Minister gone to the dogs over Bord na gCon, says Rabbitte

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

He accused Sports Minister John O’Donoghue of being “hapless” in the face of widespread leaks to the media of the Dalton Report, and the continued media appearances of the greyhound board’s chairman Paschal Taggart, despite warnings to desist from comment.

On Thursday, the minister “deplored in the strongest possible terms” the leaks of the confidential report and also public comments from the parties involved — taken as a direct reference to Mr Taggart.