Corporate fire-fighting revealed

After spending a year resisting the publication of its chairman’s expenses, the Irish Greyhound Board has said it now has no problem with the release of the information.

On the instruction of the information commissioner, the IGB published the returns of its chair, Phil Meaney, for his first 15 months in office.

And, after considering the matter, the IGB decided to release the rest of the board’s claims and their immediate predecessors. This action has revealed two issues.