'It's horrendous' that public money funds horse racing - Dublin TD

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'It's horrendous' that public money funds horse racing - Dublin TD

It’s been discovered that more than €42m in public funds was paid out in prize money at horse races last year. If you compare that to the combined annual funding for other sports organisations in Ireland like the GAA, the FAI, the IRFU, Special Olympics, Swim Ireland, Athletics Ireland and more, is €15 million. One of the factors that seems to be bothering people is the fact that the owners of racehorses who win the prize money do not have to pay tax on them, but trainers and jockeys do. Adrian Kennedy was joined by Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South West, Daragh O’Conchuir, Freelance sports journalist and Catherine Woods, vegan and an animal rights activist to discuss…

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'It's horrendous' that public money funds horse racing - Dublin TD