Greyhound Racing Ireland stops funds for rehoming programme

Appearing before the Oireachtas agriculture committee in November 2019, chair of GRI Frank Nyhan described the American rehoming programme as being one of “the two biggest advances that will happen” - the other being the recruitment of a dedicated animal welfare executive - in terms of reforming greyhound welfare in Ireland. File picture: Howard Crowdy

The Irish greyhound racing authority has stopped funding to one of its key welfare programmes due to the process being unsustainable within its budget.

Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI) in May paused indefinitely its contribution to the Irish Greyhounds to America programme after re-evaluating the cargo rates payable for transporting a dog from Ireland to the US.