{"id":495968,"date":"2026-06-12T11:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/495968\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:52:08","slug":"major-donegal-construction-firm-on-verge-of-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/495968\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Donegal construction firm on verge of administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A huge construction company founded by two Donegal brothers is on the verge of going into administration.<\/p>\n<p>Killybegs-born Cormac and Patrick Byrne are the founders of the Ardmore Construction Group.<\/p>\n<p>They have been responsible for some of the biggest building projects in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is now understood the company is on the verge of entering administration.<\/p>\n<p>The news has sent shockwaves through the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p>The company has already stopped work on a number of high-profile projects.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the companies within the group are due to be affected, including Ardmore Major Projects and Ardmore Hotels and Commercial.<\/p>\n<p>The company notified the High Court in London yesterday of its intention to take the step, citing significant potential liabilities linked to alleged historic building defects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/contract-signed-for-38-social-housing-units-in-inishowen-637516\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Contract signed for 38 social housing units in Inishowen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/contract-signed-for-38-social-housing-units-in-inishowen.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Contract signed for 38 social housing units in Inishowen\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/sponsored-content\/letterkenny-community-centre-goes-from-strength-to-strength-637425\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Letterkenny Community Centre goes from strength to strength\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/letterkenny-community-centre-goes-from-strength-to-strength.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Letterkenny Community Centre goes from strength to strength\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those liabilities have undermined its ability to secure new contracts, prompting the move towards administration. <\/p>\n<p>The company is currently on a number of sites under construction.<\/p>\n<p>They include a 462 flats complex in Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith Civic Campus and Kensington Forum Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge construction company founded by two Donegal brothers is on the verge of going into administration. Killybegs-born&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-495968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}