Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014
10:00 am
Mr. Phil Meaney:
Yes. It does not make sense to have two management teams and two sets of grounds staff. In terms of the people in Harold's Cross and the people of Dublin, whether they are northside or southside, the greyhound enthusiasts have to be looked after. I would very much be one of the people who would suggest that when we rationalise by bringing the whole business together in Shelbourne Park, the people that go to Harold's Cross are looked after. It is very hard to justify the two tracks. Traditionally, and let me make this point, Harold's Cross was the Dublin man's track and maybe Shelbourne Park was the Croke Park of greyhound racing. The greyhound population in Dublin is much smaller than it was. They have to be looked after and they should be looked after but it can all be done in the context of one super stadium.
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