The Brisbane Irish Club has been placed into voluntary administration and three directors have resigned amid ongoing financial difficulties.
In a memorandum published on the Queensland Irish Association’s website, company secretary Paul Hogan wrote that the new board, appointed in November 2014, had been attempting to monitor the QIA’s financial position.
The Brisbane Irish Club has been at the heart of the Irish community in Queensland for many years.Credit: Harrison Saragossi
“The Board has encountered difficulties in becoming fully seized of the extent of the financial circumstances of the company,” Mr Hogan wrote.
“Mindful of their duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Corporations Law, the Board resolved that the QIA was, or was likely in the future, to be insolvent and resolved to appoint a voluntary administrator.”
The Queensland Irish Association Pipe Band perform at the Irish Club in 2013.Credit: Harrison Saragossi
A separate memo announced the resignation of President Seamus Sullivan and directors Noela McCormick and Pauline Donegan for health reasons.
The QIA was founded in 1898 and has been in its Elizabeth Street headquarters, Tara House, since 1920.
However it’s understood extensive renovations in recent…