Expenses ‘sensible and practical’

The expenses regime operated by the Irish National Stud was fully defended at the time by its chairman, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

IN SEPT 2009, with her semi-state company crying out for more cash, the chairman of the Irish National Stud was asked to explain its expenses regime to then agriculture minister Brendan Smith.

Its chairman, Chryss O’Reilly, was responding to newspaper reports on the arrangements agreed for its then chief executive John Clarke.