Coveney denies any wrongdoing in IGB chair appointment

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said there was nothing untoward about his appointment of a Fine Gael strategist as a

Mr Coveney said he asked for special Cabinet sanction to install a new chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board in 2011.

He said at the time that he made it clear to his fellow ministers that the nominee would still have to be interviewed by an Oireachtas committee.