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Punchestown may be used as coronavirus vaccination centre
- Racing
- January 12, 2021, 16:55
Punchestown officials are in talks with the Health Service Executive about the racecourse being used as a potential new coronavirus vaccination centre(...)

Naas card will be run next Wednesday if track fails Saturday inspection
- Racing
- January 8, 2021, 15:23
Ireland’s first Grade One race of 2021 will be run at Naas on Wednesday if the track fails a 1.30pm inspection on Saturday afternoon. The €80,000 Law(...)

Covid-19: Communications head appointed for vaccine rollout
- Health
- January 7, 2021, 13:19
The Government has appointed an experienced public relations professional to oversee communications around the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. Eliza(...)

Potential crowd ban until late 2021 a grim outlook for racecourses
- Racing
- December 20, 2020, 14:04
Making sure Ireland’s racecourses remain open will be the most important result of all for the sector in 2021. That’s according to the Association of(...)

Jim Bolger’s incendiary statements should shake racing to its foundations
- Racing
- December 14, 2020, 06:00
It’s six weeks since Jim Bolger declared drugs to be Irish racing’s number one problem. He doesn’t believe there’s a level playing field. These are in(...)

Romanised giving all the right signals ahead of career finale in Hong Kong
- Racing
- December 8, 2020, 01:00
The 2018 Irish 2, 000 Guineas hero Romanised could have a glorious swansong to his racing career in Hong Kong on Sunday, although he has already given(...)

Brexit bound to disrupt transport of horses to and from Britain
- Racing
- December 7, 2020, 16:26
Irish racing’s top official has warned change is coming in relation to the transport of horses to and from Britain no matter what the outcome of talks(...)

Ireland’s racecourses getting ready for when ‘white flag is raised’ on spectators
- Racing
- November 28, 2020, 06:00
Ireland’s racecourses are readying themselves for when “the white flag is raised” on spectators being allowed to go racing again. The prospect of a v(...)

Racing faces ‘potentially very big problem’ over Brexit
- Racing
- November 18, 2020, 05:00
Advice from Britain’s racing authorities that horses shouldn’t be moved between the United Kingdom and the European Union for at least the first two w(...)

Odds stacked against festive lift for on-course bookmakers
- Racing
- November 16, 2020, 16:12
Ireland’s on-course bookmakers admit they face a “grim” Christmas and are pinning their hopes for a return to business on a future extensive vaccine p(...)