Full coverage: Insolvency

A minority family shareholder was accused in the High Court of going on a “wrecking mission” as Broderick's main stakeholder positioned itself as a steady hand on the tiller.

Ramona Nicholas and her husband Canice wanted to build an international chain of 100 pharmacies. Instead, confidential documents reveal the true scale of the company’s financial woes, including a history of losses, debt, and creditor default. Can it now be saved?

Rapt Touch hoped to crack the multi-billion-euro touch-screen technology market but found things hard-going. Its biggest backer, Dermot Desmond, has now appointed a receiver to two firms behind it.

Three decades ago this week, the Oireachtas rushed through emergency legislation to save Larry Goodman’s beef processing empire, triggering Ireland’s first-ever examinership. A lawyer who was in the room looks back on the process that kept the Goodman Group afloat – and many businesses since.

Former Arthur Cox boss Eugene McCague was a top corporate insolvency lawyer during the recession of the 1980s and the financial crash a decade ago. He believes the current crisis will leave deep scars, particularly in retail, hospitality, and travel.

A series of companies connected with the retail were liquidated today, with its owner pointing to the pandemic and the collapse in future tourism. Most of the money is due to the family behind the business.

When US investment firm Marathon Asset Management swooped in on Irish property after the financial crisis, three Debenhams stores entered its portfolio. The landlord is now suing the retailer.

A High Court judge has approved a plan combining creditor haircuts and investment by Thurles Wholesale Cash and Carry, the company owned by the Kildare-based Cox family of grocery wholesalers.

KPMG has been appointed as interim examiner to the Niall McGarry-founded business following a move by the debt financier Beach Point. The examiner now has 100 days to save the publisher behind Joe.ie and Sportsjoe.ie.

Court documents reveal that the retailer failed to stem losses in the year prior to the Covid-19 pandemic and is now exposed to loan charges contracted by its troubled UK parent.