IHB in bid to soften funding cutbacks

THE Irish Horse Board is to cut supports for organisations such as the Show Jumping Association of Ireland, following a reduction in its Government funding.

However, according to IHB chairman Ned O'Flynn, the reductions will be spread across all organisations in an attempt to soften the blow.

"We would not envisage that there would be major cutbacks for any one organisation," he said yesterday. "These will be applied across the board, so as to limit the pain."