The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has announced horses from Britain "will be permitted to race in Ireland with immediate effect".

Equine influenza has emerged as a new threat to Irish horse trainers preparing for big meetings like Cheltenham in mid-March.

The taxpayer has spent €91,000 euthanizing horses in Limerick so far this year.

Equine lovers from across the country are flocking to a Meath energy healer who uses Reiki to help injured horses.

A training course for 'Sulky' drivers is being rolled out in a bid to reduce animal cruelty.

The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, wants the horseracing industry to be exempt from workplace legislation that limits working hours for stable staff. He has made representations to cabinet colleagues.

Ireland’s show jumpers could be in line for a notable treble as they tackle the Wellington Nations Cup this weekend during week eight of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

The Dublin Horse show has been officially opened by Dublin's Lord Mayor, Michael MacDonncha, in the RDS.

People agthered at Dunmanway in West Cork to take a loot at what was on offer ahead of tomorrow's horse fair.

Ray Ryan reports on why Irish sport horse industry leaders attending Dublin Horse Show will be keenly aware of the Brexit challenges ahead

Almost 17,000 stray horses have been euthanised on “an industrial scale” over the last nine years at a cost of millions to the taxpayer.

June has been a remarkable month for Irish riders at the top level of individual competition.

The stable door is being left open in terms of diplomacy for a North Cork town to get one of history’s most famous equines back home.

More than 7,500 horses were slaughtered in Ireland last year and sold as meat to householders, mainly on continental Europe.

Sizing John was Moone, Co Kildare trainer Jessica Harrington’s first runner in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and last week he duly landed the biggest prize of the jumping calendar, writes Joe Finnegan.

The UCC Don’t Step On The Crest Handicap Hurdle was the feature event on Students’ Raceday in Mallow, writes Tommy Lyons, and local trainer Eoghan O’Grady landed the spoils with the game Westerner Point, ridden by Philip Enright.

The ISPCA and the Department of Agriculture have backed plans for Cork’s first Traveller horse grazing project.

Horsin' around!

Plans to impose bylaws on horse fairs in Co Cork will sound the death knell for such events at Cahirmee.

Tommy Lyons takes a look at the recent victory of Sizing John and the opportunities that lie ahead.

Ertijaal produced a blistering performance to give Jim Crowley his biggest winner since joining forces with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum in the Longines Master Collection Handicap on the opening night of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan last night.

After four quiet days, Irish racing action returns at Dundalk, where Thomas O’Malley has been found what looks a good winning opportunity in the Elusive Pimpernel Maiden.

Garrett Gomez, winner of 13 races at the Breeders’ Cup, died at the age of 44 last month.

There’s nothing we like to watch more than a good old parody! Especially when it’s of something iconic and supports a good cause. And what is more iconic about Christmas than the Irish song ‘Fairytale of New York’.

The 143rd Dublin Horse Show gets underway at the RDS this morning.

A showjumping horse has been first to benefit from a new Irish-developed biomaterial that can repair damaged knee cartilage.

A Texas hospital has helped to grant a terminally ill patient’s dying wish.