Greyhound doping - Taggart may have conflict of interest

BORD NA gCON chairman Paschal Taggart admitted yesterday that he has dogs registered in the names of his children, and that one of those animals was trained by a man at the centre of the doping scandal.

This controversy first came to light following the dismissal of Aidan Tynan as the chief executive of Bord na gCon. Sports Minister John O’Donoghue ordered an investigation to determine whether Mr Tynan’s dismissal was connected with the non-publication of drug findings by the control committee of the board chaired by Mr Taggart.

Mr Taggart admitted that he keeps dogs in the names of family members and said that has been the practice for various previous chairmen. He said that he has as many as 12 trainers.