MANY column inches were devoted to RDS matters – naturally enough the paper’s brilliant and extensive coverage of the Dublin Horse Show in August accounted for most of these – but there were also news items earlier in the year, such as ‘RDS secures Rolex as new sponsor’ (February 3rd) and ‘New WH qualifiers for Dublin’ (March 23rd).

In the issue of November 30th, we read ‘RDS begins works on €52m arena regeneration’ with the report stating that the works, which began in September, would be completed by August 2026 in time for that year’s Dublin Horse Show, which will celebrate 100 years of international show jumping.