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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

SECOND CAPTAINS’ PAY PACKET

September 20, 2018

IT’S BEEN nearly 18 months since the Second Captains podcast crew decided to down tools at The Irish Times and light out for... Read more »

KEVIN GINTY’S SUGAR CRASH

September 20, 2018

ONE name that caught Goldhawk’s eye on the latest list of tax defaulters was Kevin Ginty. The Wicklow-based businessman has had his share... Read more »

PSA’S EVICTION CONFUSION

September 20, 2018

A CURIOUS Goldhawk received an odd response from the Private Security Authority (PSA) recently. The PSA – where the chairman is former Dialogic... Read more »

CHRISTOPHER WALSH’S TAX TROUBLE

September 20, 2018

DUBLIN solicitor Christopher Brendan Walsh was slapped with a pair of paltry judgments by the Revenue for just over €6,000 earlier this month.... Read more »

SUN SETS ON EMPIRE

September 20, 2018

INTERESTING to see the scrap over the sudden closure of the Empire Bar in Swords after the operating company, Lencoolcrew Ltd, collapsed into... Read more »

MORE HOULIHAN CUSHNAHAN WOE

September 20, 2018

INTERESTING to see the names of two medical consultants pop up on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters. Fans of Goldhawk will... Read more »

REBECCA CARTER’S FAMILY TIES

September 20, 2018

IT’S not every Leaving Cert student that can drag the State Examination Commission to the High Court, but Wexford native Rebecca Carter, who... Read more »

TBD GROUP GOES TO THE WALL

September 20, 2018

THREE companies in Galway-based Nama developer Bernard Duffy’s property group are set to call in the liquidator. TBD Group Holdings, Pershore Investments Ltd... Read more »

ROBBIE FOX’S ART WORKS

September 6, 2018

THERE IS rarely a dull moment with Robbie Fox, whose latest legal scrap at the start of this summer saw the landlord of... Read more »

MYLES KIRBY VS ANTHONY FITZPATRICK

September 6, 2018

THERE HAS been another setback for Limerick-based liquidator Anthony J Fitzpatrick, who has just had three judgments registered against him for a total... Read more »

DR Z’S HAIR LOSS

September 6, 2018

THERE IS some interesting corporate activity taking place at a company called Ziering Holdings Ireland Ltd, where the company secretary has just resigned,... Read more »

MICK STANLEY’S LATEST PUNT

September 6, 2018

HAVING ONLY just established his online property company Realli, 29-year-old Hugo Mahony has shown a flair for tapping rich backers. He had already... Read more »

TOM HIGGINS’S ART CLASS

September 6, 2018

WOULD-BE space cadet and former Irish Psychics Live phoneline operator Tom Higgins reinvented himself in recent years as an art specialist of sorts,... Read more »

PAUL RAFFERTY’S MARINA MIGRAINES

August 23, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a €78,000 judgment registered recently against Walton Court Ltd by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. This turns out... Read more »

DOM CARNEY’S BANKRUPTCY SUMMONS

August 23, 2018

MORE hard cheese for Rebel County entrepreneur Dom Carney, whose scrap with a vulture fund was back in the High Court recently. Ennis... Read more »

KEN MCMORELAND’S DEBT PILE

August 23, 2018

IT’S the end of the line for hapless accountant and property speculator Ken McMoreland, who has just been declared bankrupt in the High... Read more »

DECLAN DOYLE’S TAXING MATTERS

August 23, 2018

SPARE a thought for North County Dublin businessman Declan Doyle, who has just been whacked by the taxman for €72,000. This probably relates... Read more »

WATERFORD: NO-FLY ZONE

August 23, 2018

TURBULENCE abounds in the latest accounts filed by Waterford Regional Airport plc. The future of the troubled airport is still in jeopardy, despite... Read more »

DROGHEDA LEISURE’S HEAVY LOSSES

August 23, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a set of accounts filed by Drogheda Leisure Facilities (DLF) Ltd recently. This is the troubled property vehicle that owned the... Read more »

BAKERS BRUISE THE VULTURE

August 23, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Cork brothers Michael and Tony Harrington, who had a win of sorts in the High Court against a... Read more »

RAY NORTON’S NEW VENTURE

August 23, 2018

INTERESTING to see Goldhawk’s old pal Ray Norton’s name pop up in relation to the ongoing saga of Cantec Office Solutions Ltd. This... Read more »

SULLIVAN’S ALE-ING BREWERY

August 9, 2018

IT’S BEEN a year since a confident Alan Quane, chief executive of Sullivan’s Craft Brewery (1702) Ltd, assuredly told thejournal.ie’s business section, fora.ie,... Read more »

GEORGINA APPELBE’S JUDGMENT

August 9, 2018

MORE woe for the Appelbe family of West Cork. A subsidiary of Howard Stanley Marks’s Oaktree Capital has just registered a judgment for... Read more »

PHILIP MARTIN’S PROBLEM KID

August 9, 2018

RECENT results haven’t exactly been muy bueno for “born-again Mexican” Philip Martin’s Blanco Nino Ltd. Readers will recall that Martin’s company manufactures “authentic”... Read more »

STRIKING OFF IMELDA LEAHY

August 9, 2018

INTERESTING to see that hapless Carlow legal eagle Imelda Leahy has been struck off the Roll of Solicitors for taking €174,000 from a... Read more »

SOUR TASTE AT ROLY SAUL’S

August 9, 2018

SPARE a thought for Roly Saul who has just closed the doors of his Dundrum bistro and called in the liquidator after a... Read more »