Fine Gael wants new greyhound doping board

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

Fine Gael is bringing forward a bill to tighten up drug-testing procedures following the fiasco of recent months at Bord na gCon.

Controversy erupted when it emerged that the semi-State organisation, which is responsible for regulation of the industry, had suppressed positive drug findings against two greyhound trainers, Paul Hennessy and John Kiely.