Hopes for 16 jobs at Fossett’s Circus hang in balance

Fossett Brothers Circus will learn in little over a fortnight whether it folds its tents for the last time or catapults its way to a new beginning.

Mr Justice Raymond Groarke was told in the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that examiner, accountant Joseph Walsh, had completed his bid to rescue the company from its crippling debts.

The circus, owned by Robert and Edward Fossett and other members of the famous Fossett family, was put into examinership 100 days ago to give it protection from its creditors while Mr Walsh examined the possibility of a scheme to ensure its survival.