A string of top awards at last week’s Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show pointed to a revival of sport horse breeding in Munster.

THE prestigious breeders’ championship at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show was won by west Cork exhibitors John and Cathal Dineen, Kilshinihan, Timoleague, with their seven-year-old chestnut, Kilshinihan Lass.

Irish Draught horses, enjoying a resurgence in the market place, have been further boosted by €5,000 funding from the RDS Foundation, towards a breed preservation plan.

THE flurry of planning applications for hotels continues, many of them linked to the looming expiry date for tax breaks for hotel developments.