Article Category: Brief Cases

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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RUNNING OUT OF ENERGY

August 24, 2023
IT IS not looking like a great year for energy safety expert Denis Higgins, who is a director of two separate regulatory bodies that... Read more »

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SUSAN KIRBY’S HEADACHE

August 24, 2023

IT TOOK a while – and pickets on the studios in Hollywood by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, supported by the likes of Meryl... Read more »

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FINAN O’DONOGHUE’S HOLIDAY WOES

August 24, 2023
IT MAY come as a surprise to fans of camping in Europe that a business set up a few years ago to sell increasingly... Read more »

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PETER WILSON’S DOG FIGHT

August 10, 2023

SOME BAD news for The Black Dog Communications, run by Peter Wilson, which provides billing services for “dating, psychic or adult chat” lines,... Read more »

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THE BUTCHERS’ CUT

August 10, 2023

IT HAS been a long time coming but Goldhawk’s favourite butchers, brothers Sean and Paul Nyhan, are set to be restricted from acting... Read more »

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JACKIE’S FLAG WAVING

August 10, 2023

WHEN KATEO Investments Ltd, owner of the Thomas Moore Inn on Aungier Street in D2, applied to Dublin City Council for permission to... Read more »

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BEYOND SAVING

August 10, 2023

THIS WEEK a creditors’ meeting will be held for the impressive sounding CashDirector EU Ltd, a digital business service provider that was incorporated... Read more »

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NURSING THEIR WOUNDS

August 10, 2023

A TAX judgment has been registered against a company called Eldabane Properties Ltd (EPL), which was involved in the development of a nursing... Read more »

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HOLY MOLY!

July 27, 2023
HATS OFF to Garry O’Sullivan, who is proving that even if it is notoriously difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of... Read more »

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IAN REDMOND’S BUM NOTE

July 27, 2023

DESPITE THE much hyped efforts of the Give Us the Night campaign, Dublin’s rapidly declining nightlife offering was dealt another blow this month... Read more »

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DERMOT DESMOND’S DIRECTOR

July 27, 2023

DERMOT DESMOND continues to slowly ring the changes at his Sporting Emporium casino business off Grafton Street. Last month, he pulled in the... Read more »

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