This month last year, the online learning platform Shaw Academy was valued at €200 million based on an initial assessment by a respected boutique corporate finance advisor in Britain. Yesterday, however, the Shaw Academy petitioned the High Court to seek examinership protection to allow it restructure its business, just two years after it had already done so previously. The business has trained millions of students globally on all sorts of topics from business to photography and music. The story behind how it finds itself in trouble again is an extraordinary one that traverses the world from its headquarters in Dublin…

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