The troubles of Londonderry singer Nadine Coyle seem set to continue in 2012 as her US dream business venture faces the threat of closure.

Singer Nadine Coyle bought the beach bar for her parents

The former Girls Aloud star, who saw her solo album flop last year, faces the new year amid threats that her Californian beachfront bar could be seized for non-payment of taxes.

The nightspot, Nadine’s Irish Mist, based at Sunset Beach, Orange County, owes close to $100,000 to the US taxman after it emerged no taxes have been paid during its existence.

The struggling Derry singer purchased the bar in 2008, granting a long-held wish of her parents, former Bogside residents Niall and Lillian Coyle.

And when it opened in time for St Patrick’s day in 2009 it received rave reviews.

In 2010 one local television station described the venue, run by Niall and which hosts traditional and contemporary music nights, as the best Irish restaurant in the LA area.

However, public records in Orange County have revealed that since its purchase no property tax has been paid.

For the year 2011/2012 the tax owed is over $18,000, with the first instalment due last month.

The second payment is due next month.

The records show a further amount of more than $70,000 is owed, including some $19,000 in fines.

Under local laws, a property is subject to sale for non-payment of taxes after five years.

Niall Coyle, the sole agent for Nadine’s Irish Mist’s parent company Charnarae, faces further troubles after its business licence was suspended for failing to supply a statement of information including documents detailing company address, directors and the nature of the business.

With its licence suspended now, though, it cannot legally operate and technically is required to close its doors, preventing it from collecting any payments due from third parties or engaging in business transactions.

The Coyles’ ailing business affairs appear to have affected their luxury lifestyle too. They have moved from the $7000-a-month rental property they acquired when they arrived in the US to a much more modest rented four-bedroom house.

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St Patricks Day was on Thursday and in true Irish style, Nadine’s Irish Mist bar held a party in a sea of green!

Nadine tweeted and posted some pictures.

@NadinesIrishBar is having an indoor and alfresco celebration St Patricks day. Be there or be square! Xx the good times have already begun!

I am a really bad irish person the only green I have is my #insatiable video jacket.. Oh well here goes! @NadinesIrishBar is a green sea! X

I climbed on the roof but got scared and could only show you this much. Woooooww dj outside. Xx http://plixi.com/p/84812940

Voala!! Xxx http://plixi.com/p/84818028

 

Nadine was papped drinking and smoking, you can see the pictures on the Daily Mail website [HERE]

She was long tipped as the one most likely to succeed a post-Girls Aloud career. But it looks like Nadine Coyle’s next hit could be financial.

Her bar, Nadine’s Irish Mist, in Sunset Beach, California, owes the local Orange County tax authorities some $40,000 (about €31,000) – a sum that is increasing daily thanks to punitive interest rates.

And to cap it all, the Coyle family business may be operating illegally, according to Orange County officials.

It’s all a far cry from Nadine’s plans to make the bar the first in a chain of Irish bars across the United States when it was purchased in the name of her father Niall after the Coyle family moved from Derry in July 2008.

Now, public records paint a worrying picture. Tax officials say Niall Coyle currently owes them $40,451.30 and has not paid property taxes on the bar since its purchase.

The tax bill is accruing interest at a rate of 1.5pc per month, meaning the sum owed increases by $522.67 each month.

To add to the problems, the bar has received a fine of $844.60 for failing to file appropriate documents when the property was transferred into Mr Coyle’s name.

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NADINE COYLE hasn’t been able to visit CHERYL COLE – because she’s building her business empire.

Nadine, who is frozen out of GIRLS ALOUD’s reunion plans, has been looking for a location to open another Irish bar to add to Irish Mist, the one she owns near LA.

It meant she could not fly to England to see her Geordie “pal”, who was struck down with malaria.

The Northern Irish lass confided in a friend in California this week. The pal said: “Nadine admitted that she’s started to get homesick.

She told me, ‘I’ve spoken to Cheryl. I was so worried about her. I’m going to try to meet up with all the girls when I get to the UK. I’ve missed them.’

“Nadine said she thought about heading home when she heard about Cheryl but she’s been busy planning to extend the Irish Mist chain. If Girls Aloud are over in that sense, then Nadine is fine. She has her solo career and her pub franchise to concentrate on.

“But the girls have grown up together. Nadine is sad that she hasn’t spoken to them much over the past year – but with the time difference, it’s difficult.”

Nadine wants everyone to think she’s still close to the girls but the truth is, they can’t be bothered with her anymore. I’d bet my boots they won’t speak once in LA now Cheryl’s there.

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POP Babe Nadine Coyle was bursting with emotion as she celebrated her 25th birthday in LA.

The Girls Aloud star, dressed in a little black dress, laughed and joked with family in her Irish bar in Huntington as she celebrated her birthday on Thursday night. The bash was organised by her dad Niall and was a rare night out for the singer.

She is currently holed up in a recording studio just outside of sunny Venice Beach and is putting the finishing touches to her debut solo album. She plans to release her debut single this December and has penned a track with Robbie Williams hit machine Guy Chambers.

But on Thursday night it was cake and candles for the star who downed drinks and danced the night away with her family.

“I had a great time at my birthday party last night,” said the Derry songbird. “I want to thank all my friends for coming down. “Birthdays always make me emotional.”

Nadine’s hunky boyfriend American football player Jason Bell missed the party. The burly ball player phoned the leggy brunnette to wish her a Happy Birthday.

“It was a great night and a really Irish party”, said a pal. “Nadine had all her family and friends and it was just a good old Irish knees up. “They even had a special cake made for her and turned the lights down in the entire bar when they brought it out.

“Jason wasn’t there but they chatted on the phone and will have their own celebrations later this week.”

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Had a great time at my birthday party last night. Thank you all for coming down to the mist. Birthdays always make me emotional. Xx xx