Since 2001, the Irish Government has granted €1.54 Billion  (€1,547,464,981) of scarce public funds to horse racing, including €79.28 million for 2026. 

Join us in urging the Irish Government to end state funding to this gambling activity which causes much suffering and death. Tell them to redirect the money to the many deserving charities, health/homeless/environmental groups, sports clubs, animal rescue centres, etc crying out for funding.

Horse racing is responsible for an ever-growing number of painful injuries and deaths. Sickening Horse Racing Ireland statistics, obtained by Paul Murphy TD, show that more than 1,270 horses have lost their lives at races in Ireland since 2012, including 108 in 2024. 

Horse Racing Ireland revealed the method of killing to be either lethal injection or a bullet in the head.

The fatality figures do not include the horses killed in training or those who do not make the grade and are destroyed behind-the-scenes.

Thousands of race horses have been slaughtered in Ireland. Since 2016, at least 15,658 thoroughbred horses were killed at “Department-approved slaughter facilities” in Ireland. Thousands more have been exported to the UK for slaughter – as revealed in the shocking BBC documentary “The Dark Side of Horse Racing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlpQhJFd5Bo

Irish horses are also being killed at races in the UK. The victims include horses who suffered broken necks, horses destroyed after breaking legs and horses who collapsed with heart attacks during and after races

It’s time for the Irish Government to stop funding horse racing.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD
Email: micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie; info@fiannafail.ie
Tel: 01 619 4000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD

Tanaiste Simon Harris TD
Telephone: 01 281 3727
Email: simon.harris@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
X: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris

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Irish Government: Stop Giving Millions of Euro to Cruel Greyhound Racing
https://www.change.org/p/irish-government-stop-giving-millions-of-euro-to-cruel-greyhound-racing

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