Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue \ Philip Doyle
In his column in last week’s issue, Michael Slavin wrote of two objections which had been lodged with South Dublin County Council against Horse Sport Ireland’s (HSI) planning permission for its development of a Centre of Excellence at Greenogue.
One was from Chris Byrne of CoilÓg Equestrian and the second was also from Chris Byrne on behalf of the Equestrian Competition Venue Owners Alliance (ECVOA).
In the Dáil last Wednesday, Kildare North TD Catherine Murphy (Social Democrats) questioned Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue about his plans to conduct an assessment of the appropriateness of the Greenogue site that HSI plans to relocate to; and the engagements he has had with HSI regarding the proposed move to this location.