Ireland

Mixed response to Horse Sport Ireland's new stallion grading

Horse Sport Ireland’s (HSI) new regime of sport horse stallion inspections has been met with a mixed reaction from Irish breeders

Goresbridge to stage first Irish show pony sale

Breeder and producers of show ponies in Ireland have a new outlet to showcase stock

Ginny Elliot signs up again to train Ireland's Olympic eventing hopefuls

The eventing star has renewed her contract with Horse Sport Ireland in the run up to the 2012 Olympics

Hunting supporters protest to Irish prime minister

Two hundred members of RISE! greeted Brian Cowen as he opened a leisure centre in Roscrea, County Tipperary.

Hunting ban plan for Northern Ireland is 'not a serious threat'

The Green Party has shown its true colours by calling for hunting to be banned in Northern Ireland

Thousands of hunting supporters join march in Ireland

Around 6,000 hunting supporters demonstrated outside the Irish Green Party’s conference last Saturday in protest against the planned ban on stag hunting

Irish apprentice jockey killed in accident on the gallops

Twenty-one-year old Ronan Lawlor died yesterday morning (Tuesday 16 February) when he was thrown from a horse on the gallops in Co Carlow

Irish farmer jailed for cruelty in Ireland's 'worst equine welfare case'

A Kilkenny farmer has been jailed for 23 months and banned from keeping animals for life following Ireland’s worst equine welfare case

Campaign against Irish hunting ban hots up

Campaigning against an Irish hunting ban has notched up a gear with the launch of Rural Ireland Says Enough (RISE)

Irish showjumpers pledge Nations Cup winnings to Haiti relief

Any winnings won by the Irish at Abu Dhabi Nations Cup will go to the disaster relief fund

Four dead horses found on Irish golf course

Decomposing bodies of four horses have been found on a disused golf course in Blarney, Co Cork

Irish politicians call for free vote on hunting ban

Backbenchers in the Irish parliament are calling for a free vote on a bill which could ban stag hunting ban in the Republic

Crisis point for horse welfare in Northern Ireland

Horse welfare is at breaking point in Northern Ireland, the UK’s Equine Health and Welfare Review Group has warned

Irish riders to jump at Abu Dhabi grand prix

Ireland will send its first Nations' Cup team to the five-star show at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates next month.

Cameron Hanley is Ireland's show jumper of the year

Ireland's Show Jumpers' Club held its annual awards ball on Saturday in Co Westmeath

Compensation for woman injured by hound in road accident

An 81-year-old woman suffered serious injuries when a hound hit by a car crashed into her face

Future of hunting in Ireland under threat

The Irish hunting community is being urged to “sharpen up” to ensure a blanket ban on hunting isn’t introduced

Team Bowman completes Irish stagecoach trek

British carriage driving champion George Bowman and his family have completed a four-day journey across Ireland in a historic stagecoach to raise money for a children's charity

Horses will starve this winter, warns Irish welfare charity

A leading Irish animal welfare charity is warning that many horses will die this winter — and is blaming Horse Racing Ireland

Thoroughbred horses quarantined in Ireland with tick-borne disease

Movement restrictions have been placed on a stud in County Meath folloing confirmation of an outbreak of equine Piroplasmosis, a notifiable disease