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UK businessman with firms ‘worth billions’ sets up in Ireland
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Brewery seeks examiner just months after it raised €3.5m of investment
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ECB cuts rates for seventh time with more reductions expected
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Bank of Ireland accused of fraud in €14m lending case in Britain
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John Roe buys Castleknock’s Twin Oaks for more than €2m
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Mark Zuckerberg tells antitrust trial he saw TikTok as an ‘urgent’ threat to Facebook’s market position
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Cullie Tucker rings the changes as Connacht take to skies to salvage URC knockout place
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Shamrock Rovers’ members board reaffirm backing for boss Stephen Bradley and request meeting with co-owner Dermot Desmond
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Legend leaves the stage as Bohs mourn the passing of former player and legendary manager Billy Young, aged 87
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Captain Edel McMahon returns in five changes to Ireland team to face Wales in Women’s Six Nations
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Trent Alexander-Arnold’s professionalism impresses Arne Slot amid speculation
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Nickie Quaid named to start Limerick’s Championship opener just five months after tearing cruciate ligament
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Harry Maguire says Lyon win was ‘maddest game’ of his life and sums up his Manchester United career
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