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Liquidators to investigate claim Glenbeigh Construction shareholders received big dividends in 2022

Troubled construction firm, which was contracted for major projects at Dublin Airport and Mountjoy prison, entered liquidation last month

Counsel for the provisional liquidators said the dividend raised some initial concerns as to how a company which has now fallen into insolvency could have distributed funds. Picture: Getty

Liquidators appointed over a well-known construction company have said they will investigate concerns that “very significant dividends” were paid to shareholders a year before the firm sought to be wound up.

Glenbeigh Construction Limited, which had been carrying out works on a number of high-value and strategic projects, applied to be placed into liquidation last month. It said it was unable to pay its debts due to losses in recent years.

The company employs 33 ...