Mr. Michael Murnane:

Limerick is still disappointing. It is beginning to recover and the bookings for November are way ahead of last year and the Christmas meeting is going to sell out. The end-of-year position is encouraging, while that at the beginning of the year was disappointing. Galway has shown positive signs of recovery in respect of the tote, so I do not expect another loss to arise for this year. Cork had a difficult start to the year but has been performing well since May or June. Dublin tracks are holding their own and Mullingar is fine. On an overall basis, the tracks are on a par. Limerick remains disappointing but we are expecting a strong finish to the year in respect of it.