Judge plays Santa to save creditors from toppling circus

A judge who played Santa has saved Christmas for the children and the clowns. Judge Jacqueline Linnane granted the famed Fossett Brothers Circus the protection of the circuit civil court from creditors.

Her decision to appoint Joseph Walsh, of Hughes Blake Accountants, as examiner to the circus company, means no group or single creditor can topple the big top over the Christmas period.

Barrister Ross Gorman said Fossett Brothers would now continue with its show at the Winter Funderland in the RDS.