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Friday 27 November 2020
Fine Gael TD Noel Rock wants Comreg to investigate potential breaches of EU law as a “matter of urgency”.
It’s not over yet, according to some Remain supporters.
It was thought that errors in updating the Road Traffic Act could have meant large numbers of points being written off.
The head of the authority said today that certain Member States have been asked to provide further information on their tax affairs.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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