In January, a long-running legal case in Florida that ensnared Irish car-washing company No-H2O for nearly three years was dismissed, pulling the curtain on a lengthy saga for the Irish business. No-H2O is a waterless car-washing service founded in Ireland. Led by founder Emmet O’Brien, the company undertook a US expansion in 2018. It began raising money from American investors and franchising its brand in dozens of cities. No-H2O billed itself as the “Uber of car washing”, using a specialised formula to remove dirt and grit from cars that, it said, is more environmentally friendly. But two sets of lawsuits…

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