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DUBLIN PARNELLS’ OWN GOAL

September 8, 2022
LOOKS LIKE the long-established Parnells GAA club in Coolock, D5, might have scored an own goal following a costly lawsuit. Certainly, someone took their... Read more »

RODERIC O’GORMAN’S WAR EFFORT

September 8, 2022

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p3) Goldhawk examines the awarding of contracts to accommodation providers, particularly hotel owners in relation to the arrival... Read more »

FIONA MCHUGH’S CLOUDY OUTLOOK

August 25, 2022

HAVING ONLY recently found herself on the end of a tiny judgment from the Revenue for just €1,850 (presumably as a result of... Read more »

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JOHN BURNS’S PAPER TRAIL

August 25, 2022

GOLDHAWK’S EYE was caught by a curious media piece by John Burns of the Sunday Times last week, in which he wrote about... Read more »

Dermot Desmond The Sporting Emporium Losses

DERMOT DESMOND’S LONG SHOT

August 25, 2022

DERMOT DESMOND must be happy that his casino business off Grafton Street, on St Anne’s Lane, is making a profit these days. But... Read more »

MOVIEMAKERS’ PREDICTABLE PLOT

August 25, 2022

AN ASSESSMENT of the film and television luvvies’ favourite tax credit, Section 481, is currently under way at the Department of Finance, prior... Read more »

HOZIER’S HITS

August 11, 2022

THE FOG-HORN voiced Hozier – formerly known as Andrew Hozier-Byrne, until he was championed and molded by music supremos Caroline Downey and Denis... Read more »

DOWN THE TOILET FOR LUCA MAMMI

August 11, 2022

THE PANDEMIC has claimed another victim with the upmarket bathroom business Profilo Smart, owned by Dublin 6-based Italian designer Luca Mammi, entering liquidation.... Read more »

ANNE DAVY BOUNCES BACK

August 11, 2022

IT’S BEEN a rocky few years for Anne Davy, the majority owner of the controversial Hyde and Seek childcare chain in Dublin. At... Read more »

FLIPDISH V AMAZON

August 11, 2022

THERE HAS been much drooling by business hacks over the fundraising exploits of Conor and James McCarthy, the Dublin-based brothers behind Flipdish, an... Read more »

NIALL HARBISON’S DOGGY TREAT

August 11, 2022

WHAT A surprise it was to see Goldhawk’s old pal, Niall Harbison, pop up in the Irish Times last month. Now living in... Read more »

BARKHILL LOSES ITS BITE

July 28, 2022

IT LOOKS like we will be waving goodbye in the next couple of months to a property company called Barkhill Ltd, which helped... Read more »

ELISHA DOWLING’S HOMEWORK

July 28, 2022

TWO YEARS on from the sudden closing of the long-established Brookfield College grind school in Tralee, when blindsided parents were advised that a... Read more »

THE VEGAN MOODLEYS’ MENU

July 28, 2022

ALTHOUGH VEGANISM is understood to be growing in Ireland (as elsewhere), this did not prevent the collapse of a company set up to... Read more »

LOUIS RONAN’S DEADLY COMPETITION

July 28, 2022

GOLDHAWK’S OLD pal Louis Ronan senior will be breathing a sigh of relief after a rival crematorium to his Cork-based Island Crematorium was... Read more »

SENAN SEXTON’S DARK APARTMENT

July 14, 2022

A LARGE property on Elgin Road D4 in the heart of the embassy district is on the market with a hefty price tag.... Read more »

ALAN CURRAN’S ‘SCOUTING TRIPS’

July 14, 2022

MUCH FANFARE was expended last week by the Jimmy Menton-chaired board of Providence Resources in announcing the appointment of Alan Curran as interim... Read more »

GREENCOAT RENEWABLES’ JAMMY CONTRACT

July 14, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that the Rónán Murphy-chaired board of the listed wind energy conglomerate Greencoat Renewables has been busy renewing the... Read more »

GERRY GANNON’S WINDFALL

July 14, 2022

IT LOOKS like yet another bumper payday is heading the way of developer and landowner extraordinaire Gerry Gannon, who has put the former... Read more »

JOHN COLLISON’S OFFSHORE ENTITY

June 30, 2022

A NEW company has been established following the acquisition from David Davies of Abbeyleix House last year by Stripe billionaire John Collison. He... Read more »

AN CAILÍN BOOM

June 30, 2022

INTERESTING TO see that the development money pendulum at the state film funding agency Screen Ireland (SI) has swung in favour of female... Read more »

DUBLIN AIRPORT’S MARQUEE PLAYERS

June 30, 2022

WITH CHAOS still the order of the day for air passengers passing through Dublin Airport, at least someone is making a few bob... Read more »

SEÁN DOYLE’S ENTERTAINMENT PROBLEM

June 30, 2022

BAD NEWS for expansive Wexford businessman Seán Doyle, whose hospitality company has just been hit with a judgment from South Dublin County Council... Read more »

NICOLA MITCHELL’S BRAVERY

June 30, 2022

PESTICIDES QUEEN Nicola Mitchell, the 2020 EY entrepreneur of the year, who, apparently, is considering floating her Life Scientific company on the Dublin... Read more »

DAVID COULSON’S ROUGH SEAS

June 16, 2022

THE MARINA company owned by the former CEO of Grafton Group – Ballsbridge-based Mick Chadwick – has just registered a judgment against Dalkey’s... Read more »

CROHAN O’SHEA’S BARGAIN MANSION

June 16, 2022

A MANSION overlooking Killiney Bay (“on Dublin’s Riviera” according to the Business Post last month) is currently on the market for no less... Read more »

FAST-FOOD FRACAS

June 16, 2022

IN RUSSIA, McDonald’s made headlines when it was replaced in Moscow by franchisee Alexander Govor’s homegrown version of the burger chain, Vkusno i... Read more »

ALAN TORPEY’S TURBULENCE

June 16, 2022

THE EXAMINERSHIP this week of the Ryco book cover company is the second major setback for this firm. Its enterprising principal, Malta-based Irish... Read more »

DARRYL KAVANAGH’S TROLL

June 2, 2022

IT MUST have come as quite a surprise to the entrepreneurial Darryl Kavanagh to come across a couple of new web pages featuring... Read more »

DONAL GALLAGHER’S IRISH HEADACHE

June 2, 2022

WHILE HE has been flying high in London in recent years, construction moneybags Donal Gallagher has been experiencing rather serious turbulence on this... Read more »

MCDONAGH’S COSTS

June 2, 2022

IT HAS been a tough few years for the indefatigable Brian McDonagh, the man who copped a lot of the blame for stopping... Read more »

ARNAUD GAULTIER’S VINTAGE PERFORMANCE

June 2, 2022

KILDARE-BASED wine importer Arnaud Gaultier recently suffered yet another setback in his continuing saga against the dreaded taxman. Fans of Goldhawk will remember... Read more »

WEIGHT WATCHERS CASH OUT

May 19, 2022

THE BUSINESS and methods of keeping the Irish public ship-shape (at least in terms of sheer bulk) has been an increasing topic of... Read more »

PHILIP MAGUIRE’S POWER FAILURE

May 19, 2022

RADIO LISTENERS may have noted an ad campaign by the Roger O’Connor-chaired Sports Ireland Campus, which is spending a fair few bob promoting... Read more »

MIKE MORRIS’S HOTEL HEADACHE

May 19, 2022

THE WESTERN PEOPLE reported last week that a “damaged” Mayo hotel is up for sale for €¼m. This is almost €3m less than... Read more »

PADDY COVENEY’S PERKS

May 19, 2022

SANDWICH MAKER Greencore finally announced a replacement last week for Patrick Coveney, with DAA boss Dalton Philips getting the nod. It’s taken Greencore... Read more »