Michael McNamara

Paywalled sport and unfair contracts are fuelling ‘dodgy boxes’, warns MEP

INDEPENDENT MEP Michael McNamara has warned that the paywalling of live sport, combined with opaque and unfair consumer practices by broadcasters, is actively fuelling digital piracy across Europe. Speaking in the European Parliament during a debate on piracy and sports broadcasting, McNamara said that while illegal streaming is a genuine problem, policymakers must confront the …

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No new hospital for Ennis

*Packed corridors at UHL.  NO NEW hospital will be built in Ennis and instead a new site in close proximity to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) will be constructed, as per new plans unveiled by the Minister for Health.