High Court orders liquidation of Engage XR Holdings and its subsidiary

The High Court has ordered that Engage XR Holdings PLC and Engage XR Limited be wound up and has appointed Colin Gaynor of Resolute Advisory as official liquidator of both companies. The order was made on 9 November 2026 under record numbers 2026 No. 323 COS and 2026 No. 324 COS, and is published in Iris Oifigiúil No. 90 of 10 November 2026, at notice [C-21].

The order was made under the Companies Act 2014 and places both companies in court liquidation, with an official liquidator appointed to take charge of their affairs. Both entities give the same registered address: G16, Arclabs Research and Innovation Centre, South East Technology University West Campus, Carriganore, Waterford.

A winding up that began with two petitions

The case has moved through the courts since September. On 11 September 2026, petitions were presented to the High Court by Engage XR Holdings PLC and by Engage XR Limited for the winding up of both companies in main proceedings, in accordance with Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 848/2015. The sequence published in the official gazette is:

• 11 September 2026: petitions presented to the High Court by the two companies.
• 14 September 2026: by court order, Colin Gaynor of Resolute Advisory, Suite 8A, Sandyford Business Park, Blackthorn Road, Dublin 18, appointed provisional liquidator of both companies.
• 2 November 2026: petitions listed for hearing at 10:30am at the Four Courts, Dublin 7, with creditors and contributories entitled to appear to support or oppose an order.
• 9 November 2026: the High Court orders both companies wound up and appoints the official liquidator.
• 10 November 2026: notice of the order published in Iris Oifigiúil No. 90.

Deadline of 9 May 2027 for creditors

The notice states that creditors of the two companies must send their names and addresses, together with the particulars of their debts or claims, to the liquidator on or before 9 May 2027. Submissions go to Colin Gaynor, Resolute Advisory, Suite 8A, Sandyford Business Park, Blackthorn Road, Dublin 18, D18 R2N8.

The same notice sets out what happens to creditors who do not act:

• They may be required, by notice in writing, to file affidavits in proof of their claims.
• They must attend at such time and place as may be specified.
• In default, they will be excluded from any distribution made before their debts or claims are proved.

The notice is dated 9 November 2026 and signed by Colin Gaynor in his capacity as liquidator.

Two record numbers, one liquidator

Engage XR Holdings PLC and Engage XR Limited were wound up under separate record numbers, 2026 No. 323 COS and 2026 No. 324 COS, but a single official liquidator was appointed to both, so one office will administer the two estates from the same address in Sandyford.

The notice is markedly different in tone from the members’ voluntary liquidations that fill the greater part of the companies notices in the same edition of Iris Oifigiúil. Those notices routinely state that all admitted creditors have been or will be paid in full; the Engage XR notice carries no such assurance, and it fixes a claims date more than six months after the order, on 9 May 2027.

The gazette text gives no figures for the assets or liabilities of either company and no indication of the number of creditors involved, so the practical outcome will only emerge as the liquidation proceeds.

For anyone with an interest in the two companies — trade creditors, lenders, landlords, former service providers or shareholders — the order marks the point at which the companies’ affairs pass to an official liquidator and the point from which the claims timetable runs. Missing the 9 May 2027 date carries the express risk of exclusion from any distribution made before a claim is proved, which makes documentary proof of debt the decisive practical step in the months ahead.

Source: Iris Oifigiúil, No. 90, 10 November 2026, High Court notices (official reference: [C-21]; 2026 No. 323 COS and 2026 No. 324 COS).