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Companies office halts strike-offs after 1,500 businesses shut in error
The Companies Registration Office said it regretted the errors and any confusion they may have caused
The Companies Registration Office has suspended its entire involuntary strike off process after admitting to invalidly shuttering more than 1,500 companies.
As the Business Post revealed last week, the CRO was accused of amending online documents to falsely portray that the struck off company was given a public 28-day warning notice. It was threatened with legal action by representatives of affected firms.
The agency, which is under the Department of Enterprise, is now scrambling to ...