A Circuit Court judge this Tuesday confirmed accountant Joe Walsh as examiner to Alfrank Designs, the pioneering Dublin luxury furniture company that entered insolvency proceedings on September 20. The company, founded in 1985 and now owned by Frank Carroll, has ten employees including directors Frank and Josephine Carroll. As previously reported, it also issued redeemable preference shares to Enterprise Ireland early in its development. It operates out of premises leased from Frank Carroll and outsources manufacturing to China. In China, it has a three-person sourcing office operated by Alfrank Designs Guangzhou Limited, a company that does not form part of…

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