A year publicans might want to forget

Both examinerships and receiverships were two-a-penny in Dublin’s struggling pub trade during 2009

Both examinerships and receiverships were two-a-penny in Dublin’s struggling pub trade during 2009

For the Dublin licensed property market, 2009 will be remembered as the year of the examiner and the receiver, with many notable pub groups succumbing to the economic pressures which are now rampant throughout the industry. On top of this, the lack of bank debt finance compounded an already difficult situation for the licensed trade, with the result that there ...