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Full coverage: Retail

Liquidators to Born Clothing identifty €8.7m advanced to “various connected companies”

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.

Tom Lyons
18th May, 2026 - 2 min read

Born Clothing collapse triggers wave of receiver appointments across retail and property assets

Lenders, including Finance Ireland, First Citizen and Relm have moved on stores and investment properties tied to the failed fashion chain.

Ian Kehoe
14th May, 2026 - 2 min read

Irish retailers sign up to interchange lawsuit against Mastercard

Carrolls Irish Gifts and Carraig Donn are joining the likes of H&M in a UK legal dispute against the card payment giant over interchange fees.

Jonathan Keane
28th Apr, 2026 - 1 min read

The long road to liquidation: the rise and fall of EuroGiant

Charlie O’Loughlin built a discount empire that thrived through the crash. Fifteen years later, his EuroGiant chain has collapsed under the weight of high rents, supply shocks and a rapidly changing retail landscape.

Tom Lyons
5th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Retailers fail in bid to cross-examine top health official on tobacco licensing

The Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association is challenging the Minister for Health's new tobacco licence fees, claiming that "exorbitant figures were simply plucked out of the air and are inherently arbitrary”.

Francesca Comyn
7th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

Aurivo joins slew of High Court actions against Creeslough blast site owners

The farmers’ co-op is suing the Co Donegal service station business Vivo/Shell and connected parties, along with several public bodies.

Thomas Hubert
24th Oct, 2025 - 2 min read

Months after the sale of a “dupe” handbag, Dunnes Stores is being sued by Longchamp

The French luxury brand’s High Court action against the Irish retailer follows online attention for the similar design of their products.

Thomas Hubert
8th Sep, 2025 - 1 min read

“There is a shift quietly going on in how people are shopping”

After a decade in business, Stable of Ireland co-founders Frances Duff and Sonia Reynolds reflect on evolving consumer habits and the rise of a more thoughtful approach to retail.

Rosaleen McMeel
29th Aug, 2025 - 6 min read

Karl Lagerfeld retail business to pull shutters down on Kildare Village outlet

Directors of the Irish retail business of the late fashion designer are winding down its operations next month, according to newly filed accounts.

Jonathan Keane
6th Aug, 2025 - 2 min read

WineSpark is raising €1.5m to bring its wine subscription business to Britain

Eamon FitzGerald previously grew Naked Wines to sales to over £100m. In the pandemic he founded WineSpark in Ireland, and now he wants to expand into the UK.

Tom Lyons
3rd Jul, 2025 - 4 min read
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