Charity calls for end to greyhound racing after sport receives State funding boost

Among the issues of concern for the Dogs Trust are the rate of deaths at tracks. File picture: Howard Crowdy

State funding for the greyhound industry has been hiked in the Budget by €600,000, or 3%, to €18.2m.

The 2023 iteration of the Horse and Greyhound Fund, first introduced in 2001, will total €91m, split 80% to 20% between the horse and greyhound racing industries respectively.