It started in a family kitchen and grew into a multimillion-euro confectionary business supplying sweets and luxury desserts to blue-chip customers from airlines to supermarket chains like Aldi and Musgraves, the High Court heard. But after 36 years in business and substantial investment from Enterprise Ireland and a fund controlled by BDO, Ina’s Kitchen Desserts, trading as Broderick’s, a minority shareholder is seeking court protection through the appointment of an examiner, in a move disputed by its board. Representing minority shareholder Barry Broderick, senior counsel John O’Donnell told the court that Broderick’s has been in significant difficulty for some years…

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