FG defends appointment of party man to board

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.

Mr Coveney said the businessman Phil Meaney was chosen because of his record as a successful businessman and not because of his stewardship of Fine Gael’s electoral tactics in Carlow.

Mr Meaney was the chair of Kilkenny greyhound stadium and sat on the finance committee of the Irish Coursing Club.