Dáil to hear motion for phase-out of greyhound funding

Ireland will see funding to the Greyhound industry increase to €19.2 million from €16 million last year.

The Social Democrats will put forward a Private Members Motion in the Dáil on Wednesday to phase out state support for the Irish greyhound racing industry.

Ireland will see funding to the Greyhound industry increase to €19.2 million from €16 million last year and Catherine Murphy, Social Democrat co-leader, has said the state is complicit in acts of animal cruelty by providing the Greyhound industry with millions of euros every year.