NOT that we needed yet more evidence of Ireland’s sad compo culture claiming yet another victim – this time the loss of a family-run riding school in business for the last half century (see adjoining story).

Turn on the radio or television of recent years and you can almost trip over yourself on the amount of media coverage of all types of businesses forced to shut up shop – swimming pools, sports clubs, riding schools, adventure centres – virtually anything with any type of risk associated with it.