In the face of the mounting losses, the CLRG wrote to members last year to advise that it was abandoning its own investigation into the alleged cheating in Irish dancing.

New accounts for the Co Limerick-based Bóthar CLG show that the charity reduced its losses from €282,824 in 2023 to €100,854 last year as it reduced its costs by 40 per cent from €1.05 million to €628,852 in the 12 months to the end of June last.

Accounts recently filed to the Companies Office for An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG) show that its finances were sent reeling further by the alleged ‘feis-fixing’ scandal in 2023.

There is no indication yet on the impact of the job cuts on the estimated 4,900 people it employs in Ireland

New accounts filed by Crownway Entertainment Ltd shows that the theatre firm returned to profit as box office revenues increased more than four-fold from €2.42 million to €9.94 million.