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Anna May McHugh, the organiser of the National Ploughing Championships, has helped to steer the event through tough economic times and, with the help of her daughter, establish it as a hardy annual, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

AS the 2011 recipient of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award, Colette Twomey joins a distinguished gallery of Ireland’s most esteemed and admired entrepreneurs.

Bottles of champagne recovered after nearly 200 years on the seabed were declared eminently drinkable by experts today.

Magazine publisher Norah Casey tonight scooped the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year for 2007.

Whiskey distiller Glenmorangie today hailed the success of a marketing drive as half-year profits lifted 19% despite a “challenging” takeover period.

One of Scotland’s most famous whisky brands has been sold to a French company for £300m, it was announced tonight.