Article Category: Brief Cases

MICHAEL HACKMAN’S IRISH SCREENPLAY

December 1, 2022

INTERESTING TO see that the first accounts have been filed by Michael Hackman’s Ardmore and Troy Studios Limited, which acquired the two film... Read more »

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ROBERT DRENNAN’S SOUL SEARCHING

November 17, 2022

SO FAREWELL then to Robert Drennan’s trendy sofa retailer Soul, which has been wound up after a decade in business. Happily, design conscious... Read more »

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JENNY ROCK’S ADVICE

November 17, 2022

VIRTUALLY EVERY media outlet provides some kind of ‘your money’ or ‘how to save it’ advice these days, with some mid-tier entrepreneur or... Read more »

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ANNUAL 2022: BRIEF CASES – BUSY YEAR FOR THE GATE KEEPERS IN 2022

November 17, 2022

IT WAS a hectic year for liquidators, bankruptcy lawyers, insolvency practitioners and anyone investigating white-collar crime, as the long-stored-up problems during the Covid-19... Read more »

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AL PORTER’S TIMELY COMEBACK

November 15, 2022

AL PORTER made his “surprise comeback” last week, the Indo blared on its website. Showbiz editor Melanie Finn told expectant readers how “the... Read more »

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EVENT ARMY SUFFERS DEFEAT

November 2, 2022

THE DEFICIT at the online talent sourcing operation Event Army Ltd (EAL), which had traded as Mustard, could turn out to be pretty... Read more »

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JOHN MOORE SPLASHES THE CASH

November 2, 2022

NOW BASED in sunny Lisbon in Portugal, self-described “rebel entrepreneur” and “concerned citizen” John Moore has been chucking his money around here, as... Read more »

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COLIN MCKINLAY’S ASBESTOS PROBLEM

November 2, 2022

IT’S BEEN a difficult few years for Center Parcs Ireland (CPI). No sooner had the group opened its expensive holiday village in Co... Read more »

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GORDON ELLIOTT’S NEW WINNER

November 2, 2022

HIGH-PROFILE horseracing trainer Gordon Elliott has just filed some figures for his latest corporate entity. The Master of Cullentra remains the most likely... Read more »

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NOONAN FAMILY CLEANS UP

November 2, 2022

A COMPANY with the rather boring name of NNF Services Ltd has just been wound up and it turns out there is quite... Read more »

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MIKE WEBSTER’S ‘BRIGHT FUTURE’

October 19, 2022

THINGS CAN change pretty fast in the tourism business as Mike Webster, chief executive and founder of Killarney-headquartered hotel booking engine Arvoia, can... Read more »

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PAUL HOWARD’S PAIN

October 19, 2022

BETWEEN FORGETFUL politicians failing to declare rental income and the usual bleating before last month’s Budget 2023 about the ‘exodus’ of small, private... Read more »

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CLAYTON LOVE’S HAT-TRICK

October 19, 2022

LAST WEEK’S liquidation of Piton Properties Ltd (PPL) represents the third strike for Cork merchant prince Clayton Love, Neill Love and Sarah Cronin.... Read more »

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FIONA MCHUGH’S DISAPPOINTING DISH

October 19, 2022

FORMER SUNDAY TIMES editor Fiona McHugh continues to have unhappy experiences with her own businesses, with the liquidation of a Rathmines restaurant and... Read more »

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ENDA WOODS’S ‘GLASS BOX’

October 19, 2022

GOLDHAWK’S EYE was caught by an increasingly costly planning dispute in leafy Killiney between private equity titan Enda Woods of Signature Capital and... Read more »

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JOHN COLLISON’S PREDECESSORS

October 6, 2022

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by John Collison that millions of euro are to be lashed out upgrading the derelict Millbrook House next to his impressive... Read more »

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ALVAN HUNT’S LATEST INVESTMENT

October 6, 2022

THERE’S BEEN plenty of, er, buzz around Hexafly lately, the Irish company that wants to turn insects into animal feed to provide a... Read more »

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LEECH PAPERS FILED AWAY

October 6, 2022

A FORMER document disposal and paper recycling business called Leech Papers Ltd (LPL) has been placed in liquidation by the High Court, more... Read more »

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IVAN WILDE’S NEW COURSE

October 6, 2022

CHOPPY WATERS recently for fishing boat skipper Ivan Wilde, who has battled complaints from some workers about pay and conditions, while also winding... Read more »

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DORIAN’S GREY DAY

September 22, 2022

A CREDITORS’ meeting will be held next week to oversee the winding up of a Donnybrook, D4 restaurant/wine bar business that shut its... Read more »

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BARRY O’CALLAGHAN’S HOSPITALITY

September 22, 2022

IT’S BEEN a busy few months in Waterford for tech moneybags Barry O’Callaghan, where he’s been ringing the changes at his swanky Cliff... Read more »

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KEATING’S CREDITORS

September 22, 2022

DOCUMENTS FILED by joint liquidators Kieran Wallace and Andrew O’Leary reveal that the hapless unsecured creditors were owed a whopping €18m when Clare... Read more »

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NIALL QUINN’S SHOPPING LIST

September 22, 2022

AS NOTED elsewhere (see p18), Ash Quinn, the daughter of former Irish international striker Niall Quinn, has moved on from her chief executive... Read more »

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GRAEME DE RENZY’S $16M HEADACHE

September 8, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to learn that his old friend, Graeme de Renzy, is in another spot of bother, this time on foot... Read more »

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POWERSCOURT POWER PLAY

September 8, 2022

THE BATTLE of the super-rich landowners of Wicklow over staff quarters on the grounds of American billionaire John Malone’s Powerscourt Hotel has now... Read more »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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