM

November 1, 2018

THE original company behind the swanky Athenaeum House Hotel on the Waterford-Kilkenny border has called in the liquidator, just a few weeks after... Read more »

WINDING UP CARRIGALINE CARPENTRY

November 1, 2018

HARD luck to Cork businessmen John and Brian O’Neill, whose company, Carrigaline Carpentry Services Ltd, has just been wound up by the taxman.... Read more »

ALBIE PURCELL’S GOOD LUCK

November 1, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS (of sorts) are in order to Albie Purcell Jnr, who managed to confound AIB in the High Court recently. Judge Max Barrett... Read more »

CATHAL MALLON’S BUSINESS PARTNERS

November 1, 2018

A VULTURE fund has just swooped on D4 developer Cathal Mallon. The fund recently secured judgment against Mallon in the High Court for... Read more »

JUDGMENT DAY FOR EDMOND O’REILLY

November 1, 2018

IT’S ALL gone wrong for Tipperary high-flier Edmond O’Reilly, who has just been whacked by the Revenue for over €1m. The Clonmel man... Read more »

TOM CONSIDINE’S WIND-UP

November 1, 2018

A PROPERTY vehicle called Western Alliance Property (WAP) Ltd is calling in the liquidator. The directors are listed as Gerry Prendergast, Tom Considine... Read more »

BASSAM NASER’S HARD MEDICINE

November 1, 2018

THERE are more maladies for jailbird Sutton doctor Bassem Naser, who has just been declared bankrupt in the High Court. The Irish-Palestinian received... Read more »

PAUL DOHERTY’S LATEST VENTURE

October 18, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a small Dublin tech company called Software Design Ltd (SDL) that went into voluntary liquidation at the end of August. Happily,... Read more »

LEGAL EAGLES GROUNDED

October 18, 2018

THERE might be some tension at the next Southern Law Association shindig after two Cork City solicitors had judgments registered against them by... Read more »

TAXMAN SKINS TOM HOGAN

October 18, 2018

THE dreaded taxman has lasered in on Galway businessman Tom Hogan. The Carrowbrowne man, who is listed as a director at a company... Read more »

WINDING UP THALMAN HEALTH

October 18, 2018

THE MUCH-VAUNTED Cork healthcare start-up Thalman Health Ltd is calling in the liquidator. The company, which straddled the Atlantic, operating in Cork and... Read more »

JEFFREY AIRD’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

October 18, 2018

POSH interior design company Clive Christian Ireland (CCI) Ltd is heading for liquidation. A creditors meeting is scheduled for next week for the... Read more »

DONALL DOOLEY GOES BUST

October 18, 2018

HARD luck to former high-flying developer Donall Dooley, who has just been adjudicated bankrupt in the High Court. Fans of Goldhawk will not... Read more »

ED HEAPHY’S SUPREME COURT APPEAL

October 18, 2018

HARD luck to Cork banking consultant and former businessman Ed Heaphy, who had his appeal against a Bank of Ireland judgment slapped down... Read more »

DAVID HERLIHY’S SECOND STRIKE-OFF

October 18, 2018

MORE on struck-off solicitor David Herlihy’s Law Society scrap. The former Limerick legal eagle was back in the Four Goldmines last week, where... Read more »

GREG KAVANAGH’S LATEST HEADACHES

October 4, 2018

ARKLOW property developer Greg Kavanagh’s scrap with his former New Generation Homes partner Pat Crean is back in the Four Goldmines next week.... Read more »

BOBBY KERRISK’S TAX BILL

October 4, 2018

THE TAXMAN has just slapped Dublin builder and developer Robert ‘Bobby’ Kerrisk with a judgment for €80,000. Once a small-time but busy developer... Read more »

SEAN FOY’S FOIBLES

October 4, 2018

SPARE a thought for Mayo solicitor Sean Foy, who recently received a dressing down from the Law Society. It’s not the first time... Read more »

SEAN LYNE’S LATEST LIQUIDATION

October 4, 2018

AN ENTITY called CLS Crystal Partners Holding Company Ltd is calling in the liquidator. Once upon a time, this was the central company... Read more »

MICHAEL O’REILLY’S VULTURE PROBLEM

October 4, 2018

MORE headaches for former Pierse Contracting director Michael O’Reilly, who has just been hit with a judgment for over €1m by a vulture... Read more »

STRONG HEADWINDS AT WATERFORD AIRPORT

October 4, 2018

THERE has been more turbulence at Waterford Airport. Last year, Aer Southeast – fronted by Icelandic businessman Einar Adalsteinsson – announced that it... Read more »

VULTURE PECKS GEORGE STAFFORD

October 4, 2018

SPARE a thought for George and Patricia Stafford of the mighty Wexford Stafford dynasty. Launceston Property Finance, a vulture fund subsidiary of CarVal,... Read more »

WINDING UP LIMERICK FC

October 4, 2018

JP MCMANUS must have been delighted with the generous media coverage of his largesse recently. One entity that could use a dig out... Read more »

ROBERT SIMMONS CUTS BACK

October 4, 2018

SPARE a thought for veteran Dublin hairdresser and stylist Robert Simmons, who has had to call in the liquidator at his Powerscourt Townhouse... Read more »

DAVID HERLIHY’S HIGH COURT SCRAP

October 4, 2018

FORMER Limerick solicitor David Herlihy is back in the High Court next week in his scrap with the Law Society. It’s the latest... Read more »

JAY BOURKE’S TAXING YEAR

September 20, 2018
THE hits keep coming for Goldhawk’s old pal, one-time restaurant impresario Jay Bourke. Not even a year since the taxman slapped him with a... Read more »