Court appoints interim examiner to Cork ice cream maker

The court heard that despite the group's current difficulties it can survive and continue to trade if certain steps, including entering the examinership process, are taken.

The appointment was made in respect of Silver Pail Dairy, which employs 82 full-time staff. File picture: Larry Cummins

An interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to companies that are major manufactures of ice cream and cream liqueurs that has become insolvent and unable to pay their debts.

The appointment was made in respect of Silver Pail Dairy, which employs 82 full-time staff, as well as several contract workers at various times of the year, in Fermoy, Co. Cork.