Article Category: Briefcases

Paddy Cosgrave’s corruption crusade

June 29, 2017

GREAT to see Goldhawk’s old pal Paddy Cosgrave is back in town after taking his ball and going to Portugal a few years... Read more »

Law Society’s Cork crackdown

June 29, 2017

TWO Co Cork legal eagles, Kieran Quill and Daniel Murphy, have been struck off the Roll of Solicitors after being found guilty of... Read more »

Familiar names on tax defaulters list

June 29, 2017

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of old acquaintances on the Revenue’s latest list of tax defaulters. Hapless barrister-turned-property developer Michael Stimpson made the list... Read more »

Insight’s tax troubles

June 29, 2017

INTERESTING to see Bellane Ltd, the entity behind south Dublin PR outfit Insight Consultants, named on the tax defaulters list earlier this week.... Read more »

More heat for Houlihan Cushnahan

June 29, 2017

MORE on Houlihan Cushnahan, the embattled Dublin accountancy firm facing into strong headwinds on the legal front. Goldhawk spotted another interesting company that... Read more »

Scruffy’s set for the scrap heap?

June 15, 2017

LIAM Collins had a rather nostalgic article in the Sindo last weekend about once-popular Dublin 2 pub Scruffy Murphy’s, which could be demolished... Read more »

Eddie Hobbs’s troubled Treatdrop

June 15, 2017

SPARE a thought for celebrity economist Eddie Hobbs who is so far having a year to forget with his former property company Brendan... Read more »

George Elliott’s troubled waters

June 15, 2017

BAD news from De Braam Mineral Water Company Ltd, an interesting Co Meath operation that finally got around to filing six years of... Read more »

Andy Sweeney’s bank woes

June 15, 2017

SPARE a thought for Malahide businessman Andy Sweeney who has just had an eye-watering judgment for u3.3m registered against him by AIB in... Read more »

Brendan Rohan’s business pal

June 15, 2017

MORE on bolshy hotelier Brendan Rohan who, much to the chagrin of locals, has vowed to keep the Union Jack flying over his... Read more »

Brian Lee’s Healthy Profits

June 15, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Dublin entrepreneur and part-time mixed martial artist Brian Lee whose salad bar company is looking very healthy indeed.... Read more »

Niall McGarry’s apology

June 2, 2017

FANS OF Goldhawk are well aware of the ups and downs at Niall McGarry’s Maximum Media group – the entity behind Her.ie and... Read more »

Gerry Adams’s Actions

June 2, 2017

hoping to build up his pension pot before retiring later in the year. The SF president is suing the BBC for its Spotlight... Read more »

Stormy weather for wind farm investors

June 2, 2017

SPARE a thought for investors in Sunflower Design Ltd who claim they are still getting short shrift from the directors of the company.... Read more »

Murray’s Twitter Index

June 2, 2017

READERS will recall an article a few weeks ago about the Murray Tweet Index, an annual ranking of Irish journalists on Twitter by... Read more »

Blooming Success

June 2, 2017

PHOENIX PARK is again set to be choc-a-bloc with garden enthusiasts, foodies and assorted day trippers for the annual Bloom Festival run under... Read more »

O’Gara’s company in the sin bin

May 17, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS are very much in order to Irish rugby legend Ronan O’Gara who was recently awarded the freedom of his native Cork City.... Read more »

Eugene McCool’s ‘trifling’ complaint

May 17, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS to solicitor Colin Monaghan who had good day in the Court of Appeal recently. Arthur Cox partner Monaghan has been embroiled in... Read more »

David Ronan back in court

May 17, 2017

GOLDHAWK’s old pal Tipperary businessman David Ronan popped up again recently after an interesting day out in the High Court before Judge Robert... Read more »

Not really such a difficult choice!

May 17, 2017

ONE of the more intriguing company names that Goldhawk has come across is Sophie’s Choice Ltd, which collapsed into liquidation earlier this year.... Read more »

Geoffrey Branigan’s Monkstown moves

May 17, 2017

SOUTH Dublin businessman Geoffrey Branigan looks like he’s onto a winner now that he’s put his fully renovated Victorian home on Monkstown Road... Read more »

Rough times for Phelan Hotels

May 17, 2017

SPARE a thought for the owners of the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght, the company behind which has been hit with a judgment it... Read more »

Sarah Ponsonby’s New Leaf

May 17, 2017

GOLDHAWK recently came across a company called New Leaf Health Company Gts Ltd with links to an interesting family. New Leaf – which... Read more »

Sky falls on Molloy’s Pub

May 3, 2017

SPARE a thought for thirsty Independent News and Media journalists who could have a hard time watching matches in their local boozer from... Read more »

Paul Ferriter’s tax troubles

May 3, 2017

IT’S been a good year professionally for Dublin sculptor Paul Ferriter whose statue of champion jockey AP McCoy was unveiled at February’s Cheltenham... Read more »

Taxman knocks for Nick Munier

May 3, 2017

SPARE a thought for former Masterchef Ireland judge and maître d’hôtel extraordinaire Nick Munier who unexpectedly shut the doors of his Dublin restaurant... Read more »

Cardinal runs the rule over Genesis

May 3, 2017

SPARE a thought for former McInerney Homes chief Barry O’Connor whose Genesis Homes property vehicle has just had a receiver appointed to it... Read more »

Hugh Scully’s Pressing Matters

May 3, 2017

THE Sunday Business Post was kind enough to feature a plug recently for Dublin entrepreneur Hugh Scully who is planning to set up... Read more »

Heating up at Gaelectric

May 3, 2017

THE temperature has been turned up at renewable energy group Gaelelectric, which has reduced its board from nine to four members, possibly in... Read more »

Anthony Fitzpatrick’s courtroom saga

April 19, 2017

WELL done to Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick who recently had a relatively good day in the Court of Appeal. Regular readers of... Read more »

Accountants’ not so public hearings

April 19, 2017

ALTHOUGH hearings before the Disciplinary Tribunal of Chartered Accountants Ireland – the institute’s mechanism for dealing with wayward members – are advertised as... Read more »