Private clients connected to National Stud paid €235,000 to use facilities

PRIVATE studs connected to key personnel at the Irish National Stud (INS) spent €235,199 over nine years to avail of the breeding facilities at the semi-state farm.

This was predominantly to keep mares at the INS while they bred with stallions belonging to, or stabled at, the Irish National Stud.

The largest amount of money exchanged between the directors and the INS was paid by former director Tony Smurfit.