Renewed appeals have been issued for information on the 2012 murder of a man in Cavan.

The use of local “spotters” is widespread among criminal gangs targeting farmyards for valuable equipment and machinery, a specialist detective has said.

A Garda spokesman has said that criminal gangs from west Balkan countries are coming to Ireland to steal high-voltage power lines.

A new campaign to combat livestock theft is being launched today.

The Government last night named the new working group charged with reviewing the working of the Direct Provision system for asylum seekers.

IN the good old days, there was always one thing on which you could rely. It was up there with the soothing quality of Barry’s Tea, the freshness of Brennan’s Bread, the reliability of Dunnes Stores prices.

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.

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.

PUBLICATION of the long-awaited report on the divisive row over blood doping in the greyhound industry has been further delayed because of legal difficulties.

THE Government last night defeated an Opposition Bill aimed at tightening doping controls in the greyhound industry, saying it was premature.

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

THE Government has described the breakdown in communication that led to Justice Minister Michael McDowell and the Attorney General (AG) both being completely unaware of the Supreme Court decision that plunged the Government into free-fall as a “communications issue”.

THE report into the sacking of former Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan has recommended that certain matters be referred to the Comptroller and Auditor General, John Purcell, for examination.

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.

Dalton report recommends changes at Bord na gCon

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

THE investigation into drug testing in the greyhound industry has reached several far-reaching conclusions that may delay the publication of its findings for another month.

IT was with some surprise, and not a little dismay, that we read the letter from the directors and management of Cork Greyhound Race Co Ltd regarding the coverage by your newspaper of certain current matters relating to the greyhound industry in Ireland.

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

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.

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

THE under-fire chairman of Bord na gCon Paschal Taggart openly accepted this weekend that two positive EPO doping findings were not publicised partly because one case involved the top greyhound trainer in the country.

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 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 Bórd na gCon Pascal Taggart is planning to push ahead with a press conference today, despite the wishes of the Minister for Sport John O’Donoghue.

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

FORMER Bord na gCon officials have cost the State body huge sums in payouts and legal costs as part of ‘confidential’ departure payments following disagreements with the board headed by Paschal Tagart.

A FORMER senior civil servant will carry out an independent assessment into Irish Greyhound Board’s doping controls and the manner in which its board dismissed its chief executive last week.

Sports Minister John O’Donoghue tonight called for an independent investigation into the controversial sacking of the chief executive of Bord na gCon in the wake of a greyhound doping scandal.