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Padraig Harrington loses millions in failed business with Dermot Desmond

Padraig Harrington and his Billionaire Irish businessman Dermot Desmond have lost more than £15m in a technology firm, documents filed last week have revealed.

Mr Desmond, whose wealth is estimated at €1.4bn (£1.1bn), is regarded as one of the shrewdest investors in the business.

The businessman and the golfer, who finished second in the Irish Open in Killarney, yesterday, took the huge hit in a technology firm called Carthow Limited (formerly U4EA Technologies) in which his brother Columb Harrington was a director. It collapsed with debts of nearly £40m.

Gibraltar-based businessman Mr Desmond lost £11,918,811 in the venture through his private investment firm IIU. Harrington, who is having a mixed sporting year, lost £3,361,716.

The technology company is now in administration and, according to figures filed in court last week, there is only £250 left after £5m was paid to ‘secured’ creditors such as banks and institutions.


That's enough to take the fun out of life for a while...
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  1. NICK4 August 2010 at 00:00

    DD not quite so shrewd then!!

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  2. Scott4 August 2010 at 13:38

    no, but no punter wins every bet. Plus getting involved in a business with family links is often dangerous..

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