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11. Limitation of actions of contract and tort and certain other actions.

(1) The following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued -

(a) actions founded on simple contract;

(b) actions founded on quasi-contract;

(c) actions to enforce a recognizance;

(d) actions to enforce an award, where the arbitration agreement is not under seal or where the arbitration is under any Act other than the Arbitration Act, 1954 (No. 26 of 1954);

(e) actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any enactment, other than -

(i) a penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture, or

(ii) a debt created by subsection (2) of section 14 or section 125 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, or

(iii) [deleted]

(f) actions under the European Union (Protection of Trade Secrets) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 188 of 2018), other than Regulation 18 of those Regulations;

(2)

(a) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection and to section 3(1) of the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act, 1991, an

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