Article Category: Briefcases

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »