Dog track revamp ‘not linked to animal welfare’

IGB denies works to widen bend on track to do with collision fears

Part of the state-of-the-art new racing track in Limerick is being dug out by the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB), but it has denied this has anything to do with persistent animal welfare concerns about the facility.

Contractors arrived at the €23m Greenpark site this month to begin at least six weeks of work realigning and widening the first bend, which opened for racing in late 2010.