Article Category: Briefcases

Nicholas O’Connor’s disciplinary matters

October 19, 2017

SPARE a thought for Wexford number cruncher Nicholas O’Connor who has (yet again) fallen foul of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Body (CARB), the... Read more »

More upheaval at Maximum Media

October 19, 2017

WHAT is going on at Maximum Media, the company behind JOE.ie and HER.ie, where chief executive Katie Molony has just announced her resignation?... Read more »

Ian Gallagher’s tax troubles

October 19, 2017

SPARE a thought for the shareholders at Dimension Media IT Ltd, which is facing down the barrel of a winding-up petition in the... Read more »

Shane Ormsby’s business partner

October 19, 2017

IT WAS reported last weekend that IBAT, one of the largest private colleges in the state, has been slapped on the wrist by... Read more »

End of Term

October 19, 2017

WHILE ASSORTED educational establishments around the country have been closed this week as a result of ex-Hurricane Ophelia, one operation that will be... Read more »

Peter Conlon’s dynamic problem

October 5, 2017

BAD NEWS for former ‘Rich List’ regular Peter Conlon, who has reinvented himself as a charity technology guru courtesy of his Ammado platform,... Read more »

Oliver Connolly’s Russian connection

October 5, 2017

SO FAREWELL then to the Russia Irish Cultural Foundation (RICF), a strange outfit incorporated to “promote cultural awareness and the advance of cultural... Read more »

Lindsey Holmes’s blind date

October 5, 2017

SURPRISING perhaps that the assorted showbiz hacks have not reported on the PR boo-boo associated with TV3’s much anticipated new show, Blind Date,... Read more »

How €2,000,000 was wasted on 23 Wolfe Tone St

October 5, 2017

THE PUBLICATION of the 2016 annual report of Seamus McCarthy, the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG), featured a number of long-running cases, with... Read more »

Mark Monks’ “audacious” behaviour

October 5, 2017

THE HIGH Court has just issued a ruling on proceedings taken by Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) against one Mark Monks, which effectively brings... Read more »

Galway Indo stops the presses

September 21, 2017

A DREADFUL year for local newspapers continued this month with the sudden closure of the Galway Independent, one title in Declan Dooley and... Read more »

Des Foley’s tax trouble

September 21, 2017

SPARE a thought for Leitrim publican and developer Des Foley who has found himself on the latest list of tax defaulters. Foley reached... Read more »

Brendan Burgess’s Hibernia pals

September 21, 2017

PERSONAL finance expert Brendan Burgess was back on television screens last week when he appeared on Pat Kenny’s TV3 panel show. Burgess discussed... Read more »

J’accuse!

September 21, 2017

KILDARE-based wine importer Arnaud Gaultier had another bad day in the High Court in front of Judge Seamus Noonan. Gaultier has been in... Read more »

Nick Furlong buys Providence

September 21, 2017

IT WAS interesting to watch the feeding frenzy that took place on the Irish Stock Exchange after Providence Resources announced that it had... Read more »

Stressful times for David Ingram

September 7, 2017

MORE on Galvanic Ltd, the intriguing Dublin company that successfully petitioned the High Court to appoint an examiner last month. Fans of Goldhawk... Read more »

Trevor Daly is Lovin the new gig

September 7, 2017

EXCITING times at Niall Harbison’s Lovin media group, which is set to expand operations by opening up franchises in some far-flung places. Maybe... Read more »

Francesca McDonagh’s headache

September 7, 2017

INTERESTING to see chief executive of Bank of Ireland Private Banking (BoIPB) Ltd Mark Cunningham announce his departure last week, just a month... Read more »

Ian Hyland ‘reaches out’

September 7, 2017

GOLDHAWK’s old pal Paddy Cosgrave popped up last week to announce part of the line-up for his next Lisbon Web Summit. Meanwhile Ian... Read more »

Doug Minihane’s one-way ticket

September 7, 2017

SPARE a thought for the owners of Cork company Ticketscan Security Services (TSS) Ltd, which has just been put into liquidation. The principals... Read more »

Spunout’s funding worries

September 7, 2017

THERE are rumblings of discontent coming from Spunout.ie after a former editorial staff member took to social media last week to complain about... Read more »

Juice Store’s unhealthy numbers

September 7, 2017

GOLDHAWK spotted a troubling set of accounts recently filed by a company called The Organic Cold-Pressed Juice Company Ltd. This was the outfit... Read more »

James O’Rourke’s vulture troubles

August 25, 2017

SPARE a thought for south Dublin publican James O’Rourke whose company, Inveresk Ltd, has just had a receiver appointed to it on foot... Read more »

Scammers alert!

August 25, 2017

Scammers GOLDHAWK hasn’t been alerted to an internet registration scam in a while, but it seems that a certain German-based company is up... Read more »

John Gately’s failed Republic

August 25, 2017

Darina and John Gately John Gately can’t seem to catch a break. His company, Gately Hospitality Consultants (GHC) Ltd, had to call in... Read more »

Gavin McDonagh’s Ranelagh ‘Brioche’

August 25, 2017

Gavin McDonagh IT’S been a tough 2017 for Dublin restaurants of all stripes, with the likes of Nick Munier’s up-market Avenue and Barry... Read more »

‘North County Leader’ stops the presses

August 25, 2017

Sean Fitzmaurice SPARE a thought for Dublin free-sheet the North County Leader, which is set to become the latest local newspaper to shut... Read more »

Contract woes for Eoin Bara

August 10, 2017

Eoin Bara SPARE a thought for gin distiller and serial entrepreneur Eoin Bara (his full surname is Baratizadeh) whose tech consultancy has just... Read more »

Ferdi Roberts’s Gamercon fiasco

August 10, 2017

Ferdi Roberts THERE was bad news for promoter Ferdi Roberts recently when his company Gamercon Ltd collapsed into liquidation in late July. Gamercon... Read more »

Farewell to Brendan Investments

August 10, 2017

Eddie Hobbs IT’S the end of an era as Brendan Investments Pan European Property (BIPEP) was finally put into liquidation last month. The... Read more »

Declan Doyle’s director’s loans

August 10, 2017

AN INTRIGUING little company called Comlee Ltd is facing a winding up petition courtesy of the taxman. Comlee is a small business consultancy... Read more »

Charlie Hopkins’s headache

August 10, 2017

Charlie Hopkins AN INTERESTING front page apology was published by the Roscommon Herald last month, the week after an article on a company... Read more »

Give me the Pip

August 10, 2017

AN INTRIGUING company called Galvanic Ltd has just applied to the High Court to appoint an examiner. The outfit makes a device called... Read more »