This has been a bad week for the GAA. The problem with the rules in the association is sometimes they are only enforced if somebody objects to their violation.
If a state of high dudgeon can be reached in the current circumstances, how will the political parties cope when high-grade manure drops from the sky without warning as inevitably it will?
Rugby unions all over the world are facing increased pressure to address the concussion problem in the game.
The EU has special-purpose vehicles in its crosshairs. The European Parliament has suggested stricter criteria to scrutinise their use in tax avoidance, but the decision rests with finance ministers.
The slowdown in commercial property offers yet another example of why we should be welcoming foreign property investors.
Recent days have seen major components of inflation – energy, grain and freight prices – fall back to the levels seen before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yet market observers offer no guarantees that this will last.
By diligently applying a process, positive outcomes over time are just as likely in your investment portfolio as they are for Messrs Sexton and McIlroy on the rugby pitch or golf course.
Martin Curley was not the first outsider to join the public sector from the private sector. However, in truth, most have left, unable or unwilling to put up with the status quo.
One of the reasons we’re facing the crises we are is because, for decades, we’ve been without the form of political leadership which puts up a vision of how the country might be.
Graham Potter is wholly deserving of the opportunity to manage Chelsea. He may be wholly unsuited to the job of managing Chelsea.
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