THE controversial €47m per year deal for media and betting rights at Irish racecourses will face high-level political attention next week, after Horse Racing Ireland was asked to appear before an emergency hearing of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Amongst the matters to be discussed at the private session will be a decision by HRI’s Media Rights negotiating committee to award HRI €7m per year from the commercial arrangement, as well as a damaging split by five of the 26 Irish racecourses, who have rejected the package.
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