Ian Mallon: Curragh chief hits back over PAC claims

QUESTIONED: Suzanne Eade of the HRI.

AT A bruising appearance in front of the Dail Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last week, a number of serious charges were presented against Horse Racing Ireland, around its one-third stakeholding of Curragh Racecourse Limited.

Committee members questioned HRI CEO Suzanne Eade about ‘transparency and full accountability' at the €82m Kildare track, where a “vast amount of public money (had been paid out) on an investment that has gone wrong”.