Horse Racing Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Horse Racing Ireland

Date published 21 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Agriculture

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Stallion Trail Invitations

Intended results Advocating the economic benefits of HRI & to ensure continued government support for the Irish horseracing industry

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Suzanne Eade

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

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Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

James Lawless TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Bernard Durkan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aidan Farrelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Réada Cronin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Naoise O'Cearúil TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Joe Neville TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Heydon Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Wall TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Vincent P Martin Senator (Seanad)

Fiona O'Loughlin Senator (Seanad)

Tim Durkan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

William Durkan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Kevin Duffy Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Fintan Brett Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Lumi Panaite Fahey Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Ivan Keatley Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Peggy O'Dwyer Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Tracey O'Dwyer Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Evie Sammon Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brendan Wyse Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Pat Balfe Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Suzanne Doyle Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Noel Heavey Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Tom McDonnell Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brian O'Loughlin Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Chris Pender Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Robert Power Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Veralouise Behan Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Aoife Breslin Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Brian Dooley Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Mark Leigh Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bernard Caldwell Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Rupert Heather Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Nuala Killeen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Claire O'Rourke Councillor (Kildare County Council)

David Trost Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Angela Feeney Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Daragh Fitzpatrick Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Padraig McEvoy Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Peter Melrose Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Paul Ward Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Anne Breen Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Bill Clear Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Ger Dunne Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Carmel Kelly Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Seamie Moore Councillor (Kildare County Council)

Alan Kelly TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ryan O'Meara TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seamus Healy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Michael Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mattie McGrath TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

Andy Maloney Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Annemarie "Shiner" Ryan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

David Dunne Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Declan Burgess Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Eddie Moran Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Fiona Bonfield Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Imelda Goldsboro Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Jim Ryan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Joe Hannigan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

John Carroll Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

John Crosse Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

John Fitzgerald Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

John O'Heney Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Kay Cahill Skehan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Kieran Bourke Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Liam Browne Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Louise Morgan Walsh Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Máirín McGrath Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Marie Murphy Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Mark Fitzgerald Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Mary Hanna Hourigan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Michael Brennan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Michael O'Meara Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Michael Smith Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Micheál Anglim Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Micheál Lowry Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Niall Dennehy Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Pamela Quirke O'meara Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Pat English Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Peggy Ryan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Phyll Bugler Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Richie Molloy Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Roger Kennedy Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Seamus Morris Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Sean Ryan Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Shane Lee Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Siobhan Ambrose Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

William Kennedy Councillor (Tipperary County Council)

Garret Ahearn Senator (Seanad)

Pádraig O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Gould TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ken O'Flynn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Eoghan Kenny TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Colm Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

James O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Noel McCarthy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Liam Quaide TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ann Marie Ahern Councillor (Cork County Council)

Bernard Moynihan Councillor (Cork County Council)

Deirdre O'Brien Councillor (Cork County Council)

Frank O'Flynn Councillor (Cork County Council)

Gearóid Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Ian Doyle Councillor (Cork County Council)

John Buckley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Liam Madden Councillor (Cork County Council)

Mary Linehan Foley Councillor (Cork County Council)

Michael Hegarty Councillor (Cork County Council)

Nelius Cotter Councillor (Cork County Council)

Pat Hayes Councillor (Cork County Council)

Patrick Mulcahy Councillor (Cork County Council)

Peter O'Donoghue Councillor (Cork County Council)

Rory Cocking Councillor (Cork County Council)

Tony O'Shea Councillor (Cork County Council)

Trish Murphy Councillor (Cork County Council)

William O'Leary Councillor (Cork County Council)

Helen McEntee TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Thomas Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Darren O'Rourke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Gillian Toole TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aisling Dempsey TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Guirke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peadar Tóibín TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Alan Lawes Councillor (Meath County Council)

Alan Tobin Councillor (Meath County Council)

Amanda Smith Councillor (Meath County Council)

Brian Fitzgerald Councillor (Meath County Council)

Carol Lennon Councillor (Meath County Council)

Caroline O'Reilly Councillor (Meath County Council)

Conor Tormey Councillor (Meath County Council)

Dave Boyne Councillor (Meath County Council)

David Gilroy Councillor (Meath County Council)

Edward Fennessy Councillor (Meath County Council)

Emer Tóibín Councillor (Meath County Council)

Eugene Cassidy Councillor (Meath County Council)

Fionnan Blake Councillor (Meath County Council)

Francis Deane Councillor (Meath County Council)

Geraldine Keogan Councillor (Meath County Council)

Gerry O'Connor Councillor (Meath County Council)

Helen Meyer Councillor (Meath County Council)

Joe Bonner Councillor (Meath County Council)

Joe Fox Councillor (Meath County Council)

Linda Nelson Murray Councillor (Meath County Council)

Maria Murphy Councillor (Meath County Council)

Maria White Councillor (Meath County Council)

Michael Gallagher Councillor (Meath County Council)

Mike Bray Councillor (Meath County Council)

Nick Killian Councillor (Meath County Council)

Noel French Councillor (Meath County Council)

Paddy Meade Councillor (Meath County Council)

Padraig Coffey Councillor (Meath County Council)

Padraig Fitzsimons Councillor (Meath County Council)

Peter Caffrey Councillor (Meath County Council)

Ronan Moore Councillor (Meath County Council)

Sarah Reilly Councillor (Meath County Council)

Sean Drew Councillor (Meath County Council)

Sharon Tolan Councillor (Meath County Council)

Stephen McKee Councillor (Meath County Council)

Suzanne Jamal Councillor (Meath County Council)

Wayne Harding Councillor (Meath County Council)

Yemi Adenuga Councillor (Meath County Council)

Shane Cassells Senator (Seanad)

Sharon Keogan Senator (Seanad)

Peter Burke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Micheál Carrigy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sorca Clarke TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Robert Troy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Kevin Boxer Moran TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aengus O'Rourke Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Alfie Devine Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Andrew Duncan Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Aoife Davitt Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Bill Collentine Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

David Jones Director of Services or Equivalent (Westmeath County Council)

David Cassidy Councillor (Longford County Council)

Denis Leonard Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Emily Wallace Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Frankie Keena Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Garry Murtagh Councillor (Longford County Council)

Gerry Hagan Councillor (Longford County Council)

John Dolan Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Johnny Penrose Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Julie McCourt Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Ken Glynn Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Liam McDaniel Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Kevin Hussey Councillor (Longford County Council)

Mark Casey Councillor (Longford County Council)

Martin Monaghan Councillor (Longford County Council)

Martin Skelly Councillor (Longford County Council)

Michael Dollard Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Mick Cahill Councillor (Longford County Council)

Niall Gaffney Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Niall Gannon Councillor (Longford County Council)

Padraig McNamara Councillor (Longford County Council)

Paraic Brady Councillor (Longford County Council)

Pat O’Toole Councillor (Longford County Council)

Paul Hogan Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Paul Ross Councillor (Longford County Council)

Peggy Nolan Councillor (Longford County Council)

Seamus Butler Councillor (Longford County Council)

Sean Mimnagh Councillor (Longford County Council)

Tom Farrell Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Turlough McGovern Councillor (Longford County Council)

Uruemu Adejinmi Councillor (Longford County Council)

Vinny McCormack Councillor (Westmeath County Council)

Paul Daly Senator (Seanad)

Aidan Davitt Senator (Seanad)

William Aird TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Seán Fleming TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Stanley TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Callaghan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Peter 'Chap' Cleere TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Natasha Newsome Drennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Andrew McGuinness Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

David Fitzgerald Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Deirdre Cullen Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Eugene McGuinness Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Fidelis Doherty Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Ger Frisby Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Jenny Catt Slattery Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Joe Lyons Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Joe Malone Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Joe Sheridan Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

John Brennan Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

John Coonan Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Maria Dollard Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Mary Hilda Cavanagh Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Maurice Shortall Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Michael Delaney Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Michael Doyle Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Michael McCarthy Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Pat Dunphy Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Pat Fitzpatrick Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Seán Ó hArgáin Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Stephanie Doheny Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Tomás Breathnach Councillor (Kilkenny County Council)

Brian O'Donoghue Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Andrea Dalton Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Andy Gladney Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Ben Ward Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Charlie Murphy Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Daniel Pender Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Fergal Browne Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Fintan Phelan Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Jim Deane Councillor (Carlow County Council)

John Cassin Councillor (Carlow County Council)

John Pender Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Ken Murnane Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Michael Doran Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Paul Doogue Councillor (Carlow County Council)

Thomas Kinsella Councillor (Carlow County Council)

William Paton Councillor (Carlow County Council)

William Quinn Councillor (Carlow County Council)

James Browne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Verona Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Johnny Mythen TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

George Lawlor TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Brian Brennan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Byrne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Aidan Browne Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Anthony Donohoe Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Aoife Rose O'Brien Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Barbara Anne Murphy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Bridín Murphy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Cathal Byrne Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Catherine Biddy Walsh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Darragh McDonald Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Donal Kenny Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Frank Staples Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Garry Laffan Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Ger Carthy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Jackser Owens Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Jim Codd Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Joe Sullivan Councillor (Wexford County Council)

John Fleming Councillor (Wexford County Council)

John O'Rourke Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Leonard Kelly Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Lisa McDonald Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Marty Murphy Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Mary Farrell Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Michael Sheehan Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Nicky Boland Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Oliver Walsh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Paddy Kavanagh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Pat Barden Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Pat Keogh Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Pip Breen Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Raymond Shannon Councillor (Wexford County Council)

Tom Forde Councillor (Wexford County Council)

David Cullinane TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

John Cummins TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mary Butler TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Conor D McGuinness TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Adam Wyse Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Blaise Hannigan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Catherine Burke Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Damien Geoghegan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

David Daniels Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Declan Barry Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Declan Clune Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Donal Barry Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Donnchadh Mulcahy Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Eamon Quinlan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Frank Quinlan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Jason Murphy Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Jim Darcy Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Jim Griffin Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Joeanne Bailey Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Joe Conway Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Joe Kelly Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Joe O’Riordan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

John Hearne Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

John O'Leary Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

John Pratt Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Liam Brazil Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Lola O'Sullivan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Mary Roche Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Niamh O'Donovan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Pat Fitzgerald Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Pat Nugent Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Séamus Ryan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Seanie Power Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Thomas Phelan Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)

Tom Cronin Councillor (Waterford City and County Council)