Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness has warned the Irish Greyhound Board it will have to explain why it broke spending rules.

ONE of Simon Coveney’s first ministerial board appointments saw a key election organiser for his Cabinet colleague Phil Hogan installed as the chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board in Apr 2011.

A meticulous scam rigged races using falsified qualification records but escaped detection because of a botched investigation carried out by the Irish Greyhound Board.

Bord na gCon would like to comment on and totally refute key misinformed points as presented by the Irish Examiner edition on Tuesday, May 8.

FIANNA Fáil backbenchers are demanding further amendments to the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill following greyhound industry representatives warning that the bill, in its current form, will lead to the “destruction of a fine traditional Irish industry”.

NO FORMAL business appraisal was carried out by Bord na gCon on a proposed €20 million greyhound stadium on the outskirts of Limerick, after it bought land for €1.39m, confidential documentsreveal.

Suggestions Irish horseracing would benefit by consolidating the number of tracks around the country has caused heated debate within the sport. Declan Colley canvassed a number of racing experts.

EVEN before it is published, serious questions are hanging over the report into Bord na gCon following a claim by its controversial chairman that media coverage of what the document contains appeared to be at variance with indications that he had received from the author during his investigation.

SPORTS Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday hinted the report into recent controversies in the greyhound industry may take longer than initially anticipated.

ONE of the greyhound trainers Paschal Taggart claims was lacking in “awareness” when he administered prohibited drug EPO was fined by British racing authorities 14 months ago for using banned substances.

PROPOSED legislation to set up an independent control committee for greyhound doping cases will be laid before the Dáil this week as the controversy surrounding Bord na gCon continues.