BREAKING: Bord na Mona and Pat Barrett issue joint statement on Lough Boora Bike Hire contract Reporter: '); Bord na Mona and Pat Barrett have issued a joint statement on the Lough Boora Bike Hire contract. In it Bord na Mona acknowledges that it could have handled the matter better while Pat Barrett is now encouraging everyone who supported him to support and enjoy Lough Boora. Read the full statement below. Pat Barrett had provided the bike hire service at Lough Boora for more than a decade but recently lost the service to Dublin based company run by Dublin footballer Conal Keaney.