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Back in 2013, two Irish businessmen sought to replicate the model of a Swiss trade finance firm. Almost a decade later, it has collapsed. This is the story of tax breaks, unregulated loan notes, and a disastrous deal with the former kit supplier to the FAI.

Stephen Cluxton’s football IQ is on a different level to anyone I ever played with which always added rich insight in preparation for shutting out an opposition’s attacking threat or breaking down a packed defence.

Michael Halford has trained horses for the Aga Khan and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. However, his operating company is now in liquidation and documents reveal how much debt it has left behind – and to whom it is owed.

Thirty years ago, the Premier League began, developed from the frustrations of the big clubs. It has been an astonishing success story, which has brought its own problems for the sport.

All around the world, sporting organisations are sending players out to play more and more matches except in one place, where they have cut the money-spinning season back to six months. Nobody else would surrender so much of the season. 

For the past decade, the Revenue Commissioners have pursued the Co Kerry horseracing organisation for corporation tax, arguing that betting and other ancillary activities were not sport. The case has now made its way through the High Court.

The World Cup is unlikely to change anything for the better in Qatar, except to provide a magical illusion of progress for the duration of the tournament.

The motor racing entrepreneur is setting up an Irish eSkootr team and has bagged the franchise to bring the new sport to Ireland next year. "There is a huge interest in electric scooters among kids, a real movement. They don’t want to drive cars anymore," he tells The Currency.

In 2018, recent graduate Niamh Tallon started a website to write about women’s sports. Little did she know that her hobby would turn into one of Ireland’s fastest-growing sports media brands. She talks about monetising her platform and where Her Sport is headed.

Gareth Southgate's England are on the verge of another major Euro semi-final but they still look like a team in need of a plan.