Committee hears Ireland’s 25 racecourses have no live CCTV

The chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, Darragh O’Loughlin, said that just two courses in Ireland currently have CCTV installed. File picture: Denis Minihane

There are no live CCTV systems in place at any of Ireland’s 25 racecourses, more than four years after the drugging of a horse at a race meeting led to an outcry calling for increased scrutiny of stable yards.

The admission was made by the chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB), Darragh O’Loughlin, at Thursday morning’s session of the Public Accounts Committee.