GERMAN-BASED Tipperary show jumper Denis Lynch and Lantinus carried eight faults from qualifiers into yesterday’s grand prix at the four-star show in Bremen, Germany, but a double clear pushed them up to seventh place.

THE Irish Farmers Association (IFA) this week said it is “outraged” by the Department of Agriculture’s refusal to provide compensation for four breeders it says are at a financial loss as a result of swamp fever restrictions.