Over at Wiktionary, the entry for cothromas has the following example sentence, which I would like to give in English, only I can't figure it out.

Is mó leis na comhair seirbhísí dá mbaill ná brabús sa riocht is go gcuirtear srian leis na dibhinní ar bhuanchaipiteal cothromais.

I see something about service partnerships and their members, something about profit, and something about restricting dividends on fixed capital of equity, but I just can't put it together to form a meaningful English sentence. The fact that I know nothing at all about economics doesn't help the matter any.

Can anyone help?

Perhaps:

"Services to their members are so much more important to co-ops than profit that dividends on fixed equity capital are usually reined in."

But I am largely guessing so wait for correction or confirmation ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Well I don't understand it in either language.

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That was my problem...I don't understand English economic-speak, let alone Irish!

Yeah, that's why I said I'm just guessing.

The only useful vocabulary in there is sa riocht is go "so much so that ..."

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Which Ó Dónaill only has as i riocht is go, not sa riocht is go, so I didn't realize this that was the same formula.