The Taoiseach has been defending his party's fundraising activities at the Galway Races..
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said criticism of the €390 euro a head receptions held in the Fianna Fail corporate tent, was simply begrudgery.
We run it to make a few quid.
Jim Goff from Hilltop Stables in Naul, County Dublin describes the Galway Races as the Cheltenham of Ireland. It is the choice race meeting that trainers prepare all year for.
Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan says the Galway summer racing festival presents opportunities for samller breeders and trainers especailly those based on the west coast.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 26 July 2005. The reporter is Jim Fahy.
