As Easter approaches, Paddy McKillen Jr has succeeded in having an examiner appointed to artisan chocolatier Skelligs Chocolate, offering the business a temporary shield from its creditors. Seaclaidi Na Sceilge Teoranta, the company behind the Co Kerry business, is cash-flow insolvent with debts of circa €2.7 million including over €900,000 owing to the Revenue Commissioners, Dublin Circuit Court heard. It was profitable up to 2022 but has made a loss each year since then.  The court was told market conditions and cost pressures are the source of the firm’s difficulties, particularly global inflation and supply chain disruptions post-Covid, including rising energy…

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