Fergus Finlay: No grey area in battle to protect our vulnerable racing dogs

Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns is seeking to move a Dáil motion tomorrow to begin the process of defunding the greyhound racing industry.

I was raised on Charles Dickens, by a mother who believed his books were children’s stories. But actually an awful lot of Dickens is grim. I loved him anyway, so maybe introducing me to Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby at the age of 8 or 9 was the right thing to do.

Mind you, at that age, there’s an awful lot of stuff you don’t know. Like, what a beadle is.