Ruby Walsh: Imagine if a hospital 'borrowed' €350,000 from a charitable fund

One assumes the IHRB and the members of the Turf Club will take a proactive view because proving they are serious about their actions to the charity’s regulator is the most essential fallout from this case.

A Mazars report released earlier this week told us the IHRB's financial governance was the Wild West in 2022. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

On the US election and Melbourne Cup day, the IHRB released the Mazars report surrounding issues of “grave financial concern,” which were highlighted by current CEO Darragh O’Loughlin in June 2023.

It cost some €80,000 to prepare and basically told us that the IHRB's financial governance was the Wild West in early 2022.