Ring of deception

Last year, the Irish Greyhound Board was presented with a report into a scam to rig races, and into the initial, error-strewn inquiry that had found nothing wrong. On learning that the report was to be published in the ‘Irish Examiner’, the IGB accepted its findings and promised to implement them. Investigative correspondent Conor Ryan details the report’s contents

0N JUN 16, 2009, Jim Martin, chief executive of the privately owned Dundalk track, sent an email to the head of regulation at the Irish Greyhound Board, seeking advice.

That morning, the judge for the previous night’s racing, Gerry Kerley, had come to him with suspicions.