More on the holographic Ricci dark energy model: smoothing Rips through interaction effects? Mariam Bouhmadi-López, Ahmed Errahmani, Taoufik Ouali and Yaser Tavakoli Eur. Phys. J. C, 78 4 (2018) 330 Published online: 23 April 2018 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5773-5