The second edition of this authoritative book examines in detail all the corporate insolvency procedures available in Ireland, including examination, receivership, and winding-up. It examines the rights and liabilities of the parties involved in the winding-up process (company directors, shareholders, and secured and unsecured creditors), and it also addresses the issue of fraudulent and reckless trading in Ireland. Contents include: winding up by the court: procedural and practical considerations * voluntary liquidations * priority of creditors' claims * receivership * issues arising in receivership * creditors' remedies * fraudulent and reckless trading * director disqualification and restriction * curbing abuses: the office of the director of corporate enforcement * examinations * Irish legislative rescue provisions * rescuing businesses: market solutions.