The chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board has shocked the company by deciding to leave his post weeks after Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney broke the rules to keep him in a job.

The chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board, Adrian Neilan, is to leave his job next week.

Simon Coveney, the agriculture minister, has got permission to break public appointment rules in order to keep the chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board in situ for another two years.

A special investigation into the Irish Greyhound Board’s development of its flagship €23m stadium in Limerick looks imminent.

The embattled Irish Greyhound Board has announced a plan to reorganise the company and turn its fortunes around before its debt problems come to a head.

The two principal internal investigators at the Irish Greyhound Board have taken extended work-related sick leave as the company delays the publication of their recent report into a race-fixing scam.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has said he is aware of concerns about the operation of the Irish Greyhound Board but that these are for the company itself to resolve.

A collapsed gentleman’s agreement stands to cost the Irish Greyhound Board another €1m because it decided to compensate a development firm for an adverse planning decision.

The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) faced down an internal revolt after quashing a positive drug test on a dog owned by one of the sport’s biggest backers.

The minister responsible for the greyhound sector has made a strong defence of those charged with running the industry.

The IGB rejected advice regarding a site-filling agreement at its stadium in Limerick, which ultimately cost it €2.4m, says investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

Emergency savings were triggered by the Irish Greyhound Board after extreme financial pressure saw it struggle to respect a €25m borrowing limit.

Irish greyhound racing will have its own Breeders’ Cup this year with the staging of the Night Of Stars at Shelbourne Park on Saturday, December 1.

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.

THE chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board has assured taxpayers his organisation got value for money from building a stadium and headquarters at Greenpark in Limerick.

THE Irish greyhound industry has bucked a national trend by reporting a rise in attendances and an increase in their cash surplus to €3.15m.

JUST days into the New Year and already we have the draw for the first major open track event of the year, the Tyrur Kennels Open 575 which will kick-off at Shelbourne tonight.

THE boards of two semi-state companies have been warned to sack their chief executives if they refuse to sign revised contracts.

IN response to recent and unfair criticisms of the Irish Greyhound Board’s examination of establishing a brand new greyhound industry in China, the following positive outcomes for our country need to be highlighted.

LIMERICK soccer is set to return to its old home at the Markets Field following a substantial charitable donation.

IN reply to the letter of Mr Adrian Neilan Irish Greyhound Board CEO, (Feb 9) I would like to make the following observations.

REGARDING the letter from Mr Mullins (Feb 4) on the management and operation of Bord na gCon, there are a number of clear facts that Mr Mullins has overlooked.

A PUBLIC tendering process for the sale of Limerick’s historic Market’s Field stadium has begun in advance of the sport moving to its new €20 million headquarters in October.

THE Irish Greyhound Board yesterday announced a new tiered format for the allocation of race grants which is basically designed to encourage better class racing on all tracks.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has made peace with Fianna Fáil backbenchers through a complicated legislative juggling act with his new law to ban puppy farms.

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”.

GREYHOUND racing crowds fell sharply by over 20% last year, but the Irish Greyhound Board believes that the worst of the decline may be over.

AT least 9,000 public servants are earning a minimum of €100,000 per year, according to a report in the Irish Farmers Journal.

AT last, some good news in these recessionary times.

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.

Greyhound owners are feeding their dogs cocaine and illegal amphetamines to win races at tracks throughout Ireland, it emerged today.

THE taxpayer will not be out of pocket over a decision to abandon plans for a new greyhound stadium on a site purchased for more than €1 million near Limerick, the chief executive of the Irish Greyhound Board said yesterday.

ADRIAN NEILAN, the recently-appointed CEO of the Irish Greyhound Board, has completed a top-level review of the organisation and yesterday announced a number of appointments as part of the board’s strategic goal of improving operational efficiency and providing greater value to the industry.