VINNY MULVEY (Raheny Shamrock), the winner two years ago when he also won the national senior cross-country title, will go to the line as the favourite when the phenomenon that is the “Ballycotton 10” gets under way on Sunday.

THE Irish Ford Dealers’ Association (IFDA) enlisted members of the public to purchase vehicles from the cartel to see if any of its dealers were undercutting prices set down by the association.

A CLASSIC cartel designed to corrupt the market and squeeze consumers of cars was operated by the Irish Ford Dealers’ Association, a Circuit Criminal Court judge said yesterday.

A classic cartel designed to corrupt the market and squeeze consumers of cars was operated by the Irish Ford Dealers Association, a Central Criminal Court judge said tonight as he fined their secretary €30,000 and imposed a one year suspended jail sentence.

A Cork businessman pleaded guilty today to aiding or abetting in the illegal fixing of prices for Ford cars in Ireland – an offence under cartel legislation.