Elverys Sports, founded in 1847, is the oldest sports store in Ireland. There’s an Elverys in most big towns in Ireland — places like Tullamore, Ballina, Tuam, Charleville, and Gorey. There are 54 of them in total. And it is also something of a bellwether retailer, ebbing and flowing within the wider economic tide. Amid sustained losses and heavy debts between 2008 and 2014, it collapsed into examinership seven years ago and was acquired by its management team, led by Patrick Rowland. In 2019, the Staunton family, who ceded control during the examinership, bought back majority ownership. Operating through a…

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