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Wed 12 Dec 2002Workers to share payout after €18.1m sale of sports groundAbout 400 workers and retired employees of the failed Irish Glass Bottle Company in Ringsend, Dublin, are to share a lottery-type payout following the sale of their sports grounds in Goatstown for €18.1 million.However, before the proceeds of the sale can be divided among the club members, the company in which they are all shareholders will have to pay 20 per cent capital gains tax to the Revenue Commissioners.