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Liquidator settles reckless trading case against directors in Donegal meat company

Mr Justice Oisin Quinn said settlement would allow all parties to “retain control of the outcome” following a four-week hearing

Edenmore Farm Meats is based in Donegal

A reckless trading case taken by the liquidator of a collapsed meat processing business in Donegal has been settled over halfway through a six week hearing, the High Court has heard.

John Healy, of Dublin-based Kirby Healy Chartered Accountants, had been seeking to make three men connected to Edenmore Farm Meats personally liable for the debts of the company, which included more than €2.7 million owed to farmers and other suppliers.

John Kennedy, senior counsel ...