If you live in Scandinavia or any other country where people can bet on Irish greyhound racing, please write a letter for publication to your local and national newspapers asking members of the public not to do so, as a percentage of the money bet will go towards financing the Irish greyhound racing industry, with all the death and suffering that involves. (See article at bottom of this page).

For more information about Irish greyhound racing, click here

We are in the process of producing an international leaflet that can be distributed anywhere in the world to persuade people not to attend or bet on greyhound racing. We intend for this to be translated into many different languages.

Obviously this is an expensive project and our finances are already severely strained, due to the many thousands of leaflets we are already producing for distribution in the UK every week, outside greyhound tracks and in city centres. So if you can possibly help us with a donation, please go to

www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/donations.html

for info on how you can do this (including online).

Tony Peters, UK Co-ordinator, Greyhound Action

Irish Independent - Dublin, Ireland

New deal to bring Irish racing to next level

Tuesday July 01 2008

IRISH greyhound racing is going worldwide and recent deals signed by the
Irish Greyhound Board could result in significantly increased Tote turnover.

A few weeks ago a new deal was signed which will see Irish racing shown live
in Swedish outlets and the Scandinavian clients can then bet straight into
the Dublin pools.

But now follows news of another international deal which will see Irish
Greyhound Racing available for audiences worldwide. The IGB has entered an
agreement with TRN International to offer live racing as a co-mingled tote
product to TRNI's European wagering partners.

This will allow TRNI to offer their wagering partners, who include virtually
all the major account wagering operators in the UK, full tote wagering
facilities for Irish Greyhound racing and live video-streaming from the
premier IGB tracks.

Bill Hogword, President, TRNI said: "I am delighted to bring Irish
Greyhounds to our wagering partners, this is a good solid product with a
great following, and further extends our development in pari-mutuel
wagering."

Patricia Griffin, Head of Tote, IGB said: "This partnership will, I believe,
significantly contribute to increasing tote revenues for the IGB."