Despite the fall in insolvencies for a third consecutive year in 2015, the failure rate of Irish businesses is still three times higher than before the crisis in 2007.

Five new guilds already signed up, four more in the pipeline, a best-selling book, 40 sewing machines collected and sent to Africa, €30,000 presented to National Breast Cancer Research Institute — just some achievements of ICA in 2012-13 and highlighted at their recent AGM.