It went down to the wire.  But, at 5:01 PM on deadline day, an official in the Department of Sport confirmed to counterparts in Fáilte Ireland that it was over the line.  The department had filed a legal challenge in the nick of time to halt the impending release of a report it doesn’t want in the public domain.  The report in question? A 2024 Fáilte Ireland-commissioned EY assessment of the economic impact of Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027. The prestigious biennial battle between the might of US and European golfers is set to take place at JP…

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