Restructure
In June 2009, the company announced that its UK business went into administration, and in July 2009, the Irish business entered examinership. The court was told the chain would close an unspecified number of its 85 stores in Ireland to ease its debt of more than €4 million. On 7 October 2009, it was announced O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars, which employs 800 people in Ireland, had gone into liquidation. The franchise was sold to Abrakebabra.
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