Fashion chain goes into examinership putting 350 jobs at risk

An examiner has been appointed to the fashion chain A Wear.

Ken Fennell of Kavanagh Fennell said all 40 of the chain's shops will remain open during the examinership.

The company said it has suffered from a fall in customers and from high rents.

A Wear employs more than 350 people.

In a statement it said its survival will depend on negotiating lower rents with landlords and it hoped to keep a majority of its stores open.