Ireland

Crisis point for horse welfare in Northern Ireland

Horse welfare is at breaking point in Northern Ireland, the UK’s Equine Health and Welfare Review Group has warned

Irish riders to jump at Abu Dhabi grand prix

Ireland will send its first Nations' Cup team to the five-star show at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates next month.

Cameron Hanley is Ireland's show jumper of the year

Ireland's Show Jumpers' Club held its annual awards ball on Saturday in Co Westmeath

Compensation for woman injured by hound in road accident

An 81-year-old woman suffered serious injuries when a hound hit by a car crashed into her face

Future of hunting in Ireland under threat

The Irish hunting community is being urged to “sharpen up” to ensure a blanket ban on hunting isn’t introduced

Team Bowman completes Irish stagecoach trek

British carriage driving champion George Bowman and his family have completed a four-day journey across Ireland in a historic stagecoach to raise money for a children's charity

Horses will starve this winter, warns Irish welfare charity

A leading Irish animal welfare charity is warning that many horses will die this winter — and is blaming Horse Racing Ireland

Thoroughbred horses quarantined in Ireland with tick-borne disease

Movement restrictions have been placed on a stud in County Meath folloing confirmation of an outbreak of equine Piroplasmosis, a notifiable disease

Strategy to breed better Irish show jumping horses

Horse Sport Ireland has announced a plan to improve the performance of Irish-bred horses in international show jumping

Ireland's Army Equitation School could be closed down

A review of public sector spending in Ireland has recommended that the Irish Army equitation team should be disbanded

Show jumper Cameron Hanley cleared and back on Irish team

Handley has been called to jump for Ireland at Falsterbo after tests on his horses show no doping offence

Tattersalls eventing results, 28-31 April

Horse brutally stoned to death in lake in Northern Ireland

Witnesses saw two men force a horse into water last weekend and stone it death

Ireland's 2012 Olympic plan

A four-year strategic plan has been drawn up to boost Ireland’s €400million horse industry in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games

Plans to close Dublin horse market shelved due to credit crunch

Smithfield horse market in Dublin will remain for the foreseeable future after the city council said they couldn't afford to relocate it

New warmblood society approved in Ireland

The approval of the new Warmblood Studbook of Ireland ends Horse Sport Ireland and the Irish Horse Board’s monopoly on sport horse breeding

Irish eventers asked to contribute to training costs

Irish eventers are being asked to contribute towards their training funds during the worsening economic climate

Riders' anger at plans to clean up Irish horse sport

Horse Sport Ireland is proposing yard spot-checks in a bid to crack down on the use of prohibited substances in equestrian sport — but riders are angry that they haven’t been consulted

Ferdi Eilberg set to train Ireland's eventing team in dressage

Former top-class dressage rider Ferdi Eilberg has been appointed by Horse Sport Ireland as dressage trainer to the eventing team

Irish eventing venues to receive funding

Horsesport Ireland announces event improvement programme worth more than £50,000