Article Category: Briefcases

NOEL MORAN’S CAR TROUBLE

April 4, 2024

THERE WAS a potentially expensive setback in the High Court last month for Noel Moran of Noel Moran Recovery, when his damages claim... Read more »

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HEAVY GOING FOR FOLEY AND PARKIN

April 4, 2024

“WE’RE NEARLY like family and I treat him like a brother,” was a recent remark by the minted founder of Clipper Logistics, Steve... Read more »

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CYRIL MURPHY’S NETWORK ERROR

April 4, 2024

A MOBILE network data firm marked out as a future star player in the sector, Equiendo Ltd, has just had its connection cut... Read more »

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JOHN PAUL KEANE’S CONNECTIONS

March 21, 2024

THE LUXEMBOURG-based Irish financier John Paul Keane has been attracting a fair degree of media attention as a result of teaming up with... Read more »

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MAURICE GILLEN’S BUM NOTE

March 21, 2024

A NUMBER of companies that were controlled by the king of Galway’s nightclub scene during the boom, Maurice Gillen, are to be wound... Read more »

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COLM O’CUILLEANAIN’S VISIBLE THREAD

March 21, 2024

A FIVE-bed pile in Rathmichael D18 has come on the market with a price tag of €2.8m – steep for sure but not... Read more »

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ROUND TWO AT FOTA ISLAND RESORT

March 21, 2024
JUST ONE month after a settlement was reached in the high-stakes legal poker game between China-based businessman Yuzhu Kang and his former associate, Fota... Read more »

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BRENDAN MCDOWELL’S AWARD

March 7, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO cosmetics czar Brendan McDowell, who landed the Entrepreneur of the Year award at Ali Ryan’s Gossies bash in the RDS last... Read more »

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EXPENSIVE MEDICINE AT CARA

March 7, 2024

AFTER THE rescue of the Cara Pharmacy group of companies back in 2020, the latest figures for the new holding company suggest it... Read more »

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BRENDAN MORRISSEY’S UPS AND DOWNS

March 7, 2024

TECH INVESTOR Brendan Morrissey suffered a setback in the High Court last week when Judge Denis McDonald confirmed a €1m judgment against the... Read more »

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HANDICAPPING MCDONNELL AND CLARKSON

March 7, 2024

THERE HAS been heavy going lately for a couple of businessmen who happen to be fans of the turf – Nathan McDonnell and... Read more »

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COLM WU’S TAXING TIMES

February 22, 2024

THINGS ARE clearly not getting much better for Goldhawk’s favourite hotelier Colm ‘Bo Vision’ Wu (aka Guoqing Wu), with the dreaded Revenue moving... Read more »

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GRANT ASHTON’S ADVENTURES

February 22, 2024

A RATHER interesting business that had been involved in cutting-edge integrated circuit technology architecture – and featuring a rather exotic shareholder base –... Read more »

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BERNARD CALDWELL’S MEMBERS

February 22, 2024

THERE WAS some off-track activity in the horseracing world this month, with Bernard Caldwell’s Irish Stable Staff Association (ISSA) holding its AGM last... Read more »

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CLOCK TICKING FOR FLEXTIME

February 22, 2024

THERE WAS a suitably glowing write-up in the Indo’s property pages last week featuring a house called Ard Aoibhinn in Dundrum, south Co... Read more »

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THE BROWNS PULL THE PLUG

February 8, 2024

THE SURPRISE dispersal of the entire string of racehorses owned by Andy and Gemma Brown, the star of which was Grade 1 Future... Read more »

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SHANE KENNY’S BURRITOS

February 8, 2024

THIS WEEK sees a creditors’ meeting being held for Poblano Ltd, which turns out to be the company behind Mexican burrito chain Tolteca,... Read more »

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WINDING UP DELTA INDEX

February 8, 2024

WITH MICHAEL O’Shea busy making an impact thanks to his Pulse Market cloud-based platform, which loftily promises to help companies “do business for... Read more »

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PETER DONNELLY’S POOR DIAGNOSIS

February 8, 2024

IT WAS only a few years ago that the Dundalk Argus was highlighting the “life saving device for Africa” designed by Irish outfit... Read more »

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KNEECAP’S CAPITAL

January 25, 2024
CONTROVERSIAL HIP-HOP act Kneecap have attracted plenty of media coverage as a result of the antics of its three members, which have included some... Read more »

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DENIS DESMOND’S RESTRUCTURING

January 25, 2024

THERE WAS plenty of coverage of the latest results from the MCD-Live Nation concert promotion behemoth last week as the LN-Gaiety Holdings joint... Read more »

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LEO MOHAN’S MISHAPS

January 25, 2024

Goldhawk has followed the exploits of Leo Mohan for many years since the Monaghan entrepreneur was involved in a substantial Christmas tree business... Read more »

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KIERON MCQUAID’S ROUGH RIDE

January 25, 2024

IT WAS reported in the Irish Examiner last week that, in the lead-up to last October’s budget, finance minister Michael McGrath had sought... Read more »

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SIMONE ROCHA’S FRENCH FANCY

January 11, 2024

LATER THIS month, superstar fashion designer Simone Rocha will appear at the prestigious Haute Couture Week in Paris, where she will be filling... Read more »

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NOH20 HITS THE BRAKES

January 11, 2024

THE MUCH-hyped “bespoke on demand in-house app for carwashing”, NOH2O Ltd, has just collapsed into liquidation. Founded by self-described “brand innovator” Emmet O’Brien,... Read more »

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THE NYHANS’ TAX BILL

January 11, 2024

THE DREADED Revenue has just registered a judgment for €221,000 against a company called Rostella Nyhan Holdings Ltd. This outfit should be familiar... Read more »

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MARK LENHERR’S CARIBBEAN COLLAPSE

January 11, 2024

THE EXOTIC-sounding Caribbean Jewel Investments Ltd is to be liquidated next week but this is far from the first setback for one of... Read more »

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BARRY NAPIER’S WINDFALL

December 14, 2023

CHRISTMAS CAME early for tech investor Barry Napier, whose remarkable multimillion-euro windfall from the sale of a controlling stake in his Cubic Telecom... Read more »

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FRANK BOYLE’S MISPLACED OPTIMISM

December 14, 2023

WELL-KNOWN Sligo-based medtech entrepreneur Frank Boyle is not going to have a happy Christmas and neither will any creditors of his Nektr Technologies... Read more »

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MIZNA’S STRONG MEDICINE

December 14, 2023

AMONG THE relatively small batch of tax defaulters published by the Revenue Commissioners earlier this month was a company called Mizna & Co... Read more »

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MAX’S BURNT BURGERS

December 14, 2023

AMONG THE more high-profile players in the hospitality game here in recent years have been Shane Mitchell and long-time business partner John Quinn,... Read more »

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PATRICIA GHERING’S ‘URBAN COMMUNITY’

November 30, 2023

HAVING WOUND up assorted interests in the UK, a controversial Dutch so-called property guardianship outfit now operating as Monoma has pulled the plug... Read more »

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MICHAEL WOODLOCK’S TAX BILL

November 30, 2023

GOLDHAWK’S OLD pal, Michael ‘Flancare’ Woodlock, finds himself in a spot of bother with the dreaded taxman, although this will hardly come as... Read more »

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JOHN TEELING’S ENDEAVOUR

November 30, 2023

GOLDHAWK spies a notice filed by Companies House in the UK advising that Endeavour Oil & Gas Ltd (EOG) is about to be... Read more »

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STUART MCGOLDRICK MOVES

November 30, 2023

FAST-GROWING digital mental health group Spectrum has just filed some unhealthy-looking figures but it looks like boss Stuart McGoldrick moved to raise a... Read more »

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BONOBO BOYS’ APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

November 15, 2023

A LARGE apartment scheme proposed for Smithfield by Durkan Residential has been shot down by An Bord Pleanála (ABP), overturning the decision of... Read more »

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