Further IGB stadium tender woes

Further irregularities have emerged in the Irish Greyhound Board’s (IGB) costly effort to recover from a collapsed gentleman’s agreement that had underpinned the construction of its new €23m stadium in Limerick.

It has been established that terms were discussed with a successful tender before the procurement process began and that firm went on to be paid much more than the IGB suggested in evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

These emerged as the IGB confirmed the Comptroller and Auditor General has started an investigation into the project, and it is co-operating.