Budget 2025 raises funding for horseracing and greyhounds to €99m

€19.82m will go to Greyhound Racing Ireland. File picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has defended a €4.1m hike in the Horse and Greyhound Fund claiming that “significant progress” has been made in terms of animal welfare standards in the two industries.

The annual State grant to the horseracing and greyhound industries is to increase in the budget up to €99.1m for 2025. It is the highest the fund has reached in its 23 years of existence.