WHAT a rollercoaster of a week. The bad news seemed to outweigh the good, such as it was, and I sit down to write this on Friday hoping that the words of a song by D:Ream soon come to pass. You know them – ‘things can only get better, only get better, if we see it through’.

The Brexit debacle, for there is no better way to describe it, is a nightmare for those reliant on the smooth movement of horses to and from Ireland, using Britain as a destination or point of origin, or as a land bridge to travel further.