An events promoter has avoided the threat of being jailed over a 250,000 debt to comedian Mario Rosenstock after being declared bankrupt.
Dublin District Court heard that concert and events promoter Darryl Downey owed the money to Blue Elf Inc Ltd, a company owned by mimic Rosenstock.
However, he was unable to keep up with a repayments schedule ordered by the court.
Rosenstock’s firm had tried to have Downey jailed as a result of the arrears and a judge had previously warned the promoter he had a draft warrant for arrest and committal on file.
Yesterday, however, his barrister Tessa White told Judge Michael Coghlan that, since the case was last before the court in March, Downey has been declare…
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