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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

DENIS BEGLEY’S BANKING BLUES

August 9, 2018

SPARE a thought for Westmeath auctioneer Denis Begley, who was slapped with a judgment for €181,000 by ACC Bank recently. Begley, the principal... 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 »

DUNDALK BUSINESSMEN BOWL A SPARE

August 9, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS (of sorts) are in order to the consortium of Louth businessmen who own the 2-acre Dundalk Sportsbowl complex on Racecourse Road. Accounts... Read more »

NIALL MELLON LATEST TAX BILL

August 9, 2018

IT’S BEEN a long summer for Niall Mellon, who has just had a second tax judgment registered against him in the space of... Read more »

CARB’S PUBLISHING POLICY

August 9, 2018

DUBLIN accountant Sean Whelan hasn’t done his sums. The dreaded taxman has just registered a judgment for €32,000 against him, which could see... Read more »

SALLYANN LUYKX’S COURT DATE

August 8, 2018

GOLDHAWK’s old pals Huibrecht and Sallyann Luykx have managed to get on the wrong side of the Revenue yet again. Readers will recall... Read more »

ANGELA FARRELL’S ‘VICTORIAN TIME WARP’

July 26, 2018

SIGHS of relief were practically audible from Blackhall Place last April when bankrupt former solicitor Angela Farrell’s application to be reinstated to the... Read more »

ASYLUM MILLIONAIRE’S VULTURE WOES

July 26, 2018

A VULTURE fund has swooped on a company linked to moneybags asylum centre operator Seamus Gillen. Goldman Sachs subsidiary Beltany has just appointed... Read more »

DAN KICKHAM’S UPS AND DOWNS

July 26, 2018

IT’S BEEN a bit of a mixed bag of late for Datapac founder and chief executive Dan Kickham. The serial entrepreneur’s successful IT... Read more »

PATRICK ENRIGHT BACK IN BUSINESS

July 26, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS to Kerry solicitor Patrick Enright, who had a stellar result in the High Court recently. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that the... Read more »

MAXWELLS’ TIMELY SNAP

July 26, 2018

THE government’s go-to photographers had a narrow escape last week. Drumcondra outfit Maxwell Photography Ltd, co-owned by brothers Tony and Mark Maxwell, was... Read more »