Article Category: Brief Cases

Sibling rivalry at Abbey

October 5, 2016

THERE COULD be fun and games at the annual general meeting of the Abbey plc house building operation this week when Peter Gallagher,... Read more »

Robert Butler’s Hanging Gardens

October 5, 2016

ONE of the four sites named in the Limerick Twenty Thirty (LTT) development plan has an interesting history, linked to NAMA developer, Robert... Read more »

Noonan’s Limerick Curtain Call

October 5, 2016

FINANCE minister Michael Noonan must be delighted that the Limerick development plan seems to finally be getting off the ground. The strategy, which... Read more »

Alan Barrett’s court dates

October 5, 2016

FORMER director of EventElephant Ltd, Alan Barrett will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty to charges relating to the incorrect filing... Read more »

Hangover for Cork accountant Twohig

October 5, 2016

ONE familiar name to appear on Revenue’s latest list of Tax Defaulters was Goldhawk’s old pal, Cork accountant and ex-publican Edward Twohig. Edward,... Read more »

End in sight for Edgeworth debacle

September 21, 2016

IT LOOKS like the Pilot Training College of Ireland Ltd (PTC Ireland) saga might be coming to an end now that the company’s... Read more »

City Council gets tough over pyrite damage

September 21, 2016

INTERESTING to see Dublin City Council’s senior structural engineer Peter Finnegan admitting just how difficult it will be to recoup costs from developers... Read more »

Elliot Hughes’s Porterhouse profits

September 21, 2016

QUIET congratulations are in order for Elliot Hughes who, under tragic circumstances, looks set to take over the Porterhouse network of pubs and... Read more »

Geoff Wycherley misses the fairway

September 21, 2016

SPARE a thought for Co Cork builder and businessman Geoffrey “Geoff” Wycherley whose company Totus Developments Ltd had a receiver appointed to it... Read more »

Millionaire McLoughlin’s Eye for Profits

September 7, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Irish YouTube sensation Sean McLoughlin, who made it into a recent Irish Times list of the “22 twenty-somethings”... Read more »

Tipp solicitor’s noble clientele

September 7, 2016

GOLDHAWK spotted a tax judgment registered against a very interesting Tipperary solicitor recently. John G O’Donnell, of O’Donnell Solicitors in Tipperary Town, had... Read more »

Limerick liquidator’s court battles

September 7, 2016

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting judgment in the Court of Appeal recently related to Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick. He was voluntarily appointed liquidator... Read more »

Ronan O’Gara misses touch

September 7, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Irish rugby ace Ronan O’Gara who, along with his wife Jessica, was named sport and style ambassador for... Read more »

Another bad day for Ken McMoreland

September 7, 2016

GOLDHAWK’s old pal, Sligo accountant Ken McMoreland had a miserable day in the High Court recently, courtesy of Judge Miriam O’Regan. In the... Read more »

Marie Gorman’s costs

September 7, 2016

MORE on Marie Gorman, wife of Roscommon agricultural consultant Pauraic Larkin. It will be recalled that Eugene McCarthy, appointed liquidator to Pauraic Larkin... Read more »

Odessa Club soldiers on

August 24, 2016

IT’S BEEN a tough couple of years for popular Dublin bar and restaurant Odessa Club with the company that operates the venue, Odessa... Read more »

Michael Doody’s tax woes

August 24, 2016

CORK legal eagle Michael Doody has had yet another judgment registered against him by the Revenue, his seventh since 2012. The judgment against... Read more »

Stephen Evans-Freke’s castle battle

August 24, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to Stephen Evans-Freke who had a great day in the High Court before Judge David Keane ahead of the summer recess. Moneybags... Read more »

Offside with Jamie Heaslip

August 24, 2016

A DUBLIN company called Lucey Technology Ltd (LTL) has had a judgment for unpaid services registered against it by a consultancy outfit. Blackrock... Read more »

John Sheehan’s strike off

August 24, 2016

THERE was more bad news for Goldhawk’s old pal, Cork property developer and ex-security industry mogul John Sheehan, when receiver Michael McAteer of... Read more »

Some good news for the Foys

August 10, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to Blackrock businessman Aiden Foy and his son, Philip, who both had a good day in the High Court before the summer... Read more »

Mixed results for chef Nolan

August 10, 2016

THERE was some bad news for creditors in Galway last month as Green Leaf Restaurant Ltd, trading as the Green Leaf Restaurant in... Read more »

Publicans feeling the pressure

August 10, 2016

ONCE again, the owners of Galhoy Inns Ltd have had a receiver appointed on foot of two AIB mortgages secured against pubs in... Read more »

Andreucetti’s Annus Horribilis

August 10, 2016

SPARE a thought for Dublin hotel operator Theresa Andreucetti who lost her court battle to extend the deadline for the handing over of... Read more »

Bob Lanigan’s legal saga

August 10, 2016

AN INTERESTING judgment was handed down last month relating to Goldhawk’s old friend, former general manager of Coolmore Stud Bob Lanigan. In 2008,... Read more »

Michael O’Leary’s tax woes

July 28, 2016

SPARE A thought for Michael O’Leary (not that one) who just had a judgment for €54,000 registered against him by the Revenue in... Read more »

Revenue gets tough with solicitors

July 28, 2016

THE REVENUE has registered judgments against no less than five solicitors since the start of June. The legal eagles will now have to... Read more »

Bad times get worse for O’Connor brothers

July 28, 2016

THERE WAS bad news in July for Kerry developers and builders WK O’Connor & Sons Ltd (WKOC) which had a receiver appointed to... Read more »

Another bad day in court for Peter McCann

July 28, 2016

GOLDHAWK’S old pal Peter McCann had a rough day in court last week when the High Court upheld a ruling that he intended... Read more »

Some good news for Peter Lavelle

July 28, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS to property investor and financial markets trader Peter Lavelle, who had a great day in the High Court last week in front... Read more »