Article Category: Briefcases

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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PATRICK KIELTY’S RIGHT HAND MAN

July 27, 2023
WHILE THERE has been plenty of media coverage of the gap between the pay packet for the incoming host of The Late Late Show,... Read more »

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BARTH O’NEILL’S INTERESTING LENDER

July 27, 2023

AN ENTERTAINING tussle between Kerry builder Barth O’Neill and his lender, Golden Door Lending (GDL), was settled in the Four Goldmines recently. In... Read more »

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DOIREANN GARRIHY’S SPLASH

July 13, 2023

AS REPORTS emerged of the various money-making wheezes of RTÉ broadcaster Doireann Garrihy, Montrose claimed it was an “editorial” decision to host a... Read more »

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YVONNE BRADY’S SHORTS

July 13, 2023

A FAIR few of the companies that featured on the Irish version of Dragons’ Den have come a cropper over the years and... Read more »

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MOVIE PRODUCERS’ BIG BUDGETS

July 13, 2023

AT AN Oireachtas committee hearing on the Section 481 tax credit earlier this month (see p17), Susan Kirby’s film and television lobby group,... Read more »

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CROWLEY’S EXPENSIVE ROOMS

July 13, 2023
ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p23) the finances of the listed Dalata Hotels Group are analysed. One “case study” included relates to the opening... Read more »

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PIZZA YARD SLICED

June 29, 2023

THE SUDDEN closure of Pizza Yard in Ranelagh should not really have come as a surprise. A message was uploaded last week to... Read more »

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PROFITABLE PRIDE

June 29, 2023

WITH THE month-long Pride festivities over for another year, the crew behind the big Dublin Pride parade and various shindigs can start to... Read more »

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‘EXTREMELY CONCERNED’ TV PRODUCERS

June 29, 2023

AS FANS of Goldhawk are well aware, the Irish TV and movie sector provides rich pickings for the coterie of movers and shakers... Read more »

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COUNTING ‘THE CURRENCY’

June 29, 2023

THIS WEEK, the boys from The Currency have been making the news as well as covering it (see p3) but the good news... Read more »

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DESMOND’S SURGICAL STRIKE

June 29, 2023

A LOW-profile tech company called Intumed Ltd was quietly wound up last month. It turns out to have been heavily backed by Dermot... Read more »

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CORMAC LOHAN’S COSTS

June 15, 2023

GOLDHAWK’S OLD friend, Athlone legal eagle Cormac Lohan, has suffered yet another setback, this time over a legal costs adjudication relating to the... Read more »

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SEAWEED COMPANY SINKS

June 15, 2023
GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see that a liquidator (Flavien Kelly) has just been appointed to The Seaweed Company Blue Turtle Ltd, the Irish subsidiary... Read more »

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IAN LUCEY’S GUARANTEES

June 15, 2023

HAVING COME pretty close to the edge on a couple of occasions, serial tech investor Ian Lucey’s investment vehicle, Lucey Technology Ltd (LTL),... Read more »

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CHRIS WHOLEY’S SETBACKS

June 15, 2023
INTERESTING TO see long-established engineering business KC Civil Engineering Ltd (KCCE) on the wrong end of a judgment for €66,000 from suppliers Stakelums Hardware... Read more »

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TOM HIGGINS GETS READY TO BLAST OFF

June 1, 2023

COULD MINTED Tom ‘Psychics Live’ Higgins be about to finally blast off for space, 18 years after he stumped up the equivalent of... Read more »

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MORE MILLIONS FOR MOVIES

June 1, 2023

ARTS MINISTER Catherine Martin is currently seeking applications from “suitably qualified candidates” for two vacancies on the board of the state film funding... Read more »

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