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When the referee isn’t in charge: The crisis at rugby’s core

When the referee isn’t in charge: The crisis at rugby’s core

Two minutes and 28 seconds into the Test match, Tadhg Beirne makes a badly timed shoulder-to-head contact with Beauden Barrett. Television Match Official (TMO) Ian Tempest radios down: ...

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Retailers fail in bid to cross-examine top health official on tobacco licensing

Retailers fail in bid to cross-examine top health official on tobacco licensing

As a public health measure, it is hard to fault. From next February 2, retailers will have to pay an annual licence fee of €1,000 to sell tobacco products and another €800 to sell vapes...

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“Picking a fight with average”: How Lisa Clarke built Rowdy Studio

“Picking a fight with average”: How Lisa Clarke built Rowdy Studio

When Lisa Clarke was made redundant from her London design agency job during the recession, she did what few in her position might have done – she founded her own.  It was 2010, and the...

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High Court deems wind turbine quieter than “a washing machine” as judicial review quashed

High Court deems wind turbine quieter than “a washing machine” as judicial review quashed

In June this year, the High Court ordered the total shutdown of three wind turbines in Co Wexford because a house just over a kilometre away was subject to “serious” noise that made the...

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Family-owned equipment distributor acquired by Japanese multinational Komatsu

Family-owned equipment distributor acquired by Japanese multinational Komatsu

Set up by Michael McHale Snr over half a century ago, the McHale Plant Sales company, still in family hands, has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading construction equipment distribu...

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M6 deal post-mortem: Valuing and refinancing a motorway

M6 deal post-mortem: Valuing and refinancing a motorway

On September 18, 2023, the Spanish infrastructure multinational Sacyr announced the sale of its 45 per cent stake in the 56km M6 motorway concession in Co Galway to another Spanish inve...

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