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height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41555818.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Tiger Woods' TGL debut tops NBA ratings despite rout</h5><div class="card-text">Woods' TGL debut was watched by more than 1 million viewers, up 9 percent from the league's first match last week and more head-to-head than the NBA drew on TNT</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 16 Jan, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41555797" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41555797.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41555797.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8927/4463758_6_teasersmall_2653702_1_.jpg" alt="Celbridge v Naas - Kildare County Senior Club Football Championship Final" title="2653702.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41555797.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: How Naas GAA Club gambled jeopardy against strategy and lost</h5><div class="card-text">Central to the growth of Naas GAA was a 2018 initiative to develop the club to a new level, spearheaded by an ambitious plan to turn the fortunes of this once sleeping giant of Kildare GAA.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 16 Jan, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41550121" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41550121.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a 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page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41545858.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8885/4442683_1_teasersmall_1735671241738-e4b36001-69bb-4d0f-bc80-1f5b034b4063_1.jpg" alt="Putting the $ in sports: where the big deals of 2025 will get done" title="1735671241738-e4b36001-69bb-4d0f-bc80-1f5b034b4063_1.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41545858.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Putting the $ in sports: where the big deals of 2025 will get done</h5><div class="card-text">The business of global sport in 2025: an A-Z of things you might need to know and what to keep an eye on over the next 12 months.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Wed, 01 Jan, 2025</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41545678" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41545678.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41545678.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8884/4442221_2_teasersmall_messi.jpg" alt="FBL-WC-2026-SAMERICA-QUALIFIERS-ARG-BOL" title="messi.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41545678.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Lionel Messi real estate trust debuts in Spain with €223 million market cap</h5><div class="card-text">Messi, the Inter Miami player and former FC Barcelona forward, is named as chairman of Edificio Rostower Socimi's board in documents published by the Portfolio Stock Exchange, a small European alternative market</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Tue, 31 Dec, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41543056" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41543056.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41543056.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8873/4436533_1_teasersmall_Copy_20of_2053676093574_e270067f0a_k.jpg_tn_FILE_channel_PRINT" alt="The Pitch: Greasing the wheels of sport in 2024" title="53676093574_e270067f0a_k.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41543056.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Greasing the wheels of sport in 2024</h5><div class="card-text">Money - or the lack of it - is increasingly at the core of the sport's success or failures. Here's a 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GARA 2.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41539487.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Signing of Ronan O’Gara completes Declan Kelly’s comeback</h5><div class="card-text">As a close friend of Tipp go-getter Declan Kelly once said: 'Declan is the only man I know to fall upwards'</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 19 Dec, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41534372" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41534372.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41534372.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8836/4418042_9_teasersmall_BOXING_20Birmingham_20_2022214567.jpg" alt="Sunny Edwards v Galal Yafai - BP Pulse Live - Birmingham" title="BOXING Birmingham 22214567" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41534372.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: DAZN to seek Irish broadcast partner to share its $1bn FIFA risk</h5><div class="card-text">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.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 12 Dec, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41530412" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41530412.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a 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While champion trainers Willie Mullins and Aidan O’Brien have also been honoured.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 05 Dec, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41525693" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41525693.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41525693.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8797/4398971_10_teasersmall_inpho_02257919_20_1_1_.jpg" alt="A view of Forged Irish Stout branding 17/5/2023" title="inpho_02257919 (1).jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41525693.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Asda deliver fatal blow to the Conor McGregor drinks empire</h5><div class="card-text">Asda was the single most important international retailer for the Forged Irish Stout brand. </div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 28 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41521055" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41521055.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41521055.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8774/4387451_4_teasersmall_1680570_1_.jpg" alt="The Football Association of Ireland attend a meeting with the Oireachtas Committee on Sport" title="1680570.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41521055.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Five years after football’s ‘Ground Zero’, FAI probe goes dark</h5><div class="card-text">There is mounting speculation that the investigation is struggling to build a solid case.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 21 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41516243" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41516243.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41516243.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8753/4376837_3_teasersmall_GettyImages-1913346206_1_.jpg" alt="Pittsburgh Steelers v Baltimore Ravens" title="GettyImages-1913346206.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41516243.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Croke Park set to host Steelers in biggest ever sporting event</h5><div class="card-text">The Pittsburgh Steelers are set to play a 2025/26 regular season game in Croke Park.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 14 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41511224" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41511224.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41511224.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8734/4367096_6_teasersmall_2885357_1_.jpg" alt="Clare v Cork - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final" title="2885357.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41511224.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Could GAA be next in the incredible rise of Premier Sports?</h5><div class="card-text">How has the channel established itself, not only as a disruptive pay alternative to RTÉ, but as a significant rival to the state broadcaster?</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 07 Nov, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41501735" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41501735.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41501735.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8693/4346816_8_teasersmall_Waterville_2017_200715_1_.jpg" alt="The Pitch: Golf’s super rich – where they’re staying, playing and what they’re paying" title="Waterville 17 0715.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41501735.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: Golf’s super rich – where they’re staying, playing and what they’re paying</h5><div class="card-text">This group of mainly American visitors invests €85.4 annually into golf tourism.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 24 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41497229" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41497229.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41497229.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8674/4337360_6_teasersmall_pitc_20golf.jpg" alt="The Pitch: City centre golf - Murray, Best and Madigan invest in game's richest trend" title="pitc golf.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41497229.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: City centre golf - Murray, Best and Madigan invest in game's richest trend</h5><div class="card-text">Rugby stars have invested in a new urban golfing venture which global trends show will change the way the game is played here</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 17 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div>  <div style="width: 100%; margin: 0 0 10px;" id="div-gpt-ad-native-3"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-native-3'); }); </script> </div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41492594" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41492594.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41492594.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8654/4327301_4_teasersmall_inpho_02556068_1_.jpg" alt="David Courell speaks to the media after the meeting 14/9/2024" title="inpho_02556068.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41492594.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: What politicians don't get about need for investment in football academies </h5><div class="card-text">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.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 10 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41492243" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41492243.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41492243.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8653/4326530_2_teasersmall_GettyImages-2175504751_1_.jpg" alt="Atletico de Madrid v Real Madrid CF - La Liga EA Sports" title="GettyImages-2175504751.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41492243.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Saudi Arabia pays for naming rights to Atlético Madrid’s stadium for nine years</h5><div class="card-text">Saudi Arabia is all-but confirmed to host the 2034 World Cup. It is the only candidate in a contest FIFA member federations will decide in a December 11 vote.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Wed, 09 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41490806" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41490806.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41490806.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8647/4323680_7_teasersmall_inpho_01229648_1_.jpg" alt="Peter O'Mahony 24/6/2017" title="inpho_01229648.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41490806.html"><h5 class="card-title "> British and Irish Lions agree landmark player profit share agreement for 2025 Tour</h5><div class="card-text">New agreement will see the creation of a new partnership whereby players will benefit from a profit share model</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Mon, 07 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41489597" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41489597.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41489597.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8642/4321043_12_teasersmall_Magnier_2cJohn_20City_20Of_20Troy_20Sandown_20r195.jpg" alt="Coolmore's link up with Tipperary GAA a winner alright for Premier County" title="Coolmore's link up with Tipperary GAA a winner alright for Premier County" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41489597.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Coolmore's link up with Tipperary GAA a winner alright for Premier County</h5><div class="card-text">Tipperary GAA have inked a three-year sponsorship deal with the world-renowned stud.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Sat, 05 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41488307" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41488307.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41488307.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8635/4317584_3_teasersmall_2944870.jpg" alt="Munster v Connacht - United Rugby Championship" title="BM2_9272" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41488307.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: URC broadcast rights are out to tender — but what will new deals reveal?</h5><div class="card-text">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.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 03 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41487899" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41487899.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41487899.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8633/4316828_6_teasersmall_PatrickMahomes_1_.jpg" alt="Kansas City Chiefs v Los Angeles Chargers" title="PatrickMahomes.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41487899.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Cold, ravenous and predatory: private equity casts its beady eyes towards the NFL</h5><div class="card-text">These investors’ main function is to own and extract rather than operate, improve, or nurture the assets under their control: their business model is built on minimum investment with maximum drain.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Wed, 02 Oct, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41483386" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41483386.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41483386.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8614/4307191_9_teasersmall_GettyImages-2162385809_1_.jpg" alt="The 152nd Open - Preview Day Three" title="GettyImages-2162385809.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41483386.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> The Pitch: How the R&A is driving a wedge through Irish golf industry</h5><div class="card-text">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.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 26 Sep, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41482225" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41482225.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41482225.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8610/4305016_1_teasersmall_2.45462171.jpg.jpg" alt="Leeds United v Derby County - Sky Bet Championship - Elland Road" title="45462171" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41482225.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Leeds plan to redevelop Elland Road into 53,000-seater stadium</h5><div class="card-text">Chairman says ‘refresh’ would retain ‘unique atmosphere’.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Tue, 24 Sep, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41478436" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41478436.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41478436.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8594/4297087_6_teasersmall_2.38751094.jpg.jpg" alt="Celtic and Republic of Ireland Legends v Manchester United Legends - Liam Miller Tribute Match - Pairc Ui Chaoimh" title="38751094" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41478436.html"><h5 class="card-title "><span class="premium-tag" title="Subscriber only">S</span> Cork hopes dashed? 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title="77162394" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41473663.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Manchester United post net losses of £113.2M but believe they are compliant with PSR</h5><div class="card-text">The Red Devils' latest losses for the year ending June 30 follows a £115.5m loss in 2021-22 and a £42.1m loss in 2022-23.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Wed, 11 Sep, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41473195" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41473195.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41473195.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8570/4285498_6_teasersmall_GettyImages-2169707718_1_.jpg" alt="Chelsea FC v Crystal Palace FC - Premier League" title="GettyImages-2169707718.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41473195.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Chelsea in talks over building new stadium at Earls Court</h5><div class="card-text">West London outfit understood to have drawn up plans and talks have taken place with real estate developers</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Tue, 10 Sep, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41466112" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41466112.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41466112.html"><img loading="lazy" src="/cms_media/module_img/8540/4270219_1_teasersmall_GettyImages-2153078149_1_.jpg" alt="Phoenix Mercury v Las Vegas 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Derry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final" title="2862572.jpg" width="201" height="113"></a></div><div class="col-8"><div class="card-body"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41465353.html"><h5 class="card-title "> Of Galway, with a passion for Kerry, Frank Hayes was key point man between two brand giants</h5><div class="card-text">The genial Loughrea man was the go-between for one of the longest and most lucrative sponsorships in the GAA - Kerry Group and Kerry GAA.</div></a><p class="card-text date-pub"><small class="text-muted">Thu, 29 Aug, 2024</small></p></div></div></div></div> <div class="card card-newslist 0" id="article-card-41465005" data-article-link="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41465005.html" data-vr-zone="IE BN landing page category- listing_teaser_medium" onclick=""><div class="row g-0" style="align-items: center;"><div class="col-4 image-part"><a href="/sport/business-of-sport/arid-41465005.html"><img loading="lazy" 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