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Fri 07 Jul 2007Datacare Software nets the company's founder €3mMonaghan-based Datacare Software Group has been sold to Australian company Computershare for €12 million cash. The deal will net its 62-year-old founder John Kelly €3 million.Datacare's 63 staff, who own 10 per cent of the company between them, will share in a €1.2 million windfall as a result of the sale, giving them an average payout of €19,000.