HRI accused of sloppy use of public money

In a sometimes tense Public Accounts Committee session, HRI was also told it had overseen a “financial calamity”

Main stand at The Curragh Racecourse in Kildare.

HORSE Racing Ireland has been accused of “sloppy” financial management of public money following a €9m overspend for the Curragh Racecourse redevelopment, during a Dail Public Accounts Committee hearing on Thursday.

In a sometimes tense session, HRI was also told it had overseen a “financial calamity” over its purchase of land at Tipperary Racecourse in which 12 acres was purchased for up three times its true value.