An Oireachtas committee has made a string of recommendations over the future of the multimillion-euro Irish greyhound industry, including a zero tolerance approach to dog doping and increased transparency and traceability.

THE prospect of the multibillion-euro Metro North system ever being built appears doomed after a key state agency said it was inferior to another major rail project — the DART Underground.

A REPORT on the future of Dublin Port has raised serious doubts about the commercial benefits of the controversial proposal to relocate the country’s busiest cargo facility to a new site in north county Dublin.

The Television Licence Fee is to increase by €3 to €158 from October 1 this year, it was announced today.

THE cost to the Exchequer of exempting stallion fees from taxation is just €3 million a year, according to a major analysis of the thoroughbred sector.