Poll: Should the Government end funding for greyhound racing?

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The Social Democrats have launched a bill aiming to end funding for the sector.

Image: Shutterstock/Klaus Hertz-Ladiges Image: Shutterstock/Klaus Hertz-Ladiges 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.Yes No I don't know/No opinion #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you

 

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A crushing defeat for the anti greyhound racing site and thus in the form of their hero realDonaldTrump (hehe) they're crying election (voting) fraud in the comments as they expected a landslide win 🥱

Why not word the poll and text in a manner that is fair to both sides of the argument.

Will you factcheck your document.

Should give funding to animal shelters and ban racing

Yes they should

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U need a poll for this

No no no they should still ontinue to not build houses but give founding for any racing 😈😈😈😈😈

Why is the headline different to the poll question?

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