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TALKING POINTS 2024: Passports dominate the news agenda
Margie McLoone
The issue of passports was front and centre on the Irish Horse World news agenda in 2024
13 December 2024 Sport horse news
NEWS: 366 foal passports issued this week
Horse Sport Ireland issued 366 foal passports in the last seven days, as well as 37 amended passports
6 December 2024 Sport horse news
NEWS: 'We can't afford to be losing any of the breeding herd'
Sophie Meehan from Longwood Stud fears for the Irish Draught breed due to delays and errors with passports
NEWS: 34% of passports issued to date
An update from Horse Sport Ireland said they have issued 789 passports in the past two weeks
29 November 2024 Sport horse news
COMMENT: Go For Gold continues to grow
A positive week of trade at Go For Gold and some promising passport issuing figures
15 November 2024 Sport horse news
NEWS: HSI blames 'huge surge' for delays
HSI says it underestimated the uptake rate of its new online passport system, blaming this and a 'huge surge' in returned foal kits for delays. Lesley Hunter Nolan and Judith Faherty report
8 November 2024 Sport horse news
COMMENT: No rising tide here
Exactly 12 months on from the last time the affiliates met the joint committee on Agriculture, relations have only gotten worse between a number of the affiliate bodies and Horse Sport Ireland
4 October 2024 Sport horse news
NEWS: Horse Source aimed at streamlining breeding services
Denis Duggan spoke to The Irish Field about Horse Sport Ireland's new e-passport system, Horse Source
19 July 2024 Sport horse news
Irish racing authorities aware of passport issues for two years
A concerned horse owner supplied industry administrators with proof that passports were being replaced but says very little has been done to stop the trade
7 June 2024 Racing News
NEWS: Sales letters 'not permitted'
Horse Sport Ireland has been instructed that the use of sales letters for the sale of horses with incomplete passport applications is not permitted under EU law
12 April 2024 Sport horse news
PONY TALES: Updates from the CPBS
A number of updates have been shared by the Connemara Pony Breeders Society this week regarding passports and inspections
8 March 2024 Pony Tales
NEWS: Passport backlogs an ongoing concern
Despite assurances from issuing bodies, passport delays look set to continue into 2024 with some breeders threatening action to recoup lost income
19 January 2024 Sport horse news