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Nick Leeson chief executive at Galway Utd
Nick Leeson, the English banker whose rogue trading caused the collapse of Barings bank, has been promoted to chief executive of Galway United soccer club, where he has been working for the past two years.
The club yesterday said Mr Leeson had agreed to stay with the club until the end of 2009.
Since becoming a full-time employee of the club just over two years ago, Mr Leeson has played a role in the club securing promotion to the top division of the Eircom League.
"A lot of hard work has taken place over the past few years, and everyone in the club knows there is still a lot to do.
"But the club is heading in the right direction, and I am looking forward to being part of that development," said Mr Leeson, who has served as commercial manager and general manager.
Body of man recovered in Clare
The body of a man was washed up on rocks in Co Clare yesterday.
Gardaí in Clare had earlier issued an appeal for the public's assistance in locating a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from his home in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on Monday morning. Concerned family members had told gardaí that he may have travelled to Co Clare in his four-wheel drive Mitsubishi vehicle.
Rough seas made recovery of the body difficult by boat yesterday, so Doolin Coast Guard cliff rescue team set about retrieving the body by scaling a rock face.
The body was later brought to the cliff top following an operation lasting several hours, and then taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick. A postmortem is expected to take place today.
Planning refused for development
A proposal for a retail and housing development on an open space at Goat Street near the centre of Dingle town has been refused by Bord Pleanála.
Permission for the three blocks of terraced accommodation consisting of 17 apartments, three houses and a retail unit on a grass site at Fairfield Close, Goat Street, Dingle, Co Kerry, had already been refused by the county council on zoning grounds.
The appeal was taken by the developers.
Mutton Island upgrade approved
Bord Pleanála has approved plans by Galway City Council to upgrade Mutton Island sewage treatment plant in Galway Bay. Conditions attached to the approval include an annual estimate of discharge equivalent to population.
Body on Galway beach identified
The body of a man washed up on a Galway beach yesterday has been identified as Paul Cole (25), a lorry driver from Raphoe, Co Donegal.
He had been living in Galway and was last seen between O'Brien's bridge and the Salmon Weir bridge in the city on Saturday night.
He was identified by family members who had travelled from Donegal and joined in a search for the body.
Gardaí in Salthill said last night that foul play was not suspected.