“We started as a small family business distributing the Umbro brand in Ireland and we are now Ireland’s premier supplier of sports, outdoor, specialty and fashion brands to Irish retail”, the JACC Sports Distributor website says. But that dream came crashing down on Tuesday when the FAI terminated the west Dublin’s firm most valuable contract, a multi-year license agreement to supply jerseys to the national soccer team. After that, things went from bad to worse. Or maybe the inevitable struck, as the €13 million-plus debt-laden company found itself careering towards wipe out. On Thursday afternoon, JACC’s biggest creditor, Deal Partners…

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