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FORGET about the climax, this was all about the foreplay. It was, strictly speaking, a tap-in. Really, Shamrock Rovers’ second goal in the 56 th minute was anything but. Neil Farrugia’s distance from the goal-line when he tapped in the squared ball from Johnny Kenny – who had given his side the lead in the 12 th minute - could be measured in centimetres. Farrugia could not have contrived to miss had he wanted to. The anxious wait for VAR to confirm Farrugia was onside inevitably injected a bit of doubt into the celebrations but, then, people were mainly applauding the build-up play. Markus Poom’s chipped ball was flicked on with the outside of his foot by Josh Honohan to Darragh Burns who also helped it on first-time into the path of Kenny who bore down on goal and looked certain to shoot before squaring for Farrugia. Within eight minutes, the game was all over as Kenny got his second of the night and fifth in the last four European matches, to become the first Rovers player to reach 20 goals in a season since Gary Twigg. He may not form part of Celtic’s plans but such is his form the loanee will have options beyond Rovers come next month, as will out-of-contract Farrugia. If they both go, they will be missed but there will be at least one more hurrah when they take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next Thursday. Bar their unbeaten record, Rovers have nothing to lose. Such was the dominance of this performance, you would be forgiven for thinking everything is rosy in the garden at a club which is thriving rather than just surviving in the Europa Conference League. But the underlying tensions at the club between some of the directors elected by the members and private owners Ray Wilson and Dermot Desmond were highlighted in Stephen Bradley’s programme notes. In them he wrote ‘I recently informed the membership board that I would love to meet with all the members before the yearly AGM. "Disappointingly my request to meet you before the AGM was denied but I’d like to take this opportunity to communicate my availability to your directly so I may engage on any questions you may have. “’You have such an important part to play in the growth of Shamrock Rovers. You are the custodians of this football club and it is very important to me that the lines of communication remain strong between us’.” He went on to describe Wilson and Desmond – who some fear are trying to reduce the members’ 50 percent stake in the club - as ‘two extremely honourable men who have proved their support to the membership and the club time and again’. But, whatever difficulties there and despite a disappointing league campaign, at the end of which their four-year reign as champions ended, the Europa Conference League has been far more to their liking. A favourable draw had offered them a real chance of progressing to the knockout stages but, whilst wins over Larne and TNS may have been expected, they proved their worth in other fixtures. They claimed a draw here against APOEL Nicosia, overcoming the dismissal of Neil Farrugia, and – against Rapid Vienna a fortnight ago – found a way to stay in the game before Kenny claimed a share of the spoils. Here, they could have fallen behind early on after no foul was given when Kenny was tag-teamed by two Borac defenders. It was cleared long, Sandi Ogrinec pushed the ball one side of Roberto Lopes and then ran past him on the other. He might have taken on the shot himself but, instead, opted to square it to Stefan Savic – not the former Manchester City and Atletico Madrid defender from Montenegro, but an Austrian midfielder. His shot was parried by Leon Pohls and, not for the last time in the half, the visitors did not have enough bodies forward to profit from a promising position with nobody remotely close enough to get on the end of the rebound. Rovers made the most of that let-off and were in control for much of the remainder of the half. Farrugia had the first real chance after good work by Poom and Honohan but could not finish. Kenny did better when he got his first sniff of goal in the 12 th minute. Dylan Watts’ ball saw Honohan get behind Enver Kulasin on the left-hand side. His dangerous cross evaded everyone until it came to Darragh Burns on the right. Spotting Farrugia was unmarked, Borac centre-half Jurich Carolina went to pick him up but, in so doing, left Kenny on his own and he duly headed home when Burns floated the ball in. The closest they came to doubling their lead was, from the edge of the D, Watts had a free-kick tipped over by Filip Manojlovic after Gary O’Neill had been fouled by Dino Skorup. At the other end, Lee Grace was happy to concede a corner when Skorup’s free-kick, following Honohan’s foul on Kulasin, briefly caused panic. That was part of a brief rally by the visitors as half-time approached but Marko Vukcevic was rightly penalised for handball when he was in a promising position and they seemed to lack conviction when they attacked. Their belief dipped further with Rovers’ second goal and evaporated when Kenny scored their third with a dinked finish over Manojlovic after Poom had played him through after the referee had allowed the ball run through his legs to reach the Estonian. SUN STAR MAN: Johnny Kenny (Shamrock Rovers) SHAMROCK ROVERS: Pohls 7; Cleary 7, Lopes 7, Grace 8; Honohan 8 (Clarke 66, 6), O’Neill 7, Poom 8 (Noonan 77, 6), Watts 7 (Byrne 66, 7), Burns 8; Farrugia 8 (Mandroiu 76, 6), Kenny 9 (Greene 66, 7). FK BORAC: Manojlovic 5; Vukcevic 5 (Hrelja 70, 4), Meijers 5, Carolina 5, Herrera 5, Grahovac, Ogrinec 6, Skorup 5 (Srekovic 70, 4); Kulasin 5, Despotovic 5, Savic 6 (Vranjes 79, 4). REFEREE: S Ebner (Austria) 7swerte 2 play 。

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After receiving reports of dozens of avalanches from popular backcountry areas across the state, Colorado avalanche officials are warning that conditions are trending toward a difficult-to-predict persistent slab problem. State avalanche officials lifted a special avalanche advisory Sunday night, Dec. 1, that had been put in place after a snowstorm dumped more than 2 feet of snow on parts of the Colorado Rocky Mountains ahead of Thanksgiving . But the Colorado Avalanche Information Center wrote in its forecast Monday, Dec. 2, that avalanche danger remains moderate to considerable throughout most of the state, including the northern mountain region. “You can trigger deadly avalanches nearly anywhere in the region,” Colorado avalanche officials wrote in the northern mountain forecast . In recent days, backcountry observers have reported avalanches at Loveland Pass , Berthoud Pass , Bald Mountain near Breckenridge and other popular backcountry spots. Since Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 28, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center has received nearly 20 field reports detailing avalanches in the Vail and Summit County region and more than 15 reports of avalanches on the Front Range. On Nov. 30, backcountry skiers triggered a small avalanche on Loveland Pass on an east-facing slope near the tree line, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The skiers reportedly did not observe any cracking or collapsing in the area before the avalanche. Avalanche officials said that this demonstrates that just because a slope doesn’t give obvious signs of instability, doesn’t mean it won’t avalanche. “As we move further away from the storm, avalanches will become more difficult to trigger, but also more difficult to predict,” Colorado avalanche officials wrote in a social media post Sunday, Dec. 1. “The avalanche conditions are headed towards the always scary lower-likelihood, higher-consequence setup with a Persistent Slab avalanche problem across most of the state.” Persistent slab avalanches are responsible for most avalanche accidents, including about two thirds of all avalanche fatalities in Colorado . A persistent slab problem forms when a persistent weak layer is buried by additional layers of snow, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. These types of avalanches can be difficult to predict because they can occur days, weeks or months after the initial avalanche cycle. In the Flat Tops, Front Range and eastern Summit County, basal weak layers are the primary weak layer of concern because if a slide breaks in these deeper weak layers, it is likely to propagate and become a larger avalanche, the avalanche forecast states. This avalanche problem started way back when late October and early November storms dropped snow that then faceted on shady aspects and melted off sunny aspects, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Northerly and easterly aspects that held the most of this preserved snow are reportedly the most hazardous. The 2-3 feet of snow received last week is now connecting terrain that previously wasn’t connected, and there have been reports of large avalanches connecting whole bowls and wrapping around terrain features, the avalanche forecast states. There have also been reports of avalanches triggered from a distance and from below. While persistent slab avalanches pose the larger hazard, there have also been reports of wind slab avalanches in the northern mountains, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. In general, Colorado avalanche officials advise backcountry travelers to stick to slopes less than about 30 degrees that are sheltered from the wind. Avalanche danger could decrease to moderate in place throughout the week, but the hard-to-predict persistent slab problem will remain a danger, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The most up-to-date avalanche forecast can be found at Avalanche.state.co.us . “The bottom line is that you need to keep making conservative decisions,” Colorado avalanche officials wrote in the forecast. “Make sure you aren’t traveling below overhead hazards and be extra cautious about the slopes you commit to.”Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Many Americans consider social media a scourge, but for a home cook, it can be a fun and informative place to get help deciding what to eat. Sure, some of the recipes would-be influencers recommend are in fact pretty abominable — check out @chefreactions on TikTok, Instagram or X for many, many examples — but I have stumbled across some pretty good recipes on many occasions, too. Related Articles Restaurants Food and Drink | In season: The universal joy of carrots Restaurants Food and Drink | Don’t shun pinot grigio! The good versions of wines you think are bad Restaurants Food and Drink | Quick Fix: Horseradish Crusted Snapper with Arugula Pasta Restaurants Food and Drink | 3 recipes to help you through the busy holiday season Restaurants Food and Drink | Roasted orange delivers big flavor in this smoky chicken traybake One that’s been going viral for a while and but only recently caught my eye shines a spotlight on the creamy, tomatoey dish known as Marry Me chicken. There are probably as many recipes for Marry Me chicken on social media as there are cooks. (Delish claims to have created the video recipe for the original dish, also known as Tuscan chicken, in 2016.) But in my opinion, the best variations hang their chef’s hat on a sauce made with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and cream. Yum! This rich and luxurious entree is a definite step above the “engagement” chicken that caused a similar stir when it made its debut in Glamour magazine in 2004. That proposal-worthy recipe — saved for posterity in the 2011 cookbook “100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know: Engagement Chicken and 99 Other Fabulous Dishes to Get You Everything You Want in Life” — featured a whole chicken roasted with lemon and herbs. Awesome for sure, but not nearly as swoon worthy. I’ve been married for a very long time, so I’m not looking for a dish that will get me engaged. But who wouldn’t want applause when they put dinner on the table? That’s how Delish’s original recipe made it into the latest installment of “Dinner for Four for $25.” Usually when I’m building these economical meals, I do all my shopping in one store. This time, I shopped over the course of a weekend at some of my favorite haunts to see if that made a difference. (And no, I didn’t factor in the cost of gas, but maybe should have!) First stop after downing my Saturday morning latte and Nutella mele at a street-side table at Colangelo’s in the Strip District: Wholey’s Market, where I found boneless chicken breast at the bargain price of $3.89 per pound. I then crossed the street and headed down the block to Pennsylvania Macaroni Co., where I found several varieties of sun-dried tomatoes to chose from. I went with a jar of Ponti sun-dried cherry tomatoes for $5.09 — a definite splurge when your budget is only $25, but an ingredient I knew would deliver plenty of flavor. At Aldi, I found a bag of five huge lemons for $3.89, or 78 cents apiece, and a nice package of fresh broccoli for $2.28. A bargain, considering I would only use about two-thirds of it. The German supermarket chain known for its low prices and no-frills shopping experience (you have to deposit a quarter to get a shopping cart) also had butter — a main ingredient in my sandwich cookie dessert — on sale for $3.99 a pound. A bag of powdered sugar was pretty cheap, too, at just $2.09 for a two-pound bag. “Shopping” my pantry for ingredients I always have on hand, including garlic, olive oil, spices, rice, molasses and vanilla, once again helped keep costs down. Total bill: $24.38, or 62 cents under budget. Not bad when you consider the homemade dessert recipe makes more oatmeal sandwich cookies than a family can/should eat at one sitting. PG tested Sun-dried tomatoes could be considered a splurge item because even a tiny jar is expensive, but their concentrated, sweet and tangy tomato goodness add so much flavor to a dish! They are certainly the star of this chicken dish that has been making the rounds on social media platforms. Some say the entree is so good, you’ll get a marriage proposal out of it. At any rate, the Parmesan cream sauce that gets spooned on top of the chicken and rice will certainly make your diners swoon. This original recipe from Delish.com is a pretty easy dish to get on the table in quick fashion. Just remember to use a dry pot holder to take the pan out of the oven because it will be very hot; I very stupidly used a damp dish towel and now have another cooking scar. 4 (8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 3/4 cup chicken broth 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan Fresh basil, torn, for serving, optional Cooked rice, for serving Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Generously season chicken with salt and black pepper and cook, turning halfway through, until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate. In same skillet over medium heat, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Stir in garlic, thyme and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in broth, tomatoes, cream, and Parmesan; season with salt. Bring to a simmer, then return chicken and any accumulated juices to skillet. Transfer skillet to oven. Bake chicken until cooked through and juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a knife, 10-12 minutes. Arrange chicken on a platter. Spoon sauce over. Top with basil, if using, and serve with cooked rice. Serves 4. — delish.com PG tested Broccoli is a reliable veggie when you need a little something extra to round out a meal and don’t want to spend a fortune. Here, it’s blanched until crisp-tender and then tossed with lemon juice and zest and a pinch of red pepper flakes. I used lemon olive oil (already on hand) for an extra burst of citrus flavor. 1 large bunch broccoli, separated into florets 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter 1 clove garlic, minced Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon 1 pinch (or two) red pepper flakes Flaky salt and freshly ground ground black pepper, to taste Place broccolini in a large skillet with about 2 inches of water; bring to a boil and cook until bright green, 1-2 minutes. Drain. Heat olive oil in the same skillet over medium heat. Stir in garlic and cook until golden and fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Add broccoli; cook and stir until heated through, 2-3 minutes. Squeeze lemon juice and zest over broccoli and season with red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Serves 4. — Gretchen McKay, Post-Gazette PG tested Remember how if you were lucky when you were a kid you got an individually wrapped Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie in your lunchbox? These soft and chewy oatmeal cookies sandwiched with vanilla buttercream taste exactly the same. Actually, they’re better because they’re not made with corn syrup and artificial flavorings, but rather real butter and brown sugar. It’s important to let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a rack. Otherwise they will fall apart. The icing is very sweet, so you might want to reduce the amount of powdered sugar. For cookies 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1 tablespoon molasses 1 large egg, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt For filling 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 3 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons heavy cream 2 teaspoons vanilla Pinch of salt Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line two sheet pans with parchment paper. In stand mixer outfitted with whisk attachment add butter, brown sugar and molasses and beat on low speed until combined. Gradually increase speed to medium-high and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl with spatula, then add egg and vanilla extract. Beat on medium-high speed until combined. Add flour, oats, baking soda and salt and beat on low speed until just combined and no streaks of flour remain. Use a 1/2 -ounce cookie scoop tor tablespoon measure to portion out equal amounts of dough. Roll the dough in your hands to smooth the edges, then place 2 inches apart on prepared pans. Bake until cookies have puffed up and are set and firm around the edges but still somewhat soft in the middle, 9-11 minutes. Remove sheet pans from oven and allow cookies to rest on the pans for 5 minutes, then use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely. Once cookies have cooled, make filling. In stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter, confectioners’ sugar, cream, vanilla and salt. Beat on low speed, gradually increasing the speed to high, until creamy and fully incorporated, about 45 seconds. If filling is dry, add a small splash or two of cream. Assemble cookies. Using a small offset spatula or butter knife to spread about 2 tablespoons of filling onto the bottom side of one cookie, then place second cookie on top to sandwich. Repeat with remaining cookies and serve. Makes 16 sandwich cookies. —”Sweet Tooth” by Sarah Fennel (Clarkson Potter, $35) ©2024 PG Publishing Co. Visit at post-gazette.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.FOOD and agriculture will not be on the table in any trade deal talks with the US, the Business Secretary has said. Jonathan Reynolds was yesterday trying to reset relations with businesses reeling from the Budget’s £25billion tax raid and fears of a tariff war with America . Firms say they will have to freeze hiring and investment decisions , put up prices and potentially cut jobs . In an interview with The Sun, Mr Reynolds agreed that business confidence had taken a knock and said he knew “there’s been pain in that”. Labour had styled itself as a pro-business, pro-growth government, but the Budget watchdog has said growth will be lower in five years’ time. Mr Reynolds said: “In the short term it is a challenging position, but I have absolutely no doubt the UK is going to be one of the most attractive economies in the G7 . READ MORE BUSINESS NEWS “We are committed to openness, to improving our relationship with the EU and the rest of the world, to political stability and using our mandate to make longer term changes, which the country desperately needs”. Economic figures released yesterday show factory bosses are tearing up their budgets and output has slumped to a nine-month low. S&P Global market intelligence said that manufacturing firms “of all sizes are experiencing a downturn” due to increasing labour costs and “increased global tensions and protectionism”. Mr Reynolds said he wanted to talk to the US about trade opportunities “on services and technology”. Most read in Business But when asked whether Labour would risk irritating farmers further with a trade deal on food he said: “I don’t think there is any desire from consumers in the UK to change our food and agriculture standards.” Previous US trade talks have broken down over imports of chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-injected beef. Mr Reynolds added that the UK was a “much more globally orientated trading economy than the US” and pointed out that the EU accounts for £800billion of bilateral trade compared to £350billion with the States. He said: “We’ll be hard-headed about our national interest.” The Business Secretary met with small business owners in Walthamstow, North London , yesterday to launch the government’s Fair Payment Code to help employers. The bosses were also told that councils would be given powers to auction derelict high street properties. Mr Reynolds said: “The physical presence of businesses in the high street is fundamental to the prosperity of a town.” Nell gets revenge AN American ex-social care worker is launching a British £50million investment fund “for the people”. Venture capitalist Nell Daly said Revenge Capital is aimed at female and minority entrepreneurs who had “been discriminated against and weren’t well-networked with access to Silicon Valley ”. Ms Daly said she set up the firm in London after realising she needed to be in “be in control of the money” to make a difference. She found figures that less than 2 per cent of capital goes to female founders. The fund, which is backed by Mayfair Associates, has already invested in firms including Pimentae, a canned margarita cocktail brand, and Glassette, an online homeware marketplace owned by TV presenter Laura Jackson. Ms Daly said that the fund would help people make “f*** you money”. CINEMA blockbusters Paddington in Peru, Gladiator 2 and Wicked pushed entertainment spending up by 10.8 per cent last month, according to Barclaycard. The cold snap also prompted a 10.6 per cent rise in spending on airline trips abroad. But overall card spending slipped by 0.5 per cent, with spending on essential goods purchases down by 3.1 per cent as Brits prepared for a pre-Christmas splurge on gifts. Supreme rescues Typhoo A DISPOSABLE vape maker yesterday confirmed it had rescued Typhoo Tea , one of Britain’s oldest tea brands, in a £10million deal. London-listed Supreme yesterday said that it would pay a total £10.2million to buy Typhoo in a deal that includes stock and debts of £7.5million. The deal comes just days after Typhoo tumbled into administration after years of slumping sales, mounting debts and disruption caused by a break-in at its factory in the Wirral last year. Typhoo, which was founded in 1903, made £20million in sales last year but a loss of £4.6million. Supreme revealed that Typhoo is the tea of choice for the Ministry of Defence and the NHS . Supreme, which distributes Elfbar vapes , was motivated to diversify away from vapes ahead of a planned government crackdown on disposable vapes. It bought a soft drinks business earlier this year. Topps-y turvy TOPPS TILES yesterday hit back against an attack from its largest shareholder which accused management of making “costly blunders”. MS Galleon, which owns a 30 per cent stake in the London-listed flooring firm, accused the business of a “complete failure to adapt to an evolving retail landscape”. Topps responded with a statement insisting that it was “consistently outperforming the wider market”. Shares were flat yesterday after losing 18 per cent of their value in the year to date. DEFENCE giant BAE is recruiting more than 2,400 new apprentices and undergraduate roles next year to have a record 6,500 people in training. 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Expanded CFP field draws more bets and on more teamsThe leader of Sinn Fein has expressed determination to form a government of the left in Ireland as she insisted her party’s performance in the General Election had broken the state’s political mould. Despite Mary Lou McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fail – the two parties that have dominated the landscape of Irish politics for a century – the pathway to government for Sinn Fein still appears challenging. With counting following Friday’s election still in the relatively early stages – after an exit poll that showed the main three parties effectively neck-and-neck – there is some way to go before the final picture emerges and the options for government formation crystalise. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, has dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. Meanwhile, Ireland’s deputy premier and Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin, insisted his party has a “very clear route back to government” as he predicted seat gains. The counting process could last days because of Ireland’s complex system of proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PR-STV), where candidates are ranked by preference. The early indications have turned the focus to the tricky arithmetic of government formation, as the country’s several smaller parties and many independents potentially jockey for a place in government. Ms McDonald told reporters at the RDS count centre in Dublin that she would be “very, very actively pursuing” the potential to form a government with other parties on the left of the political spectrum. The smaller, left-leaning parties in Ireland include the Social Democrats, the Irish Labour Party, the Green Party and People Before Profit-Solidarity. Ms McDonald said her party had delivered an “incredible performance” in the election. “I think it’s fair to say that we have now confirmed that we have broken the political mould here in this state,” she said. “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that, in itself, is very significant.” She added: “I am looking to bring about a government of change, and I’m going to go and look at all formulations. “If you want my bottom line, the idea of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for another five years, in our strong opinion, is not a good outcome for Irish society. “Obviously, I want to talk to other parties of the left and those that we share very significant policy objectives with. So I’m going to do that first and just hear their mind, hear their thinking. But be very clear, we will be very, very actively pursuing entrance into government.” In Friday night’s exit poll, Sinn Fein was predicted to take 21.1% of first-preference votes, narrowly ahead of outgoing coalition partners Fine Gael and Fianna Fail at 21% and 19.5% respectively. Prior to the election, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both ruled out entering government with Sinn Fein. Fine Gael leader Mr Harris rejected suggestions Sinn Fein had broken new ground. He told reporters in his count centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow: “Certainly we haven’t seen a Sinn Fein surge or anything like it. “I mean, it looks likely, on the figures that we’ve seen now, fewer people, many fewer people would have voted Sinn Fein in this election than the last one. “In fact, I think they’re down by around 5% and actually the parties, particularly the two parties, the two larger parties in government, are likely to receive significant support from the electorate. So definitely, politics in Ireland has gotten much more fragmented.” He said it was too early to tell what the next government would look like. “I think anybody who makes any suggestion about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government, they’re a braver person than I am,” he said. “Our electoral system dictates that there’ll be many, many transfers that will go on for hours, if not days, before we know the final computations at all. “But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead, and I’m cautiously optimistic and excited.” Fianna Fail’s Mr Martin told reporters at a count centre in Cork he was confident that the numbers exist to form a government with parties that shared his political viewpoint. Mr Martin said it “remains to be seen” whether he would return to the role of Taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022 – but he expressed confidence his party would outperform the exit poll prediction. “It’s a bit too early yet to call the exact type of government that will be formed or the composition of the next government,” he said. “But I think there are, there will be a sufficiency of seats, it seems to me, that aligns with the core principles that I articulated at the outset of this campaign and throughout the campaign, around the pro-enterprise economy, around a positively pro-European position, a government that will strongly push for home ownership and around parties that are transparently democratic in how they conduct their affairs.” Asked if it would be in a coalition with Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, he said that would be “racing a bit too far ahead”. The final result may dictate that if Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are to return to government, they may need more than one junior partner, or potentially the buy-in of several independent TDs. Mr Martin said it was unclear how quickly a government can be formed, as he predicted his party would gain new seats. “It will be challenging. This is not easy,” he added. The junior partner in the outgoing government – the Green Party – looks set for a bruising set of results. Green leader Roderic O’Gorman is in a fight to hold onto his seat, as are a number of party colleagues, including Media Minister Catherine Martin. “It’s clear the Green Party has not had a good day,” he said. The early counting also suggested potential trouble for Fianna Fail in Wicklow, where the party’s only candidate in the constituency, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, is considered to have a battle ahead, with the risk of losing his seat. Meanwhile, there is significant focus on independent candidate Gerard Hutch who, on Saturday evening, was sitting in fourth place in the four-seat constituency of Dublin Central. Last spring, Mr Hutch was found not guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of the murder of David Byrne, in one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud. Mr Byrne, 33, died after being shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in February 2016. A Special Criminal Court judge described Mr Hutch, 61, as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation and said he had engaged in “serious criminal conduct”. The constituency will be closely watched as other hopefuls wait to see if transfers from eliminated candidates may eventually rule him out of contention. In the constituency of Louth, the much-criticised selection of John McGahon appeared not to have paid off for Fine Gael. The party’s campaign was beset by questioning over footage entering the public domain of the candidate engaged in a fight outside a pub in 2018. The Social Democrats have a strong chance of emerging as the largest of the smaller parties. The party’s leader, Holly Cairns, was already celebrating before a single vote was counted however, having announced the birth of her baby girl on polling day.

A Delaware judge ruled on Monday that Tesla TSLA-Q CEO Elon Musk still is not entitled to receive a $56 billion compensation package despite shareholders of the electric vehicle company voting to reinstate it. The ruling by the judge, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Court of Chancery, follows her January decision that called the pay package excessive and rescinded it, surprising investors, and cast uncertainty over Musk’s future at the world’s most valuable carmaker. Musk did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment. Tesla has said in court filings that the judge should recognize a subsequent June vote by its shareholders in favour of the pay package for Musk, the company’s driving force who is responsible for many of its advances, and reinstate his compensation. McCormick said Tesla’s board was not entitled to hit “reset” to restore Musk’s pay package. “Were the court to condone the practice of allowing defeated parties to create new facts for the purpose of revising judgments, lawsuits would become interminable,” she said in her 101-page opinion. She also said Tesla made multiple material misstatements in its proxy statement regarding the vote, and could not claim the vote was a “cure-all” to justify restoring Musk’s pay. “Taken together,” the problems with Tesla’s arguments “pack a powerful punch,” she wrote. Tesla shares fell 1.4% in after hours trade, after the ruling. McCormick also ordered Tesla to pay the attorneys who brought the case $345 million, well short of the $6 billion they initially requested. She said the fee could be paid in cash or Tesla stock. “We are pleased with Chancellor McCormick’s ruling, which declined Tesla’s invitation to inject continued uncertainty into Court proceedings,” said a statement from Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, one of the three law firms for the plaintiff. The law firm also said it looked forward to defending the court’s opinion if Musk and Tesla appealed. Musk and Tesla can appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court as soon as McCormick enters a final order, which could come as soon as this week. The appeal could take a year to play out. After the January ruling, Tesla shareholders flooded the court with thousands of letters arguing that rescinding Musk’s pay increased the possibility he would leave Tesla or develop some products like artificial intelligence at ventures other than Tesla. Attorneys for shareholder Richard Tornetta, who sued in 2018 to challenge Musk’s compensation package, had argued that Delaware law does not permit a company to use a ratification vote to essentially overturn the ruling from a trial. McCormick in January found that Musk improperly controlled the 2018 board process to negotiate the pay package. The board had said that Musk deserved the package because he hit all the ambitious targets on market value, revenue and profitability. But the judge criticized Tesla’s board as “beholden” to Musk, saying the compensation plan was proposed by a board whose members had conflicts of interest due to close personal and financial ties to him. After the January ruling, Musk criticized the judge on his social media platform X and encouraged other companies to follow the lead of Tesla and reincorporate in Texas from Delaware, although it is unclear if any companies did so. The judge in her January ruling called the pay package the “biggest compensation plan ever – an unfathomable sum.” It was 33 times larger than the next biggest executive compensation package, which was Musk’s 2012 pay plan. As of Monday, the pay package was worth $101.4 billion, according to Equilar, a compensation consulting firm. Musk’s 2018 pay package gave him stock grants worth around 1% of Tesla’s equity each time the company achieved one of 12 tranches of escalating operational and financial goals. Musk did not receive any guaranteed salary. Tornetta argued that shareholders were not told how easily the goals would be achieved when they voted on the package.

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Some charges dropped against former Palo Verde coach accused of sexual abuseOutgoing coalition partners Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, however, claim they are well placed to return to power following Ireland’s General Election. The leader of Sinn Fein has expressed determination to form a government of the left in Ireland as she insisted her party’s performance in the General Election had broken the state’s political mould. Despite Mary Lou McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fail – the two parties that have dominated the landscape of Irish politics for a century – the pathway to government for Sinn Fein still appears challenging. With counting following Friday’s election still in the relatively early stages – after an exit poll that showed the main three parties effectively neck-and-neck – there is some way to go before the final picture emerges and the options for government formation crystalise. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, has dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. Meanwhile, Ireland’s deputy premier and Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin, insisted his party has a “very clear route back to government” as he predicted seat gains. The counting process could last days because of Ireland’s complex system of proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PR-STV), where candidates are ranked by preference. The early indications have turned the focus to the tricky arithmetic of government formation, as the country’s several smaller parties and many independents potentially jockey for a place in government. Ms McDonald told reporters at the RDS count centre in Dublin that she would be “very, very actively pursuing” the potential to form a government with other parties on the left of the political spectrum. The smaller, left-leaning parties in Ireland include the Social Democrats, the Irish Labour Party, the Green Party and People Before Profit-Solidarity. Ms McDonald said her party had delivered an “incredible performance” in the election. “I think it’s fair to say that we have now confirmed that we have broken the political mould here in this state,” she said. “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that, in itself, is very significant.” She added: “I am looking to bring about a government of change, and I’m going to go and look at all formulations. “If you want my bottom line, the idea of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for another five years, in our strong opinion, is not a good outcome for Irish society. “Obviously, I want to talk to other parties of the left and those that we share very significant policy objectives with. So I’m going to do that first and just hear their mind, hear their thinking. But be very clear, we will be very, very actively pursuing entrance into government.” In Friday night’s exit poll, Sinn Fein was predicted to take 21.1% of first-preference votes, narrowly ahead of outgoing coalition partners Fine Gael and Fianna Fail at 21% and 19.5% respectively. Prior to the election, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both ruled out entering government with Sinn Fein. Fine Gael leader Mr Harris rejected suggestions Sinn Fein had broken new ground. He told reporters in his count centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow: “Certainly we haven’t seen a Sinn Fein surge or anything like it. “I mean, it looks likely, on the figures that we’ve seen now, fewer people, many fewer people would have voted Sinn Fein in this election than the last one. “In fact, I think they’re down by around 5% and actually the parties, particularly the two parties, the two larger parties in government, are likely to receive significant support from the electorate. So definitely, politics in Ireland has gotten much more fragmented.” He said it was too early to tell what the next government would look like. “I think anybody who makes any suggestion about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government, they’re a braver person than I am,” he said. “Our electoral system dictates that there’ll be many, many transfers that will go on for hours, if not days, before we know the final computations at all. “But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead, and I’m cautiously optimistic and excited.” Fianna Fail’s Mr Martin told reporters at a count centre in Cork he was confident that the numbers exist to form a government with parties that shared his political viewpoint. Mr Martin said it “remains to be seen” whether he would return to the role of Taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022 – but he expressed confidence his party would outperform the exit poll prediction. “It’s a bit too early yet to call the exact type of government that will be formed or the composition of the next government,” he said. “But I think there are, there will be a sufficiency of seats, it seems to me, that aligns with the core principles that I articulated at the outset of this campaign and throughout the campaign, around the pro-enterprise economy, around a positively pro-European position, a government that will strongly push for home ownership and around parties that are transparently democratic in how they conduct their affairs.” Asked if it would be in a coalition with Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, he said that would be “racing a bit too far ahead”. The final result may dictate that if Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are to return to government, they may need more than one junior partner, or potentially the buy-in of several independent TDs. Mr Martin said it was unclear how quickly a government can be formed, as he predicted his party would gain new seats. “It will be challenging. This is not easy,” he added. The junior partner in the outgoing government – the Green Party – looks set for a bruising set of results. Green leader Roderic O’Gorman is in a fight to hold onto his seat, as are a number of party colleagues, including Media Minister Catherine Martin. “It’s clear the Green Party has not had a good day,” he said. The early counting also suggested potential trouble for Fianna Fail in Wicklow, where the party’s only candidate in the constituency, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, is considered to have a battle ahead, with the risk of losing his seat. Meanwhile, there is significant focus on independent candidate Gerard Hutch who, on Saturday evening, was sitting in fourth place in the four-seat constituency of Dublin Central. Last spring, Mr Hutch was found not guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of the murder of David Byrne, in one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud. Mr Byrne, 33, died after being shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in February 2016. A Special Criminal Court judge described Mr Hutch, 61, as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation and said he had engaged in “serious criminal conduct”. The constituency will be closely watched as other hopefuls wait to see if transfers from eliminated candidates may eventually rule him out of contention. In the constituency of Louth, the much-criticised selection of John McGahon appeared not to have paid off for Fine Gael. The party’s campaign was beset by questioning over footage entering the public domain of the candidate engaged in a fight outside a pub in 2018. The Social Democrats have a strong chance of emerging as the largest of the smaller parties. The party’s leader, Holly Cairns, was already celebrating before a single vote was counted however, having announced the birth of her baby girl on polling day.