Politics 101: How the Old Boys' Network operates in lrish politics - and ensures that €20 MILLION of taxpayers' money is handed over every year to the dog-killing, economic basketcase that is the lrish greyhound racing industry. Note: Fine Gael and Fianna Fail are exchangeable!
The lrish greyhound racing industry is an economic basketcase, dependent entirely on taxpayers' money. Political cronyism ensures that the status quo remains unchallenged. It is a perfect example of stroke politics. #ThisRunsDeep
#BanGreyhoundRacing
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€407.2 MILLION in state handouts since 2001 to the industry that overbreeds, kills and injures thousands of dogs every year. Meanwhile, nine counties in the Republic of lreland do not have a domestic violence refuge. Only in lreland would this be tolerated! @MichealMartinTD
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The close connection between FF and FG is unhealthy for both the tax payer and the welfare of Greyhounds.
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Sinn Fein Senator Chris Andrews highlighting the political cronyism that underpins the public funding of greyhound racing. Let's hope @sinnfeinireland take note. This is a shameful waste of taxpayers' money used to prop up a hugely abusive industry. @MaryLouMcDonald @mattcarthy
Sinn Fein Senator, Chris Andrews has condemned the greyhound industry as “inhumane and unpopular” and said that, given the annual killing of thousands of dogs, the government’s latest allocation of €20.4 million to Greyhound Racing Ireland is unacceptable facebook.com/share/v/18wRrBg…
The government gave the greyhound board an extra €580,000 in Budget 2027 to improve 'integrity and welfare', but the greyhound board don't know what they're supposed to do with it. This would be laughable if 1000s of dogs weren't being killed every year by this rotton industry!
Greyhound funding tops €20m for first time under Budget 2027 irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
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"Surgical artificial insemination is rampant in the greyhound industry [in Ireland]. It's banned in Britain. Surgical AI carries risk and is highly invasive" - then Senator, and now MEP, Lynn Boylan (SF) youtube.com/watch?v=ZzBPPIUY… @martinheydonfg @FineGael Ban surgical insemination
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4,191 greyhounds injured, 1,682 killed on tracks in Ireland since 2014 • Shelbourne Park is one of the worst tracks in the country for dogs dying & getting injured • Last year, greyhound tracks around the country were 79% to 92% empty rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/9f… #BanGreyhoundRacing
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At Thurles track on 28 March 2026, 2 greyhounds were killed by a vet after suffering fractured leg / suspected fractured pelvis. Were they 3-year-old Kingfisher and Rathfalla Kim (both "did not finish" races there that day)? Don't go greyhound racing. #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing
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Greyhound Racing Ireland is HIDING video footage of Races 5, 6 and 7 at Mullingar track on Saturday (26 September 2026) during which 4 greyhounds suffered falls. Don't go greyhound racing. #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing
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There is cross-party support for a ban on surgical artificial insemination of greyhounds. So why is the Minister for Agriculture @martinheydonfg not acting to bring this obscene practice to an end facebook.com/reel/1800120671…
This is what the Arts Council is promoting.
Greyhounds suffering falls at Shelbourne Park stadium in Dublin banbloodsports.wordpress.com… #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing
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“Greyhound racing is cruelty, not culture” - Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney • “I have written to Dublin City Council and will be raising this directly with the Arts Council next week. We can’t have animal cruelty being promoted as a cultural offering” facebook.com/photo/?fbid=139…
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Gardaí have opened an investigation into suspected fraud at three greyhound racing stadiums after Greyhound Racing Ireland suffered a loss exceeding €60,000. The inquiry centres on tracks at Limerick, Mullingar and a third unnamed location irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…
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"Surgical artificial insemination is an absolutely barbaric practice in which a [greyhound] is cut open, artificially impregnated, sewn back up and then expected to carry pups to term while recovering from this surgery" - Senator Chris Andrews (Sinn Féin) thejournal.ie/readme/cruelty…
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One week on from her disgraceful attacks on Dogs Trust, GBGB's liar in chief (no Abbie GBGB is not a government organisation) is now attacking @Tripadvisor for not supporting cruel greyhound racing. Hilariously she wants Tripadvisor to "establish objective welfare criteria" through which individual venues can "demonstrate compliance" - something @GreyhoundBoard itself has manifestly failed to do. Perhaps Abbie would like to publish the injury and death data for @TheValleyTrack which her boss refused to hand over to Members of Senedd before they passed the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Act with overwhelming cross-party support. #cutthechase #bangreyhoundracing #petsnotbets #GBGBStories
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Oh dear seems like @GreyhoundBoard's Abbie MacGregor has been caught out telling porkies, as @RacingPost remove article libelling @DogsTrust. Will GBGB now issue a statement to correct her lies about GBGB being a government organisation, and about the costs of the Welsh greyhound racing ban? #cutthechase #bangreyhoundracing #petsnotbets #GBGBStories
Not satisfied with libelling @DogsTrust by wrongly claiming they now support greyhound racing, here is Abbie MacGregor @GreyhoundBoard's Corporate Affairs Director lying to a journalist and claiming GBGB is a government organisation. It's actually a private company run by and for the greyhound industry. 1/3 #cutthechase #bangreyhoundracing #petsnotbets #GBGBStories @DT_Pawlitical @JournoJane
At least €60,000 missing from the till. €1.1 MILLION pre-tax loss in 2025. €730,000 to buy a stadium that was 100% empty last year. €1 MILLION to a private track. €20 MILLION of taxpayers' money will be handed over to this outfit next month. Shameful!
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