Greyhound board directors claim €91k expenses

Directors at cash-strapped semi- state company the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) and their predecessors have defended an expenses regime which, in one case, saw a political appointee claim €1,000 a week for travel costs.

The seven-member board have together claimed an average of €91,588 in tax-free expenses every year since 2007. In that same year, three non-executive directors received over €25,000 each.

One of these recouped €51,000 in mileage and meals on top of his €14,000 board fee. This person was former Fianna Fáil senator Tony McKenna, who left the board in 2011, having claimed €175,000 throughout the previous five years in expenses, while earning €67,000 in fees during that time.