Thank God for the visionaries and to hell with the begrudgers

SOMETIMES you have to take a few deep breaths and count to ten!

Thu, 25 Nov, 2004 - 00:00

Pat Keane

Certainly, the announcement on Monday that racecourses in Ireland are set to benefit from a capital fund of €200m raised the hackles of members of the press, politicians and others as well.

You really would have to wonder what all the furore was about, with, apparently, little effort made to investigate the facts.

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