In November I did an article with others in which I highlighted the numbers of business people who were quitting the Republic to start new lives in then UK and in the process go bankrupt and rid themselves of irish debt.

The link to that article is below

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/hundreds-of-bust-business-figures-flock-to-uk-for-soft-bankruptcies-3296418.html

Irish Bankruptcy - not just for the rich and famous

I recently did an opinion piece for the Irish Independent, entitled Irish Bankruptcy - not just for the rich and famous. The point of the article was to highlight that despite Ireland having signed off on new Insolvency Legislation, there would be no change in the number of people coming over from Ireland to the Uk to go bankrupt.

Whereas in the past that might have been multi-million pound property developers, it is now more likely to be normal people with normal jobs, who lost spectacularly when investing in the property market.

Here is a link to my piece.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/ronald-quinlan-bankruptcy-in-uk-not-just-for-rich-and-famous-3343320.html

Article in the Sunday Business Post

This is a piece that I did for the Sunday Business Post on the bankruptcy regime in the UK as opposed to Ireland.
The case study below was from one of my clients who went through the process very early and is now back living with her husband and children in Dublin.

This is a piece that I did with the Daily Star in Ireland commenting on the bankruptcy of Shane Filan, ex of West Life.
This is one of the very high profile Irish Bankruptcies.
Shane has recently had a meeting of his creditors, where the extent of his liabilities came to a head at €24m.
It has also been reported in the press that he has been allowed to keep his £30,000 wedding ring.

Steve in conversation with Marian Finucane on RTERadio1 radio

In an interview that went out in May 2012, Steve and Marian discussed the exodus of Irish to the UK seeking relief from debt, how the Irish Government had yet to provide a solution to the problems and where it might all end up.

Steve in conversation with Kildare FM on bankruptcy

This is a further interview that Steve did with Kildare FM. The interviewer again wanted to focus on how people could go to the UK to go bankrupt. How common this was and the pro's and con's of doing so.

Steve Thatcher in interview with Dublin South Business Eye programme

Here Steve is in conversation with the specialist business programme, Business Eye which is broadcast by Dublin South. Here he again explains how it is possible for someone from Ireland to go bankrupt in England.

The interview is about 7-8 minutes long only. There is s short introduction before we get to the interview with Steve.