National Stud Chairman defended expenses bill while seeking €5m lifeline

INS audit where its CEO accounted for 60% of all expenses: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/447299-ins-travel-and-expenses-audit...

Chryss O'Reilly's handwritten letter to Minister (May '10) reacting to "sensationalist" media coverage of INS:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439037-ins-cor-explainer-letter-of-minister-may-2010.html

In Jan 09 the Minister received detailed complaints of mismanagement at the INS. This was the chairman's response: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439047-ins-cor-to-minister-on-allega...

Jan '10: Minister Smith receives a set of explosive allegations about the INS. This was the response on his behalf: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439062-ins-dept-letter-to-complain-j... …

After the allegations in early '10 the Minister met the INS. He distanced himself but said he should have been warned: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439118-ins-ministers-meeting-feb-201... …

Between '04&09 the INS spent 705k settling legal cases with staff - before its biggest case in '11. Here is the list: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/447298-ins-legal-bills.html …

The INS was criticised for the level of untendered business it did with boardmembers. Here is a breakdown by director: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/447296-ins-business-with-directors.html …

Chryss O'Reilly's handwritten assurance to Minister that complaints will be investigated: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439040-ins-cor-letter-jan-18-2010.html …


After Minister met with INS and expressed his dissatisfaction Chryss O'Reilly wrote back to reassure him: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439043-ins-cor-letter-to-minister-ap... …


Minister Smith demands investigation into allegations re INS but says it its up the INS how it investigates itself: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/439069-ins-dept-to-cor-re-complaint.... …

Another 9 documents unearthed including:  A 5 Year plan produced by Irish National Stud, By 2009 the 5yr plan was suspended and Minister Smith had this to say about the INS's financial position at his address to AGM,

To compete with the big guns (Coolmore& Darley et al) INS liked to head up syndicates with a max investment of €2.5m,

The mares the INS bought between 2002 and 2008 and what it paid for them: 

and INS's plans to release more land to the property market - obviously this has been scuppered

links to all documents https://twitter.com/conor_w_ryan

Is that hand written letter a final draft? she must have gotten it typed up afterwards, it looks like a childrens letter to Santa Claus

That was it...Hand written, seems she liked things personnel