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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

NIALL HARBISON’S LONG GOODBYE

June 13, 2018

IT’S the end of an era at LD Lovin Dublin Ltd, where Niall “Harbo” Harbison has cashed in his 33% stake and resigned... Read more »

MICHAEL MCMANUS’S JUDGEMENT

June 13, 2018

GOLDHAWK spotted a familiar name that popped up recently in Stubb’s Gazette. Roscommon businessman Michael McManus had a small judgment for €10,000 registered... Read more »

DIARMUID HEGARTY’S BOOK SMARTS

June 13, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Griffith College president Diarmuid Hegarty, elected to the council of Dublin Chamber of Commerce earlier this year. Judging by... Read more »

PLYNK, PLYNK, FAIL…

June 13, 2018

GOLDHAWK wasn’t too surprised to learn that Irish money-messaging ‘unicorn’ Plynk has run out of dosh and is calling in the liquidator. The... Read more »

DANNY FITZPATRICK’S FACEBOOK POSTS

June 13, 2018

SPARE a thought for outspoken Louth businessman Danny Fitzpatrick, whose scrap with Bank of Ireland has led to the closure of his restaurant.... Read more »

BRIAN HERLIHY’S ‘PAIN AND SUFFERING’

June 13, 2018

A CORK City company at the centre of a high profile personal injuries claim has just filed its 2017 accounts and it’s a... Read more »

TAXMAN WHACKS RUAIRI O’CEALLAIGH

June 13, 2018

MORE hard cheese for embattled legal eagle Ruairi O’Ceallaigh, who has just had a €123,000 judgment registered against him by the taxman. Meath-based... Read more »

TROUBLE BREWING FOR DARAGH HEAGNEY

May 31, 2018

IT LOOKS like Daragh Heagney’s comeback has hit a snag. After burning his fingers badly in the crash, Goldhawk reported last year that... Read more »

WINDING UP THE SCIENTOLOGISTS

May 31, 2018

INTERESTING to see that Church of Scientology Mission of Dublin (CSMD) has moved to wind itself up. This is the company behind the... Read more »

PADDY STACK’S HARD LOCH

May 31, 2018

SPARE a thought for Royal County builder Paddy Stack who had an expensive day out in the Court of Appeal recently. The trouble... Read more »

IAN HYLAND’S ZOMBIE COMPANY

May 31, 2018

IT’S MORE of the same at Ian Hyland’s troubled Moranna Ltd, the company that once published Business & Finance magazine. Moranna – where... Read more »

FERDINAND VON PRONDZYNSKI’S INQUIRY

May 31, 2018

GOLDHAWK’s favourite German-Irish academic Ferdinand von Prondzynski has found himself at the centre of a conflict of interest investigation in Scotland. The former... Read more »

TAXING MATTERS WITH REVENUE

May 31, 2018

A COMPANY controlled by Dublin accountant Michael Sandys has fallen foul of the Revenue. The number cruncher owns and operates a Taxassist Accountants... Read more »

EVERYTHING’S GRAND

May 31, 2018

SOME good news for grannies… the Catholic Grandparents Association of Ireland has just been removed from the list of companies to be struck... Read more »

MARY HELEN HENSLEY’S JUDGMENT

May 31, 2018

SPARE a thought for Westmeath-based chiropractor and “metaphysical healer” Mary Helen Hensley, who has just been slapped with a tax judgment for close... Read more »

JOHN DOOLEY’S NAMA HANGOVER

May 31, 2018

SPARE a thought for John Dooley who has just had a judgment for close to €2.4m registered against him, courtesy of Nama. John... Read more »

CHECKING OUT AT THE PLAZA

May 17, 2018

TOUGH times at Phelan Hotels Ltd (PHL) where the liquidator is set to check in. The company behind the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght... Read more »

ANTHONY FITZPATRICK’S ‘NEEDLESS’ INTERVENTION

May 17, 2018

IT LOOKS like one of Anthony Fitzpatrick’s liquidation sagas has come to an end. In April, Goldhawk’s old pal Fitzpatrick had a bad... Read more »