As the owners of House of Ireland, a tourist-focused giftware group, made a statement to creditors during a series of meetings to liquidate the group this afternoon, they paid special attention to the staff who had manned the stores since the 1970s. It was a classy moment on a sad occasion – and, according to several creditors who attended the virtual creditors’ meetings today, warmly received. In total, about 50 people worked across the network of three stores – one on Dublin’s Grafton Street, one in Dublin Airport and a third in Belfast Airport. Tom Murray, a partner with Dublin…

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