A record €3.2m Irish sale for a yearling filly at Goff’s annual Orby sale was not enough to prevent it posting a 33% slump in pre-tax profits to €2.2m.

The record €1.8m price secured for a filly foal by the brilliant racehorse Frankel at auction contributed to pre-tax profits at Goffs totalling more than €1.8m last year.

The record €6m price secured for filly-in-training Chiquita at auction contributed to pre-tax profits at Goffs more than doubling last year to €1.8m.

A priest has slammed the HSE for the lack of help given to his stepfather, who took his own life after being turned away by psychiatric services.

BLOODSTOCK sales group Robert Goff has returned to profit, with Goffs chairwoman Eimear Mulhern stating that the group has managed to come through a very difficult period and has now stabilised its finances.