Some positives as well as negatives in dramatic year

A quite dramatic year on the greyhound front has virtually reached its conclusion and we will enter 2011 with the hope that it will bring better fortune for an industry that has been left reeling from the combined assault from the economic crisis and the woeful weather in the first and last months of the year.

But there were some tremendous highlights ranging from some wonderful racing to the late season opening of the magnificent new Limerick Stadium.

The latter event was a major plus for the industry and hopefully will help address the drop in revenues which has been a feature of Irish life in the past few years.