Full coverage: Insolvency

Trinseo has factories worldwide and employs over 120 people in its Dublin office. A deal with creditors will wipe out all shareholders in its Irish-registered parent – but it must first go through the High Court.

Founded in 1974 by the Byrne brothers Ardmore is one of the most successful contractors in Britain. It is under pressure because of the cost of fixing historic projects after new regulations came in post Grenfell.

The High Court heard a phased payment to the tax authority was missed in error and has granted firms linked to the developer time to file an affidavit detailing a proposal to address the tax debts.

Mounting costs, changing consumer behaviour, and “the Shein and Temu effect” have led Jenni Timony to pull the plug on her FitPink clothing brand, she explains.

Liquidators to a company within collapsed women’s and men’s fashion retail chain Born Clothing founded by Joan Lynch and John Curley in 2010 have identified loans to connected parties. This includes €998,000 to Curley.

Two years after it entered the Nasdaq, an Irish company promising to become a leading transatlantic solar power producer is leaving investors and creditors to nurse heavy losses.

Court protection has been extended to the artisan chocolatier in Co Kerry as three investors submit proposals to rescue Paddy McKillen Jr's struggling business.

The craft chocolate business, controlled by Paddy McKillen Jr, is cash-flow insolvent with debts of around €2.7m, including over €900,000 owing to the Revenue Commissioners, the court heard. An investor linked to the businessman is understood to be in the wings.

Simultaneous insolvencies and new openings across the leading publican’s portfolio can be head-spinning. They reflect the fortunes of venues financed independently and carrying different baggage from pandemic times.

The Limerick start-up has raised funding from Frontline Ventures and angel investors like Des Traynor but has scheduled a creditors meeting next month with a view to appointing liquidators.