Here’s a Dail debate on it from October last year, with all the usual suspects in favour of it and Paul Murphy and Holly Cairns against.
Needs to happen, how a lot of those dogs are treated / discrarded is disgusting. Using animals for enjoyment in this type of manner is archaic
It should, but it won’t. It’s still subsidising its operation.
I am all for it funding it out, “Here’s €x to close down and legacy out the dogs currently in place.” because we know exactly what would happen to them if the Govt went cold turkey on the subsidy, a lot of dead dogs. But we aren’t even close to that yet.
I wish
Hope so. My grandad raced greyhounds all his life. Its a disgusting thing. Same as horse racing. Used to work in a vets and it would turn your fucking stomach what they do to horses and greyhounds.
It’s a dark sport. Lots of greyhounds disappear once they aren’t up to standard or get old.
Start with banning coursing
They won’t but they should. Give funding on the proviso to humanely wind it down. Since getting to know some of the dog charities the state of some of the dogs after racing is horrendous. And those are the ones that survive.
And for those “good ones” where the dogs are like “family” then grand; keep them as pets.
The amount of sighthounds in pounds and charities from racing and hunting is awful and they are such sweet dogs.
What about the US regulation of cannabis, we only follow things if they benefit the rich not the working class or poor
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We won’t even defund it, let alone ban it.
I don’t understand why you can ban dog racing but not ban horse racing???
There both as cruel as each other……
I know the money involved in horses and the big wigs all have stakes in studs and all the tax shite….but surely it’s both or none???
No. No they won’t.
Any further questions?
It won’t because our rural TDs are craven bastards to a tiny minority who attend such shit, but we most definitely should.
No.
With this government of FF, FG and climate denier independents ?
Yeah no, they won’t.
Shoulda voted Green…
>Will Ireland
Let me stop you right there. No.
They should, its crazy the amount of money they give to greyhound racing.
I wouldny have such high expectations, animal abuse is so ingrained.
How many millions from tax payers go to horse and dog abuse, i mean, racing again?
They should, they won’t.
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Yep, just after we ban flying pigs races 
I love when a headline has a question because most of the time the answer is “no”
Probably not as too much of that money gets brown enveloped to FF and FG.
I hope so
Given that Ireland fucking subsidises it, I doubt it.
Nevermind banning it, just stop subsidising it. If they stopped handing over money to such an unprofitable industry it would likely collapse anyway.
We should, it’s an abusive “sport” and we all know it’s a waste of our tax money.
I hope they do, I used to work in a greyhound racing stadium. Some of the clientele are some of the worst people I ever had the misfortune of meeting
In addition the only purpose of greyhound racing is gambling.
Effectively the government with our tax money are state sponsoring gambling through a barbaric sport.
NZ have taken first step and have shown leadership so at least now we can point our government to that country on this matter.
No, it’s too useful a cover for the brown envelope getting past around this country.
I find it insane we even fund it as taxpayers.
No. Not going to happen.
It’s actually govt funded, and to race a dog you must also be a member of a coursing club.
It’s medieval.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-10-22/17/
Here’s a Dail debate on it from October last year, with all the usual suspects in favour of it and Paul Murphy and Holly Cairns against.
Needs to happen, how a lot of those dogs are treated / discrarded is disgusting. Using animals for enjoyment in this type of manner is archaic
It should, but it won’t. It’s still subsidising its operation.
I am all for it funding it out, “Here’s €x to close down and legacy out the dogs currently in place.” because we know exactly what would happen to them if the Govt went cold turkey on the subsidy, a lot of dead dogs. But we aren’t even close to that yet.
I wish
Hope so. My grandad raced greyhounds all his life. Its a disgusting thing. Same as horse racing. Used to work in a vets and it would turn your fucking stomach what they do to horses and greyhounds.
It’s a dark sport. Lots of greyhounds disappear once they aren’t up to standard or get old.
Start with banning coursing
They won’t but they should. Give funding on the proviso to humanely wind it down. Since getting to know some of the dog charities the state of some of the dogs after racing is horrendous. And those are the ones that survive.
And for those “good ones” where the dogs are like “family” then grand; keep them as pets.
The amount of sighthounds in pounds and charities from racing and hunting is awful and they are such sweet dogs.
What about the US regulation of cannabis, we only follow things if they benefit the rich not the working class or poor
No. The lobby for it is too strong.
Just think of them as little horses.
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