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Poolbeg controversy and the sunk cost fallacy

Eoin O’Malley, 3 September 2010 The Poolbeg controversy rumbles on with claims that Dublin’s local authorities have a get out clause which will allow them break their contract with Covanta;  a contract which many have argued is uncompetitive. Whether this is true or not could be given to the courts to decide, but in claiming…

September 3, 2010 in Local Government, regulatory systems.

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