The Impossible Dream: How the laws of physics proved too powerful for a Celtic Tiger cub
Steorn, led by the irrepressible Shaun McCarthy, provided a lot more noise – and debt – than energy in its attempts to disprove the laws of physics
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The Impossible Dream: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Steorn, One of the Celtic Tiger’s Most Audacious Start-ups
By Barry J Whyte
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