Shoe retailer Barratts goes into administration, 3,840 jobs at risk

Shoe retailer Barratts has gone into administration, placing 3,840 Irish and UK jobs under threat.

Deloitte, the business advisory firm, says it's been appointed joint administrators over the Barratts Priceless Group.

A downturn in trading is being blamed for the move as well as the unseasonably mild weather this year.

The company is based in Bradford in Britain and trades as Barratts and Priceless Shoes and has a number of stores in Ireland.