Article Category: Briefcases

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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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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