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Organizations founded/run by the Irish businessman Declan Ganley have engendered comment     concerning their commonality of personnel and location. A list of Declan Ganley organizations is given below.

Adornis.com
Adornis.com was an online jewelry retailer launched in 1999, part of the dot-com boom of the 90's. The company was funded thru Ganley's private equity firm, the Ganley Group, with $30m in equity funding, $30m in debt financing and a personal investment by Ganley of $5.5m. The French holding company Compagnie Financiere Richemont (or Richmount ) owned 20% and the Irish internet firm Nua Internet Services owned 10%. Ganley owned around 40%, with the remainder owned by three American hedge funds. It was valued at $25 million at one point but collapsed and its stock was sold off to Overstock.com for about $2m. The remains were converted to Adornis.com Limited, founded on 7 September 2001. That company's latest annual return was filed on 31 December 2005.


 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company names: Adornis.com, Inc., Adornis.com Ltd.
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): Suite 265, 411 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, USA
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): Jeanne Daniels, Roy Albers.
 * Funded/established by: Ganley Group

Anglo Adriatic Investment Fund
The Anglo Adriatic Investment Fund (AAIF) was established by Ganley International, with a 10% stake taken by the US-based Rothschild Emerging Markets Fund. AAIF was the first foreign-managed investment fund in Albania, provisionally licensed on 13 April 1996 and definitively licensed on 22 May 1996. AAIF collected privatisation vouchers that the government of post-communist Albania was giving to Albanians, and it used the nominal value of those vouchers for investment in areas such as fertilizer, breweries, cement and pharmaceuticals. The Albanians who deposited their vouchers with AAIF recieved shares in the fund in return. At one point the fund had 450,000 shareholders and vouchers with a nominal value of more than $120 million.

But AAIF had collected too many vouchers: it had 12% of all the vouchers and privatisation leks combined, more that the 10% maximum prescribed by law. Following a lengthly period of negotiation and accusation between AAIF and the Albanian government, AAIF was left unable to continue with the privatisation. Even worse, the market value of the vouchers had dropped from 25.6% of their nominal value in January 1996 to 1.7% in October 1998. AAIF was bankrupted.

Der Speigel stated that AAIF's UK office (128 Mount Street, London, W1Y 5HA ) shared an address with the European branch of US investment fund Paladin Capital, and also stated that Paladin Capital's advisory board was chaired by former CIA director James Woolsey. Ganley denies any involvement with the CIA.


 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): Anglo Adriatic Investment Fund SA
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): n/a
 * Assoc. location (Other): Hotel Rogner Europa Park, Blvd. Deshmoret e Kombit, Tirana, Albania. 128 Mount Street, London, W1Y 5HA, United Kingdom
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): Liam Lawlor, (consultant )
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): Kosta Trebicka, Dan De Marino, Gary Hunter
 * Funded/established by: Ganley International

BroadNet

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): multiple
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: The BroadNet(s) were owned 37.5% by Ganley's European Telecoms Holdings and 62.5% by Comcast Holdings Corp. BroadNet was funded by the Ganley Group.
 * Notes: BroadNet companies were setup throughout Europe, so BroadNet Austria, Belgium, Czech, Deutschland, France, Hellas, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Magyarorszag, Norge, Polska, Slovakia, Suisse, UK, etc. BroadNet Ireland is now inactive.

Cable Bulgaria

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): 19 Tzar Boris III Blvd, 4th Floor, Sofia 1612, Bulgaria.
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): Don N. De Marino, Kenneth A. Fields, James Leitner, Brendan Quinn, Brian Gibbons, Robert Condon, Denka Ivanova, Plamen Petrov,
 * Funded/established by: Ganley Group.
 * Notes: ?

Capital Route Private Hire Ltd

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): 2nd Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF.
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: Ganley Group.
 * Notes: Incorporated on 07/01/2002

Cellstar

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: CellStar Ireland's address is given as "C/O Chase Manhattan Bank (Ireland), Chase Manhattan House, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland"

European Telecoms Holdings

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Ganley-controlled holding company for the BroadNets, see above.

Ganley Group

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): Francis O'Flaherty, James O'Reilly, Martina Higgins Montu Bashambu
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: Private investors
 * Notes: Equity investments firm founded 1990. Its website is here.

Ganley International

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Previously known as Acegrind.

Grand Portage Limited

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Founded by Ganley during his attempt to buy Irish Fertiliser Industries Subsidiary of Grande Portage Resources Ltd (Canada), a shell company with no net assets and no income.

Growth Plus Ireland

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: ?

Guardian Net

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Unsuccessfully sought a mobile phone licence for Iraq.

Kipelova Forestry Enterprises

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): Latvia?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: ?

Libertas Foundation Limited

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Research and advocacy organization formed to advocate the ideals of the Libertas Party Limited, with aspirations to become a political foundation at European level.

Libertas Institute Limited

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): Caroline Simons Chris Coughlan, David Cochrane, James O'Reilly, John McGuirk, Martina Higgins, Naoise Nunn, Norrie Keane, Seán Ganley, (brother of Declan)
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Lobby group that successfully campaigned for a "no" vote in the 2008 referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon. Sometimes called Libertas.org to distinguish it from the political party.

Libertas Party Limited

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): 7th Floor, Avenue de Cortenbergh 71, Brussels 1000, Belgium.
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): Jens-Peter Bonde
 * Robin Matthews
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Political party formed to contend the 2009 European elections, with aspirations to become a political party at European level. Sometimes called Libertas.eu to distinguish it from the lobby group.

Liberty Mobile

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Unsuccessfully sought a mobile phone licence for Iraq.

Platform Ltd

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Later Rivada Solutions.

Rivada Solutions

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): ?
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): ?
 * Funded/established by: ?
 * Notes: Formerly Platform, founded June 2000.

Rivada Networks

 * Ganley involved?: Yes
 * Formal company name(s): ?
 * Assoc. location (Ireland): Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway
 * Assoc. location (Other): 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 1101 Arlington, Virginia 22202-3727 USA, 7899 Lexington Drive, Suite 250 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920 USA,
 * Assoc. personnel (Ireland): David Cochrane, James O'Reilly, Francis O'Flaherty, Martina Higgins, Montu Bashambu, Naoise Nunn, Norrie Keane,
 * Assoc. personnel (Other): Clint Smith, Dennis McCarthy, Don DeMarino, James Tackett, Jim Loy, John J. Kelly Jr., John Kneuer, Ken Fields, Robert F. Duncan, William J. Atkins,
 * Funded/established by: Ganley Group.
 * Notes: Secure quickly-deployable telecommunications. Website is here.