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Ireland’s greyhound racing industry is in deep trouble, with empty tracks, plummeting attendance, and a $20 million annual taxpayer subsidy that’s increasingly hard to justify. Despite government funding of nearly $800,000 last year and claims of 350,000 attendees, race schedules clash with public hours, attendance has dropped, and animal welfare concerns mount—with thousands of dogs reportedly euthanized annually and tracking systems riddled with inaccuracies. With seven out of ten Irish citizens opposed to the funding and only a handful of countries still allowing commercial greyhound racing, the question looms: is this industry worth the cash—or should it be left to fade?

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