A couple of weeks ago the new Red Mills Unraced Stake at Curraheen Park was unveiled. This is a great addition to the calendar at this track as it has long lacked a similar stake, the type which goes particularly well at other venues.

The Barking Buzz app has been busy since its introduction and the load will only increase over the coming weeks.

The bid to retain a greyhound racing stadium at Wimbledon is in real trouble, according to businessman Paschal Taggart, who has written a letter to numerous publications this week, expressing concern at the potential failure.

The full extent of Bord na gCon’s mounting debt and the exact source of it will not be known until its accounts are published, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

Here’s hoping that the worst predictions of the Met Office prove off the mark and that the Christmas racing schedule can continue at full pace at tracks all over the country over the weekend.

IRISH Greyhound Board chairman Dick O’Sullivan is stepping down early in the New Year and will confirm his decision to the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith at a meeting today.

The High Court heard this afternoon that a certain amount of progress has been made in discussions between lawyers for property developer Bernard McNamara, and five businessmen who had planned to sue him.

BORD na gCon escaped with a rap on the knuckles after a probe by the State’s spending watchdog into €5 million of spending.

LAWYERS for a company headed by Dublin businessman Paschal Taggart will appear before a French court this week to challenge claims for €21 million in damages.

Credit card giant Mastercard is reportedly keen to buy a small strategic stake in Dublin-based e-commerce company Orbiscom, whose directors include former Bord na gCon head Paschal Taggart.

THE Irish Greyhound Board will announce the successor to former chief executive Aidan Tynan in the next fortnight, The Irish Examiner has learned.

THE taxpayer was hit with another massive Bord na gCon pay-out yesterday after a senior executive with the company settled for a near €1 million package after agreeing to withdraw a bullying action against the former Greyhound Board boss Paschal Taggart and two others.

HELICOPTER traffic is busier than usual around Waterville these days, with the rich and famous arriving for a unique golfing event.

SPORTS Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday named Kerry veterinary surgeon and racecourse manager Dick O’Sullivan as Paschal Taggart’s replacement as chairman of Bord na gCon.

The chairman of Bord na gCon, Paschal Taggart, is to step down today.

THE State’s financial watchdog last night launched a sweeping probe into Bord na gCon.

AIDAN TYNAN, the former chief executive of Bord na gCon, yesterday defended his decision to go over the head of the authority’s board and inform the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism that two positive dope findings had been suppressed.

THE far-reaching recommendations of the independent report into the serious divisions that blew up in Bord na gCon last January will be implemented in full, Sports Minister John O’Donoghue said yesterday.

An independent anti-doping agency for the greyhound industry may be set up by the Government, it emerged tonight.

CONTROVERSIAL Bord na gCon chairman Paschal Taggart jumped before he was pushed, reliable Government sources said last night.

AN independent board should be established to test for doping in the greyhound industry, the Dáil will hear tomorrow.

THE Government’s handling of the Bord na gCon affair has degenerated into total farce, Labour leader Pat Rabbitte said yesterday.

BORD NA gCON chairman Paschal Taggart admitted yesterday that he has dogs registered in the names of his children, and that one of those animals was trained by a man at the centre of the doping scandal.

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.

THE report into the controversial sacking of the Bord na gCon chief executive will be discussed by the Cabinet today, the Irish Examiner understands.

A HUGELY successful Irish-made children’s animated religious series is due for a new run of episodes on the small screen.

WE wish to express our deep disgust at the way that the Irish Examiner has dealt with (and, arguably, created much of) the controversy surrounding the greyhound racing industry since the dismissal of the Irish Greyhound Board chief, Aidan Tynan, on January 26.

FINE GAEL is to push for the establishment of an independent control body for Bord na gCon in order to remove any suspicion of interference in doping cases.

BELEAGUERED Bord na gCon chairman Paschal Taggart last night again went against the publicly declared request by Sports Minister John O’Donoghue to refrain from public statements about the sacking of Bord na gCon chairman Aidan Tynan.

THE job of sacked Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan was advertised in Sunday newspapers while an investigation into the controversy continues.

GREYHOUND owners in the west of Ireland have passed a vote of no confidence in Bord na Gcon chairman Paschal Taggart.

TG4 last night pulled a five-minute report favourable to Paschal Taggart from its weekly programme on greyhound racing.

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.

THE press conference called by Paschal Taggart, the controversial chairman of Bord na gCon, was in direct and deliberate defiance of Sports Minister John O’Donoghue.

THE decision of Paschal Taggart to go ahead with a weekend press conference was an unprecedented affront to Sports Minister John O’Donoghue, Labour sports spokesman Jack Wall said yesterday.

The Chairman of Bord na gCon is standing over his statement that the sacking of Chief Executive Aidan Tynan is not linked to the greyhound doping controversy.

Sports Minister John O’Donoghue today urged all sides in the Bord na gCon dispute not to air details of the controversy in public.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte last night launched a stinging criticism of the handling of the Bord na gCon controversy, claiming that Sports Minister John O’Donoghue and chairman Paschal Taggart had both displayed a serious lack of judgement.

PASCHAL Taggart, the embattled chairman of Bord na gCon, should resign.