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Oct 9, 2024 | 
processingmagazine.com | Jack B. Osborn |Shane Tighe |Michael Laventure
Any company that handles combustible dusts is required to complete a Dust Hazards Analysis (DHA). A critical part of the DHA is to test the material(s) to determine the explosivity characteristics of the dust or dusts. Too often, the testing stops after determining the Deflagration Index (Kst) and Maximum Explosion Pressure (Pmax) of the materials.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
processingmagazine.com | Shane Tighe |Michael Laventure |Jack B. Osborn
When faced with excessive amounts of dust and spillage from conveyor systems, operators logically focus on cleanup, maintenance, and mitigating downtime to maintain production levels. Often these dust and spillage issues can be deemed “minor inconveniences” or “the cost of doing business,” until they raise the cost of operation to such a level that they can no longer be overlooked.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
Your Comprehensive Guide to the BKT URC: Team Analysis and Key PlayersThe team from Treviso have gone well in pre-season with three straight victories, including wins over Ulster and Perpignan, while new recruits Malakai Fekitoa and Paolo Odogwu will add potency behind the scrum.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
France played host to the 2007 tournament but as usual there was some politics involved and the Millennium stadium in Cardiff was awarded three pool games and a quarter-final. While Scotland would host two of their pool games at Murrayfield. Ireland were also given the option of hosting pool matches in advance of the tournament, but declined the offer as Lansdowne rd was under redevelopment at the time.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
1995 was when Rugby went global. The tournament was always going to be played out with the spotlight of the International media on it due to President Nelson Mandela bringing the apartheid era to an end and along with it South Africa’s sporting isolation. The Springboks had been banned from the 1987 and 1991 tournaments. Now that the apartheid era was over they would participate for the first time.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
The 2003 edition of the tournament was originally planned as another joint venture between Antipodean neighbours Australia and New Zealand. However, political squabbling prior to the of the tournament saw hosting rights withdrawn from New Zealand. As a result 2003 became the first time the Rugby World Cup was hosted by a single country. Ireland’s Six Nations campaign that year started well.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
After the historicand dramatic 1995 tournament in South Africa, the World Cup in ’99 would always find it difficult to reach the heights of four years previous. Officially the 1999 World Cup was to be hosted by Wales, with the showpiece event taking place in the newly built Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. However, like the 1991 tournament, there were games spread over 18 different venues in England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ireland had undergone a turbulent time since the 1995 World Cup.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
The 1991 tournament was originally supposed to be hosted solely by France. This soon changed due to political wrangling and horse-trading between the Five Nations sides. Political and financial wheeling and dealing led to Marcel Martin of the FFR (Fédération Française de Rugby) declaring that the French were incapable of hosting the tournament on their own. As a result, the games were shared out between the five home countries. Each of the unions got a share of the pie.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
As one of the founder members of the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB), Ireland automatically qualified for the first Rugby World Cup. The hosts Australia and New Zealand along with other four board members were England, Scotland, Wales, and France were also guaranteed a place. South Africa also had a seat on the IRFB board but were not invited due to a sporting embargo caused by the pro-apartheid policies of their government.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
sportsnewsireland.com | Shane Tighe
A brief history of the Rugby World CupDespite the origins of the game dating back over 164 years and the governing body theIRB being formed in Dublin in 1886, we had to wait until 1987 for the first formally organised Rugby World Cup to take place. There are many political and sporting reasons why the event took one hundred and one years to organise.
