Figures from business information company Vision-net.ie show that nine Irish companies were declared insolvent every working day in the month of October.

Vision-net.ie says 172 companies were declared insolvent in the month, with business and professional services companies (17%) now ranking alongside construction companies (18%) as the worst sectors affected.

Vision-net.ie also released the results of its monthly company stress tests.

------------------------
READ MORE:

More business news stories from IrishCentral

Unemployment rate in Ireland trebles - as 100 people per day emigrate

------------------------

Of the 14,700 companies surveyed in the sample, 41% were seen as high risk in terms of their risk of failure, 20% were classified as medium risk and 39% were low risk.

Christine Cullen, managing director of Vision-net.ie, said the level of business failures continued to be stubbornly high.

"There are few real signs yet of recovery in the domestic sector, with professional services firms starting to creep in the wrong direction. What is apparent is that while the export sector is growing, weak consumer confident continues to hamper growth in home-grown companies," she said.