Increased resources to stamp out “intolerable” illegal hunting have been called for by Co Tipperary Fianna Fail TD Jackie Cahill. He said it is a serious problem in Co Tipperary.

The Irish Greyhound Board says five cases are currently under investigation following calls to its care line.

The number of fines issued for breaches of greyhound welfare legislation has more than doubled in a year.

From tomorrow all dog owners will be required by law to have ensured their pet is both microchipped and registered on an authorised database.

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.

Gardaí yesterday arrested nine people as part of a crackdown on illegal coursing in Co Tipperary.

I respond to John Fitzgerald’s letter from 6 August regarding his flawed attempt to compare the deliberately illegal and intentional killing of endangered big game in Africa to highly regulated, transparent, and observable hare coursing in rural Ireland.

The second round of the Irish Laurels takes place tomorrow night at Curraheen and there are two reported non-runners from the last 48: Fatboyz Josh and Captain Karnage. 

DJ Histon, of the Irish Coursing Club, paints a rosy picture of a ‘sport’ that is banned in Britain, Northern Ireland, and many other jurisdictions. 

I find it extraordinary that CACS (Campaign for Abolition of Cruel Sports) are “aghast” (Irish Examiner, Letters, April 8 ) that there have been no reported sightings of the Irish hare on Bull Island since June, 2014. 

Yesterday afternoon should have seen the conclusion of the 2015 National Meeting at Powerstown Park, Clonmel, but the weather intervened and the third and final day of action had to be postponed.

A severe overnight frost led to the postponement of the final day of the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel, which thousands of enthusiasts were expected to attend.

The wife of Limerick billionaire JP McManus has bagged €35,000 in race winnings, after a greyhound which had beaten her dog to second place in the Irish coursing Derby tested positive for doping.

Members of the Irish Coursing Club have been called to an extraordinary general meeting to agree a settlement of a Supreme Court case on a land dispute that split the organisation.

A dog run by the family of a former chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board tested positive for two banned substances after its win at the Coursing Derby.

An accountant who was unfairly dismissed from his job with the Irish Coursing Club has been awarded compensation of €35,000.

The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) has confirmed that six samples taken from runners at this year’s National Meeting in Clonmel have tested positive for banned substances.

An accountant sacked by a national sporting organisation was “collateral damage” and “the jam in the sandwich” in a row between the club’s current president and other executive members, a tribunal has heard.

A former accountant with the Irish Coursing Club submitted “fictitious” mileage expenses worth €3,800 a year after striking an agreement with his former boss and the club’s former auditors, a tribunal has heard.

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.

Last year, the Irish Greyhound Board was presented with a report into a scam to rig races, and into the initial, error-strewn inquiry that had found nothing wrong. On learning that the report was to be published in the ‘Irish Examiner’, the IGB accepted its findings and promised to implement them. Investigative correspondent Conor Ryan details the report’s contents

Up to 70 protesters attended a picket of the National Coursing meeting in Co Tipperary yesterday to voice their opposition to the sport at its biggest day of the year.

The decisive moments in the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel will take place on Powerstown Park this afternoon but with two days completed, it already feels like a success for the Irish Coursing Club.

Doubt has been cast on the status of hundreds of racing and coursing greyhounds bred using frozen semen taken from long-dead sires.

An auditor has told a tribunal how he was “appalled” when he realised that a fellow accountant was involved in falsifying the accounts of the Irish Coursing Club.

An accountant with the Irish Coursing Club was fired for involvement in a “cover-up” which allowed a former club CEO to spend funds on his own “personal lifestyle”, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has heard.

An accountant with a national sporting body was dismissed because of alleged “misappropriation of funds” and “falsification of accounts,” the Employment Appeals Tribunal has been told.

In a dramatic about turn last night, the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) withdrew it’s threat to move the Irish Cup blue riband fixture from Co. Limerick, its traditional home for over 100 years.

Peace talks are due to take place in Clonmel tomorrow between the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) and County Limerick Coursing Club (CLCC) over the future running of the Irish Cup meeting, the traditional blue riband of the sport.

The Executive Committee of the Irish Coursing Club made the ground-breaking decision on Thursday to change the format for the National Meeting held annually at Powerstown Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

The Executive Committee of the Irish Coursing Club decided at its executive meeting yesterday, to change the format for next year’s National Meeting in Clonmel.

FORMER Irish Coursing Club president Tony McNamee has been appointed a member of the Irish Greyhound Board, according to reliable sources within the industry.

MINISTER of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Shane McEntee, marked the passage into law of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 by visiting the greyhound premises of leading breeder and trainer Mr Pat Savage, near Slane, Co Meath.

FOLLOWING some controversy and experimentation in recent years, the Irish Coursing club executive has approved a new method for selecting judges and slippers for the National Coursing meeting in Clonmel.

NEW Irish Greyhound Board chairman Phil Meaney has described his role as “exciting and challenging”.

AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney has defended the appointment of a Fine Gael strategist as the chair of the country’s greyhound racing body, Bord na gCon.

THE Irish Coursing Club (ICC) has been ordered to pay €640,000 in damages to a private firm and could face further costs after a court case relating to a disputed land deal next to its grounds.

ANTI-coursing campaigners have vowed to continue their fight despite the likelihood of their only political allies being voted out of the Dáil.