London Irish staff will know their jobs have been saved when their wages for April, already overdue, finally land in their account.  The owners of the English rugby club are negotiating a sale to an unnamed US investment fund. The fund informed employees in a meeting on Friday that their money would not be paid on time. They were reassured over the weekend that the money would be paid on Monday morning. But it has yet to arrive. London Irish’s owner is Cavan man Mick Crossan, the majority owner of Powerday PLC, a waste management company. Crossan’s net worth was…

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