Labour hypocrisy on horse and dog fund

BEFORE he criticises such funding as the Horse and Greyhound Fund (Irish Examiner, October 12) Fergus Finlay should check out how the Labour Party reacted to the establishment of the fund in 2001.
Labour hypocrisy on horse and dog fund

He will find that Labour spokesman Willie Penrose said that “increased funding of both industries on a sustained, guaranteed basis, most importantly for their ongoing development on a permanent basis, is to be heartily welcomed”.

Regulations for future funding were debated with Minister John O’Donoghue at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sport and Tourism last week, when Labour’s spokesman on sport, Jack Wall, said he “fully supports what’s there in the regulations”.

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