The Workman’s Club Ltd (WCL), a hospitality company behind 12 venues in Dublin, has applied to go into examinership on foot of guarantees of €10 million that were put in place several years ago without the knowledge or approval at the time they were put in place of its secured lender Cheyne Capital. The guarantees were revealed as PwC accountant Declan McDonald was appointed interim examiner to the company today at a hearing in front of Ms Justice Eileen Roberts. WCL, a key component of what was once the Press Up group, sought court protection after alternative lender Relm demanded…

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