Mary Henry (Independent)

In the context of this section and the preceding paragraph, and leaving aside the issue of the surrendering of licenses, what kind of state are we in if people can walk away from their liabilities? Irish Steel in Cork was sold for £1 to the Indian firm, Irish ISPAT, which is now in appalling trouble. Can that company just leave the country, do we have any means of apprehending it or does the State have to clean up the mess?