The DAF truck brand is one of the most iconic in global transportation dating back to 1928 when Hub van Doorne founded the company in a tiny workshop in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The business made 60,000 trucks in 2021 alone and it is by a distance Europe’s biggest maker of trucks. But now on the edge of Europe, in the county of Cork, a war has broken out between shareholders in a company called DAF Truck Services (Cork) Ltd that has for decades sold and serviced DAF trucks in the south west. On one side are father and son Patrick…

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“Oppressive acts,” tuxedo rental expenses and access to the DAF Trucks brand

After decades in business, the shareholders of a major truck distributor in Cork have fallen out. A founding family alleges other investors are trying to cut them off from staff and from the truck supplier in the Netherlands, but are expected to face a strong rebuttal in court.

25th Jul, 2022 - 10 min read

Tom Lyons

Chief Executive

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