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In the heady early days of communism, the Hotel Lux on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street was a haven for party officials and like-minded guests from abroad. Perhaps ominously, it also had a growing rodent problem, as the privatised luxury of the…

Eighteen months ago, there were serious question marks over Martina McMahon’s future in elite-level handball. The Limerick left-hander sustained a serious back injury while playing soccer – an innocuous turn in which her feet remained planted and her back twisted…