Employers could see the amount they contribute to a national training fund almost double by 2020 in a Government plan to raise an extra €200m a year for third-level education.

New British Horseracing Authority anti-doping rules, which include a zero-tolerance approach to anabolic steroids, will come into force from Monday.

The Department of Education has been told to improve accountability and transparency in the management of the €360m National Training Fund.

Trainer Oliver Sherwood warned he feels like “packing it up” after being fined £3,000 over the running and riding of Furrows in the bet365.com Novices’ Chase at Hereford.

REPRESENTATIVES of the weighing room and the training ranks met with British Horseracing Authority officials, including the incoming chief executive Paul Bittar, in London yesterday to discuss the controversial whip rules.

Representatives of the weighing room and the training ranks met with British Horseracing Authority officials, including the incoming chief executive Paul Bittar, in London on Friday to discuss the controversial whip rules.

DESPITE the recent Bord Snip Nua/McCarthyReport proposals which include a cut to its funding, the state-financed training body Skillnets showed its worth by investing more than €36 million in developing workplace skills in 56,000 workers last year, according to its annual report just published.

THE National Trainers Federation in Britain believes the punishment handed out to Nicky Henderson over the Moonlit Path affair was “severe”.

Paul Dixon, president of the Racehorse Owners Association president and the Horsemen’s Group chairman, has called for an inquiry into the Royal Hunt Cup start which led to three horses being withdrawn.

FINE Gael and Labour have promised to pay for the retraining of 100,000 low-skilled workers if returned to power.

Some progress appears to have been made today in the controversy surrounding the new Steriline starting stalls which are in use at 17 of Britain’s 35 racecourses.

Racing's immediate future in the face of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease remains in the balance following a meeting of racing's rulers.