FG Bill to control greyhound doping is defeated

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

Sports Minister John O’Donoghue told the Dáil that changes would be made only after a report into affairs at Bord na gCon had been published.

Mr O’Donoghue commissioned Tim Dalton, a former secretary general at the Department of Justice, to produce the report in question following Bord na gCon’s decision to sack chief executive Aidan Tynan on January 26.