Coveney hails 'speeded up' equine database plan

Plans to establish a new central equine database have been speeded up, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine revealed today.

Coveney hails 'speeded up' equine database plan
Sun, 05 May, 2013 - 14:19

Plans to establish a new central equine database have been speeded up, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine revealed today.

Simon Coveney TD said from Tuesday the database would contain information on more than 70% of cattle, sheep and pigs registered over the past 30 plus years.

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