One of the reasons assigned is the entertainments tax, which bears so hardly on sports of all kinds in Northern Ireland. We can thoroughly sympathise with Northern Rugbyites in the disappointment which this decision of the Irish Rugby Union will cause them. It would apply in fat years as well as lean – that is, if the Irish Rugby Chancellor adhered to purist ideas of finance. Rugby is not an Irish national game, although it has substantial support in many parts of Ireland. Irish News editorial condemning the Northern Ireland government retaining an entertainments tax which saw Ravenhill being discontinued as a venue for rugby internationals temporarily.