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TV Wrap of 2020 - The best, worst and WTF moments of the year sport became a television show
We look back at some of the best and the bizarre moments from a year of TV sport like no other. By Gavin Cooney Wednesday 30 Dec 2020, 7:00 AM Dec 30th 2020, 7:00 AM 13,999 Views 2 Comments
THERE WAS ONCE an ancient age in which we could be moved by the totally irrelevant, and what’s more, it was only this year.
Clare County Councillor Gerry Flynn got a couple of spins through the February news cycle in petitioning the Minister for Communications to reinstate Joe Brolly to The Sunday Game, telling the Irish Times, “I am a sports fanatic and I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms since he was removed from the RTÉ panel.”
Donnelly Group 2019 financial results reveal £2.66m pre-tax loss
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Click the thumbs up >Donnelly Group has revealed a £2.66m pre-tax loss in its annual accounts for 2019 but stated that a rationalisation review of the car retail business had now liberated £8m in annual savings.
The Northern Ireland-based car retail group managed to increase its turnover to £311.9m (2018: £311.1m) during the reported period but followed 2018’s £362,361 loss before tax with a further decline in profitability.
The group’s financial statement, published via Companies House on December 22, said that it had moved to close “non-performing franchises” following a review of its operations in the latter half of 2019 identified how to make cost reductions of £8m on an annualised basis.
Inquiry into allegations of abuse involving teenage army recruits at a battle camp in Dumfries and Galloway collapses
Inquiry into allegations of abuse involving teenage army recruits at Dumfries and Galloway camp collapses One of the largest inquiries into the alleged abuse of teenage Army recruits in Britain has collapsed after the Royal Military Police bungled the investigation into allegations during a battle camp at Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, in the summer of 2014. A judge branded the three-year police probe “seriously flawed” as he halted the first of three court martials amid problems of missing evidence and claims that witnesses were forced to make statements.
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Fifteen years ago, hardly any of the electricity we use in Northern Ireland came from renewable sources like wind and solar power.
Polluting fossil fuels, many of them sourced from distant lands, were our staple.
But all that has changed.
In the year to March 2020, renewable sources provided almost 47% of our power, easily hitting the Northern Ireland Executive s target of 40% by 2020.
It is a remarkable achievement, good news for the environment and our energy security.
But the scheme that did much of the heavy lifting to get us there, the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation (NIRO), is under ongoing scrutiny.
Northern Ireland-based studio Out of Tune Games revealed their new multiplayer game Crooks Like Us this week In what looks like it may be the next great game to see people playing on Twitch and YouTube, the game will have you and up to three of your friends planning a heist while also competing with[.]
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