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Horizon Card

Easing Tax-Free Shopping for
North Americans in Ireland

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment

A new card developed by FEXCO, a top finance company headquartered in Killorglin, Co. Kerry since 1981, aims to ease the burden placed on U.S. and Canadian tourists in Ireland when trying to reclaim the tax on purchases made while on vacation. The so-called Horizon card in fact removes the need to reclaim taxes at all. Instead, customers register their card online, present it … [Read more...] about Easing Tax-Free Shopping for
North Americans in Ireland

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February 8, 1983

On this day in 1983, thoroughbred stallion race horse Shergar, named Europe’s Horse of the Year in 1981, was kidnapped from a farm in County Kildare. Shergar was owned by the Aga Khan and worth approximately $13.5 million. On the night of February 8th, armed men arrived at the home of James Fitzpatrick, one of Shergar’s grooms. The kidnappers demanded Fitzpatrick lead them to Shergar’s stable and made him load the horse into the truck. Fitzpatrick was then left on the side of the road in a remote area. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $2 million for the return of the horse, however negotiations fell through and Shergar was never seen again. The case remains unsolved.

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