The public spending watchdog has criticised the outlay on a €21m greyhound stadium in Limerick, which has significantly increased the debt owed by the state body that oversees greyhound racing.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said there was nothing untoward about his appointment of a Fine Gael strategist as a

The greyhound racing industry injects an estimated €500m into local economies, according to Minister of State Tom Hayes.

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.

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

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.

An Irish Examiner investigation today reveals that the Irish Greyhound Board, a commercial semi-state body, ratcheted up an over-spend of €5m on the construction of a new racecourse in Limerick.

CRONYISM, the political nod-and-wink, and membership of quangos go hand in glove and have long been at the heart of Irish politics.

Policy context of asset sales

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.

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

THE Irish Greyhound Board announced yesterday evening that it is hoped that Shelbourne Park will open for racing again on Thursday next.

THE visits of a pope and a US president to Limerick and the victory of a great Irish athlete are to be commemorated by a piece of sculpture.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

A long-awaited report into the fatal shooting of John Carthy by gardaí in Co Longford over six years ago is due shortly, the Dáil heard today.

AS a greyhound owner, I was sickened to learn recently that a re-homing charity may be brought to bankruptcy because the Irish Greyhound Board refuses to help with its funding.

AS a greyhound owner, I was sickened to learn recently that a re-homing charity may be brought to bankruptcy because the Irish Greyhound Board refuses to help with its funding.

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.

FURTHER details of the controversial sacking of Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan are expected this week when Sports Minister John O’Donoghue receives an urgent report on the matter.

THREE long-awaited multi-million euro third level projects in Cork are poised to go ahead thanks to the Budget.

Increased spending across sport, tourism and the arts will enable the sectors to adequately respond to future challenges, Minister John O’Donoghue said today.

CONTRARY to popular opinion among Fianna Fáil followers, Ireland’s new EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy is not even top dog in his own family.

THE short-sightedness of our public representatives always amazes me. They know there’s a scarcity of private land – let alone public land. But when a semi-state company like Aer Rianta decide to sell the Torc Great Southern in Killarney, they are all too willing to express consternation, when it’s almost too late.