Article Category: Briefcases

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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BRIPPA’S PROPERTY

November 15, 2023

ELSEWHERE (see p16) Goldhawk takes a look at the latest business move by Pippa O’Connor, who launched her Poco Beauty range this month.... Read more »

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DAVID BARNIVILLE’S LIST

November 15, 2023

WITH THE deadline having now passed for applications for the €230,000-a-year job as chair of An Bord Pleanála (ABP), minister Darragh O’Brien will... Read more »

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ANNUAL 2023: BRIEF CASES – 2023: A YEAR OF COURT CASES AND SOUR DISHES

November 15, 2023

IT’S BEEN a tough end to 2023 for Paddy Cosgrave, who for years has got away with spouting all sorts of nonsense online... Read more »

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NIALL QUINN’S TACTICS

November 2, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS TO former Irish goal-scoring machine Niall Quinn and his missus, Gillian, who have joined the movers and shakers by purchasing a rather large... Read more »

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‘VANISHING TRIANGLE’ SIGHTED

November 2, 2023

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with Virgin Media TV’s (VMTV) ‘missing’ drama series, The Vanishing Triangle – a six-part effort from Ivan... Read more »

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AMNESTY’S CAMPAIGN WOES

November 2, 2023

GIVEN THE turmoil in the Middle East, it is not surprising that Amnesty International Ireland (AII) has been extra busy, for example through... Read more »

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COLM WU’S TAXING MATTERS

November 2, 2023

IT LOOKS like 2023 is ending with Goldhawk’s old friend, hospitality operator Colm ‘Bo Vision’ Wu, on the back foot, just as he... Read more »

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BRENDAN MULLIN’S TACKLE TECHNIQUE

October 19, 2023

WHILE ALL eyes have been on Paris for the rugger buggers, former Irish and Lions outside centre Brendan Mullin has been making his... Read more »

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NICHOLAS WICKHAM’S GOLDEN SHOT

October 18, 2023

THE ANTICS of Nicholas Wickham, founder of Irish Gold & Silver Bullion Ltd (IGSB), have been well aired in the High Court, although... Read more »

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MICEÁL SAMMON’S SCARP SETBACK

October 18, 2023

THE LATEST company that has failed to emerge successfully from the erratic Scarp protection process is BTP Construction Ltd, which turns out to... Read more »

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ANOTHER FRACK UP IN KERRY

October 18, 2023
LAST MONTH was a bad one for US giants New Fortress Energy (NFE), with An Bord Pleanála putting the kibosh on its Irish subsidiary’s... Read more »

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JOHN TEELING’S NEW ADVISORS

October 5, 2023

JOHN TEELING has been delivering some premium quality profits from his whiskey endeavours for the last two decades but the performance of some... Read more »

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SUPERPAT’S BIG SCREEN

October 5, 2023

THE EFFORTS of Pat ‘Supermac’s’ McDonagh to bring a bit of New York’s Times Square to Galway’s Eyre Square have fallen flat again.... Read more »

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BÉBHINN FLOOD’S FASHION FAUX PAS

October 5, 2023

THIS WEEK sees the creditors’ meeting for a company called The Design House (Bespoke) Ltd, which was incorporated a decade ago by fashion... Read more »

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NIAMH PARKER’S RETWEETS

October 5, 2023

AFTER MONTHS of relative silence, it was interesting to see one of Goldhawk’s favourite tech gurus, Allan Beechinor, pop up again – this... Read more »

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ASHLING KILDUFF’S CURATED COMEBACK

September 21, 2023

GOLDHAWK SPIES that Naas-based number-cruncher Patrick McDonnell has stepped down as a director of a company called Curated Designs Ltd just 16 months... Read more »

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DAVID MONGEY’S GOOD GOING

September 21, 2023

THE IRISH National Stud (INS) in Tully, Co Kildare, has had a change at the top as a result of the retirement of... Read more »

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KINGSPAN’S TROJAN HORSE

September 21, 2023

Does Kingspan have a Trojan horse strategy for the US? The news that the company had been in talks about a merger with... Read more »

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AILISH KELLY’S COSMETIC CHANGES

September 21, 2023

THERE WAS plenty of media coverage devoted to the announcement that Goldhawk’s old friends in The Avoca Clinic have received a whopping €7m... Read more »

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PAUL STENSON’S NEW HAT

September 7, 2023

THERE IS no sign of former loudmouth cafe owner Paul Stenson finding someone to stump up a few bob for his White Moose... Read more »

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FERGAL NAUGHTON AND THE BRENNANS

September 7, 2023

SO, GLEN Dimplex heir Fergal Naughton and his missus, Rachael, are the new owners of Dermot Desmond’s Georgian townhouse on Merrion Square in... Read more »

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MAURICE PRATT’S PRESCRIPTION

September 7, 2023

HEALTHCARE GIANT Uniphar recently reported a healthy looking set of results for 2022, boasting a profit before tax of over €58m. There have,... Read more »

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NO SO JOLLY HOCKEY STICKS

September 7, 2023

A SPAT has emerged between the residents who live around Newbridge College, one of the more affordable private schools in Ireland, with fees... Read more »

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JOHN MOORE’S VIRTUAL IMPAIRMENT

September 7, 2023

SELF-STYLED “rebel entrepreneur” and “concerned citizen” John Moore, now based in sunny Lisbon in Portugal, has had a bit of a setback with... Read more »

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JOHN MCGUIRK’S AWARDS

August 24, 2023

THE DEDICATED hacks of Gript, the conservative news website that says it’s an antidote to “the all-pervasive groupthink that exists across most Irish... Read more »

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ANNE HERATY’S SAD STOREY

August 24, 2023

SOME BAD news for Anne Heraty and hubby Paul Carroll, who got a red light from Dublin City Council (DCC) planning officials when... Read more »

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