What a difference a decade makes: On this exact date 10 years ago, I dropped a friend to Shannon Airport — another statistic in the gathering gloom of Ireland’s great recession.

The influence of law and politics on sport will continue to deepen in 2019. In the first of a two-part series, Jack Anderson looks at some landmark sporting anniversaries that fall this year.

I believe that the present economic crisis and the 1929 crash are linked.

INVESTORS were warned yesterday to be wary of jumping back into stocks and shares by one of the country’s leading economists.