IN news stories, and editorials, Irish Horse World editor Isabel Hurley and journalist Judith Faherty constantly returned to the topic of funding for the industry with the Sport Horse Alliance group’s pitching for increased funding before the budget receiving extensive coverage in the issue of Saturday, July 7th.

In the following week’s issue, Faherty also wrote on the topic, confirming that the Minister for Sport, Michael Creed TD, had received a copy of the Alliance’s report ‘Untapped Potential’, calling for a Government investment of €100 million over the next five years.