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Friday 27 November 2020
Thiago Cortes was killed following a hit-and-run incident in Dublin on 31 August.
Thiago Cortes was killed following a hit-and-run incident in Dublin on 31 August.
Teresa Dantas has been speaking about Thiago’s tragic death.
“He didn’t deserve any of this,” a friend colleague of Thiago Cortes said.
Friends and colleagues have named the deceased as Thiago Cortes from Rio de Janeiro.
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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