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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 »

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 »

PAUL COLLINS’S LOST CONTRACT

July 26, 2018

INTERESTING to see the Department of Justice has decided not to renew its contract with the Abbeyfield Hotel in Ballaghaderreen to house Syrian... 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 »

PAT KERLEY’S SOUR DISH

July 26, 2018

SPARE a thought for veteran Dundalk restaurateur Pat Kerley whose company Quaglino’s Ltd has just collapsed into liquidation. This is the entity behind... Read more »

LAST ORDERS AT THE GOLDEN GRILL

July 26, 2018

BAD news for the northwest as legendary Donegal nightclub and music venue The Grill had a receiver appointed to it recently. Seaconview DAC... Read more »

MICHAEL HEALY-RAE’S PITTANCE

July 26, 2018

GOLDHAWK had a glance at the scheme of arrangement that was put in place earlier this year at Kerry engineering outfit Denis Moriarty... Read more »

JIM AND ORNA’S DAY IN COURT

July 12, 2018

ONE OF Goldhawk’s old pals, dentist-turned-developer Jim Madden, popped up in court last week where he had to pay a fine for some... Read more »

PETER KELLY’S KENTUCKY SURPRISE

July 12, 2018

LAST MONTH saw the registering of a hefty €2.73m judgment by the Yank outfit Keeneland Association Inc against Emerald Equine Ltd in Kildare.... Read more »

PETER GAYNOR’S BAD DISH

July 12, 2018

THERE HAS been a lot of changing of ingredients at the Capital Foods Group, the Peter Gaynor/John Collins operation behind familiar names like... Read more »

SONYA LENNON’S STYLE GUIDE

July 12, 2018

CLOTHING designer (sorry “fashion guru”) and all round do-gooder Sonya Lennon popped up in Leinster House last week to highlight the growing number... Read more »

ANGELA OMAN’S ANTIQUE ACTION

July 12, 2018

BACK IN the good times, James Oman – whose day job was running the high profile Oman Antiques Gallery on Capel Street, D2,... Read more »

BRIAN DE STAIC’S JEWELLERY CASE

July 12, 2018

THIS WEEK is set to witness a pow-wow between the parties in a High Court action taken by well-known “jeweller to the stars”... Read more »

BAGOTS HUTTON WHINE BAR

June 28, 2018

THE owners of Bagots Hutton ‘wine emporium’ on Ormond Quay in D1 have gone to the High Court to challenge the redevelopment of... Read more »

RUPERT MURDOCH’S CASH INJECTION

June 28, 2018

THE Dirty Digger has given Dublin-anchored Storyful Ltd another dig-out. Documents just filed with the Companies Office show Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation pumped... Read more »

LAST ORDERS AT HANGAR

June 28, 2018

A COMPANY called Mahned Ltd has just had a tax judgment for €64,000 registered against it. This turns out to be the entity... Read more »

Jonny Davis, Paddy Davis, Sharon Davidge

DAVIS BROTHERS SNOWED UNDER

June 28, 2018

AN INTERESTING little company called Après Entertainment Ltd has just gone to the wall after running out of dosh. At a recent creditors’... Read more »

FRANCIS DOOLEY’S ‘UNSATISFACTORY DOCUMENT’

June 28, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS to Wexford businessman Francis Dooley who got some rare good news from the High Court earlier this month. Dooley has had his... Read more »

AIB WHACKS TOM FURLEY

June 28, 2018

MORE hard cheese for troubled Dublin businessman Tom Furley, who has just been slapped with a hefty €3.5m judgment courtesy of AIB. Castleknock-based... Read more »

MICK BEIRNE’S ROCKY ROAD

June 28, 2018

BAD news for Royal County businessman Mick Beirne of engineering company Embassy Contractors Ltd, who was named on the Revenue’s latest list of... Read more »

DAVID MILLER FEELS THE BURN

June 28, 2018

IT LOOKS like the company behind the Énergie Fitness gym in Parkwest has run its last race. Fitness guru David Miller and his... Read more »