The FIFA deal works out at an investment by the platform of €15m per game, almost three times more than the cost of a Premier League fixture.

Asda was the single most important international retailer for the Forged Irish Stout brand. 

There is mounting speculation that the investigation is struggling to build a solid case.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are set to play a 2025/26 regular season game in Croke Park.

The findings of the FAI’s first commissioned economic impact report into the league have come a long way from a 99 page, 2016 paper by a UK consultant, who found that the league was ‘Cool’.

This group of mainly American visitors invests €85.4 annually into golf tourism.

The de-facto state-ownership of the game must end with David Courell pushing politics back in its rightful place, no longer allowing it to wag the dog.

Any devaluation on the game will be considered in the light of what is happening in England, where the game is entering what on the face of it looks like a severe depression.

One question which regularly pops up is how much the independent golfer programme will impact clubs financially. This is a figure neither Golf Ireland or The R&A can stand over.

Did a leak to the media cost Ireland Jack Grealish? And maybe Declan Rice too?