Article Category: Briefcases

OLGA SHAJAKU’S ‘MISFORTUNE’

May 19, 2022

IMMIGRATION LAWYER and businesswoman Olga Shajaku, principal of MS Solicitors in Dublin 8, has been making a name for herself in promoting links... Read more »

BARRY CONNOLLY’S KINDER SURPRISE

May 5, 2022

WHILE THE confectionery multinational Ferrero was in the news for all the wrong reasons last month due to the Salmonella outbreaks linked to... Read more »

TYRONE MCKILLEN MOVIE PLOT

May 5, 2022

GIVEN THE number of different players now getting into the high-stakes film studio business in Ireland, it is perhaps not surprising that one... Read more »

JOHN MOORE’S PORTUGUESE ADVENTURE

May 5, 2022

INTERESTING to see that colourful entrepreneur John Moore has switched address from D4 to Lisbon. It is not clear if the change of... Read more »

BURSTING THE COLLISONS’ BUBBLE

April 20, 2022

IRISH BUSINESS hacks predictably lapped up the news that John and Patrick Collison, the tousle-headed tech tyros, are now worth a whopping $9.5bn... Read more »

JARLATH GANTLY’S BUMPY RIDE

April 20, 2022

LAST MONTH, Jarlath Gantly was chatting to transport minister Eamon Ryan about the latest e-transport sharing scheme unveiled by the Co Sligo-based businessman.... Read more »

EDMOND O’REILLY’S ADVENTURES

April 20, 2022

THERE HAS been a lot of water under the bridge since Edmond O’Reilly’s much-hyped Trustwater company collapsed into liquidation six years ago, but... Read more »

RED RAGE IN THE BLACK

April 20, 2022

THE SUCCESSFUL advertising production company, Red Rage Productions, set up 25 years ago by equal shareholders Paul Holmes (CEO) and Gary Moore (MD),... Read more »

MICHELE ROMANOW’S FANS

April 7, 2022

IRISH BUSINESS hacks, normally starved of a bit of glamour, went ga-ga over Michele Romanow last week, which was proof (if any of... Read more »

MARTIN CULLEN’S COMEBACK

April 7, 2022

THE BUILD-UP to the Dublin City LGBT Pride festival has begun in earnest as the various corporate entities prepare to display their rainbow... Read more »

TOM RYAN’S LEGAL BILLS

April 7, 2022

THERE WAS no luck for Goldhawk’s old friend, Tom Ryan, whose bid to appeal €8.5m in judgments in the UK has suffered a... Read more »

ELLIE’S BUSY SCHEDULE

April 7, 2022

IT WAS a busy week of news coverage for Ellie Kisyombe, self-described “public figure, politician, mum, food & direct provision campaigner”, as well... Read more »

CHANELLE MCCOY’S GOOD GOING

March 24, 2022

CHANELLE MCCOY, a former Dragon’s Den dragon raised a fair few bob for her new cannabidiol (CBD) extract company, Chanelle McCoy Health (CMH),... Read more »

JOHN O’CONNELL’S LICENCE APPLICATION

March 24, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see the name of John O’Connell, the prime mover in the big West Cork Distillers operation, pop up in... Read more »

THE ITALIAN JOB

March 24, 2022

A HEFTY €1.1m judgment has just been registered against an interesting Irish company called WLE World Licensing Enterprise Ltd with a registered address... Read more »

SCHOOL OF FOOD’S HARD LESSON

March 24, 2022

AT A creditors’ meeting last month, James Nolan was appointed liquidator of the company that had been behind a training school for chefs,... Read more »

WISSAM’S IRISH PROFITS

March 10, 2022

WITH BROADCASTER Miriam O’Callaghan extracting a grovelling apology out of Facebook Ireland over “malicious” ads posted on the social media platform, Goldhawk wonders... Read more »

COLM WU’S BUSY SCHEDULE

March 10, 2022

BUSY PROPERTY owner Guoquing Wu (known here as Colm Wu) has started off this year as he ended the last, with a lot... Read more »

JOHN CALLANAN SAVES THE SKEFF

March 10, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS relieved to hear of some good news, finally, for John Callanan of Callanan Hotels – owner of the Skeffington Arms Hotel,... Read more »

WILLIAM GOUGH’S WOES

March 10, 2022

INTERESTING TO see one that William Gough, with an address in Glynstown, Glanmire, Co Cork, has been adjudged a bankrupt. His name may... Read more »

CATRIONA CAREY’S EARLY PROMISE

February 24, 2022

THE NAME of Catriona Carey has certainly grabbed the public’s attention over the last couple of weeks, following the broadcasting of the RTÉ... Read more »

JERRY DONOVAN’S JUDGMENT

February 24, 2022

AN OLD friend of Goldhawk’s, property developer Jerry Donovan, has just suffered a significant setback with the registering of a judgment by Nama... Read more »

WILLIE O’DEA’S SHARES

February 24, 2022

FIANNA FÁIL’S Willie O’Dea was all over the media last weekend, with a flurry of eye-catching statements that hungry pol corrs leapt on.... Read more »

MIKE MORRIS’S HOTEL HEADACHE

February 22, 2022

THIS YEAR is not looking any better for hapless hotelier Mike Morris, whose Belmont Hotel in Knock, Co Mayo, burnt down at the... Read more »

WALSH FAMILY’S FOXROCK GOLDMINE

February 10, 2022

HAVING COME a cropper in the financial crash, Foxrock developer John Walsh and his wife Bronagh are back in the game, with a... Read more »

IAN LUCEY’S CREDITORS’ MEETING

February 10, 2022

GOLDHAWK’S favourite tech investor Ian Lucey is dealing with more major bugs at one of his companies. Having found himself coming out the... Read more »

MICHAEL KAVANAGH’S WEALTH PROBLEM

February 10, 2022

LAST MONTH, a company called Mittand collapsed into liquidation, with Gerard Murphy installed as liquidator. The name may not ring a bell with... Read more »

PHILIP MEADE’S BIG POTATOES

February 10, 2022

THE AMBITIOUS Philip Meade – Meath’s very own ‘potato king’ – has encountered resistance over plans to develop a vodka distillery on his... Read more »

COLM TÓIBÍN’S FINANCIAL PLOT TWISTS

January 27, 2022

THIS MONTH Ireland’s most prolific and prestigious living writer (© The Guardian) Colm Tóibín picked up yet another accolade when he was named... Read more »

JOSEPH O’BRIEN’S TV RUN

January 27, 2022

INTERESTING to see the Sindo reporting that Box to Box Films – the producers of the hit Netflix series Drive to Survive (about... Read more »

PAUL BOWES’S HOTEL BILLS

January 27, 2022

AN OLD pal of Goldhawk’s popped up just before Christmas with a circuit court application to appoint an examiner to the company that... Read more »

FLIPDISH’S RED INK

January 27, 2022

THERE WAS plenty of hype for food delivery company Flipdish this month when it was announced that the company has raised an €85m... Read more »

NIALL HORGAN’S MONEY MACHINE

January 13, 2022

LAST YEAR proved a pretty good one for Niall Horgan and his Gym+Coffee, which is understood to have shifted significant volumes of its... Read more »