Harold’s Cross sale could take six months

The controversial €23m sale of Harold’s Cross greyhound stadium that would wipe out the Irish Greyhound Board’s debts may take another six months to be finalised.

Harold’s Cross sale could take six months

The Department of Education agreed the purchase last May with the Irish Grehyound Board (IGB), but the deal was subject at the time to a change in zoning that would facilitate institutional and community use on the six-acre site.

A vote by members of Dublin City Council last September approved that change, which opens the way for a planning application to build schools.

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