Article Category: Brief Cases

Striking Off Robert Sweeney

December 17, 2015

LETTERKENNY-BASED legal eagle Robert Sweeney was struck off the Roll of Solicitors last month by the President of the High Court for a... Read more »

Philip Marley’s “Sham” Lease

December 17, 2015

NOT much has been heard lately from Goldhawk’s old pal, colourful property developer Philip Marley, although that may be about to change, as... Read more »

Keith McDonnell’s Settlement

December 17, 2015

AMONG the names to appear on Revenue’s recently published list of tax defaulters was that of Extreme Event Ireland Ltd (EEA), a tour... Read more »

Fishy Fiddler Fined

December 4, 2015

MARK FISHER is not yet clear of the mess he got into with his property management company, Global Property Care Ltd (GPC). Having... Read more »

Oisín Hanrahan Hits Back

December 4, 2015

HANDY – the US-based online booking company for cleaners which was co-founded by Irish tech entrepreneur Oisín Hanrahan – is currently involved in... Read more »

Brian Murphy’s Bum Note

December 4, 2015

The Taxman is investigating a Cork accountant named Brian Murphy – a former partner at Deloitte – for various alleged tax related offences.... Read more »

More Surprises From Shanghai

December 4, 2015

FINALLY, the saga of Financial Plaza Shanghai Ltd (FPS), the British Virgin Islands company owned by around 140 Irish investors, who together spent... Read more »

Shanny in the Slammer

December 4, 2015

SPARE A THOUGHT for a Meath accountant named Kenneth Shanny, who was jailed last month at Trim Circuit Court for various tax related... Read more »

Creditors’ Meeting For Intrade

December 4, 2015

INTERESTING to see that a creditors’ meeting has been called for Intrade The Prediction Market Ltd and its related company, Trade Exchange Network... Read more »

Fresh Legal Woes For Alan Hanly

November 20, 2015

NAMA developer Alan Hanly of the Hanly Group has fresh legal woes to contend with and is currently being sued by various owners... Read more »

Brian Goff’s Court Date

November 20, 2015

VETERAN Dublin restaurateur Brian Goff – one of the founders of the Insomnia coffee chain – is one busy man and is currently... Read more »

Rick Larkin And The Taxman

November 20, 2015

SOME bad news for highflying developer Rick Larkin. His family owned company, Vieira Ltd, which trades as Twinlite, has just come out on... Read more »

Mary Cullen On The Warpath

November 20, 2015

FANS of Goldhawk will recall that earlier this year, Dublin publican and hotelier David Cullen – who was on the receiving end of... Read more »

Arnold Fanning’s Bank Blues

November 20, 2015

BIRR-BASED businessman Arnold Fanning, the principal in Midland Web Printing Ltd (MWP) – which came close to buying Buy and Sell last year,... Read more »

‘Ronaldo’ Kavanagh’s Own Goal

November 20, 2015

DEVELOPER Greg Kavanagh of New Generation Homes has been making plenty of waves in the business pages in recent months and is currently... Read more »

HOT AIR BRIGADE

November 6, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock once said that the greatest female stars had the trick of transforming themselves into a blank canvas onto which the masses... Read more »

Clare Dooley’s Double-Dealing

November 6, 2015

FINANCIAL advisor Clare Dooley escaped jail last month over an insurance scam against New Ireland Life Assurance plc, but she was disqualified from... Read more »

Kathryn Thomas’s Shares

November 6, 2015

THERE was some bad news last month for Carlow-based developer Gwynne Thomas – father to RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas – when a company... Read more »

Jamie White’s Rehabilitation

November 6, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to budding young Dublin publisher, Jamie White, who enjoyed a nice plug earlier this month in the Sunday Independent,... Read more »

Luigi Wewege’s Legal Contacts

November 6, 2015

MORE ON Luigi Wewege, the colourful boss of Irish registered subprime mortgage company, Vivier Mortgages Ltd (VML), which is currently suing RTÉ for... Read more »