Best of luck to everyone attending this year’s Punchestown Festival! It’s been a fixture in my calendar as long as I can remember. I wish the organisers all the best too, as well as all the local businesses. 

The meeting is a great boost to the local economy and Naas especially comes alive every year at festival time. No better place to shop, eat or socialise and the town and surrounds have a really special buzz all that week.

The five days of world-class jump racing, fashion and food is the highlight of the social calendar in Kildare and will be enjoyed by over 130,000 people.

Best of luck to all racegoers and to all horses and connections in the run-in!