Greyhound injuries and deaths at Irish greyhound tracks

At races around Ireland in the past ten years, at least 3,307 greyhounds suffered injuries and 1,194 died or were killed. The Greyhound Racing Ireland figures are based on “reported” injuries and deaths, suggesting that the actual number could be even higher. They do not include the greyhounds injured at tracks and later killed elsewhere, or the thousands of greyhounds who are killed every year because they are not fast enough to win races.

Among the victims at tracks were a greyhound who collapsed after a race and died of a heart attack, a greyhound who was carried away bleeding with a leg bone “popped out”, a greyhound who “collided with a boundary wall and died on impact” and greyhounds who suffered broken necks and died.

Click on the links below to find out more about the victims of greyhound racing at each of the tracks. Show compassion for dogs, stay away from tracks and join calls for a ban on greyhound racing.

Clonmel
Curraheen Park
Dundalk
Enniscorthy
Galway
Kilkenny
Lifford
Limerick
Longford
Mullingar
Newbridge
Shelbourne Park
Thurles
Tralee
Waterford
Youghal

REPORTED GREYHOUND INJURIES AND DEATHS AT IRISH TRACKS

2023: 257 injuries, 134 deaths (127 killed by track vets + 7 fatalities)
2022: 287 injuries. 122 deaths
2021: 351 injuries. 154 deaths
2020: 255 injuries. 90 deaths
2019: 332 injuries. 119 deaths
2018: 353 injuries. 121 deaths
2017: 357 injuries. 124 deaths
2016: 427 injuries. 139 deaths
2015: 422 injuries. 122 deaths
2014: 266 injuries. 69 deaths (July to Dec 2014)

Download the Greyhound Racing Ireland injury and death statistics:
2023 | 2022 | 2021

Greyhound injuries and deaths by track

2023

Clonmel: 16 injuries, 11 deaths
Cork: 15 injuries, 5 deaths
Dundalk: 9 injuries, 9 deaths
Enniscorthy: 23 injuries, 9 deaths
Galway: 22 injuries, 8 deaths
Kilkenny: 15 injuries, 7 deaths
Lifford: 19 injuries, 8 deaths (7 killed by track vet + 1 fatality)
Limerick: 20 injuries, 13 deaths (12 killed by track vet + 1 fatality)
Mullingar: 14 injuries, 5 deaths (4 killed by track vet + 1 fatality)
Newbridge: 9 injuries, 9 deaths
Shelbourne Park: 29 injuries, 16 deaths (12 killed by track vet + 4 fatalities)
Thurles: 15 injuries, 4 deaths
Tralee: 13 injuries, 5 deaths
Waterford: 15 injuries, 10 deaths
Youghal: 23 injuries, 15 deaths

2022

Clonmel: 16 injuries, 8 deaths
Cork: 17 injuries. 7 deaths
Dundalk: 16 injuries, 11 deaths
Enniscorthy: 21 injuries, 6 deaths
Galway: 21 injuries, 7 deaths, + 2 fatalities
Kilkenny: 21 injuries, 6 deaths plus 2 fatalities
Limerick: 25 injuries, 12 deaths plus 1 fatality
Mullingar: 19 injuries, 5 deaths
Newbridge: 16 injuries, 7 deaths
Shelbourne Park: 40 injuries, 10 deaths plus 1 fatality
Thurles: 9 injuries, 5 deaths
Tralee: 15 injuries, 4 deaths plus 2 fatalities
Waterford: 15 injuries, 10 deaths
Youghal: 36 injuries, 16 deaths

2021

Clonmel: 24 injuries, 9 deaths
Curraheen Park: 29 injuries, 12 deaths
Dundalk: 13 injuries, 12 deaths
Enniscorthy: 32 injuries, 13 deaths
Galway: 17 injuries, 8 deaths
Kilkenny: 18 injuries, 12 deaths
Limerick: 38 injuries, 11 deaths
Mullingar: 31 injuries, 20 deaths
Newbridge: 15 injuries, 8 deaths
Shelbourne Park: 42 injuries, 15 deaths
Thurles: 12 injuries, 4 deaths
Tralee: 23 injuries, 13 deaths
Waterford: 37 injuries, 10 deaths
Youghal: 20 injuries, 7 deaths

2020

Clonmel: 11 injuries, 3 deaths
Curraheen Park: 18 injuries, 9 deaths
Dundalk: 10 injury, 1 death
Enniscorthy: 15 injuries, 6 deaths
Galway: 22 injuries, 6 deaths
Kilkenny: 11 injuries, 3 deaths
Limerick: 21 injuries, 5 deaths (4 destroyed, 1 fatality)
Longford: 2 injuries, 1 death
Mullingar: 19 injuries, 12 deaths
Newbridge: 9 injuries, 6 deaths
Shelbourne Park: 18 injuries, 4 deaths (3 destroyed, 1 fatality)
Thurles: 11 injuries, 8 deaths
Tralee: 29 injuries, 7 deaths
Waterford: 48 injuries, 10 deaths
Youghal: 11 injury, 9 deaths

2019 

Clonmel: 12 injuries, 4 deaths
Curraheen Park: 29 injuries, 11 deaths
Dundalk: 11 injuries, 6 deaths
Enniscorthy: 30 injuries, 4 deaths
Galway: 29 injuries, 8 deaths
Kilkenny: 16 injuries, 3 deaths
Lifford: 11 injuries, 8 deaths
Limerick: 54 injuries, 19 deaths
Longford: 10 injuries, 3 deaths
Mullingar: 13 injuries, 8 deaths
Newbridge: 16 injuries, 8 deaths
Shelbourne Park: 32 injuries, 7 deaths
Thurles: 9 injuries, 5 deaths
Tralee: 37 injuries, 12 deaths
Waterford: 13 injuries, 7 deaths
Youghal: 10 injuries, 6 deaths

2018

Clonmel: 18 injuries, 7 deaths
Curraheen Park: 28 injuries, 13 deaths
Dundalk: 11 injuries, 6 deaths
Enniscorthy: 27 injuries, 1 death
Galway: 31 injuries, 7 deaths
Kilkenny: 13 injuries, 2 deaths
Lifford: 13 injuries, 7 deaths
Limerick: 58 injuries, 15 deaths
Longford: 08 injuries, 1 death
Mullingar: 27 injuries, 13 deaths
Newbridge: 16 injuries, 8 deaths
Shelbourne Park: 41 injuries, 12 deaths
Thurles: 09 injuries, 6 deaths
Tralee: 29 injuries, 10 deaths
Waterford: 11 injuries, 7 deaths
Youghal: 13 injuries, 6 deaths

2017

Clonmel 11, 03
Curraheen Park 21, 08
Dundalk 44, 10
Enniscorthy 18, 04
Galway 24, 10
Harold’s Cross 02, 01
Kilkenny 08, 03
Lifford 10, 06
Limerick 46, 19
Longford 13, 05
Mullingar 71, 16
Newbridge 17, 04
Shelbourne Park 21, 10
Thurles 10, 03
Tralee 24, 15
Waterford 10, 06
Youghal 07, 01

2016

Clonmel 24, 08
Curraheen Park 24, 08
Dundalk 23, 15
Enniscorthy 06, 05
Galway 23, 04
Harold’s Cross 35, 11
Kilkenny 13, 02
Lifford 10, 04
Limerick 34, 12
Longford 17, 10
Mullingar 81, 15
Newbridge 21, 06
Shelbourne Park 51, 07
Thurles 18, 05
Tralee 28, 16
Waterford 14, 08
Youghal 05, 03

2015

Clonmel 14, 03
Curraheen Park 24, 07
Dundalk 32, 16
Enniscorthy 14, 06
Galway 16, 03
Harold’s Cross 58, 07
Kilkenny 10, 06
Lifford 18, 02
Limerick 64, 13
Longford 14, 07
Mullingar 59, 14
Newbridge 11, 07
Shelbourne Park 33, 07
Thurles 11, 05
Tralee 11, 04
Waterford 26, 12
Youghal 7, 03

2014 (July to December 2014)

266 injuries.
69 deaths.

Watch the award-winning “RTE Investigates: Greyhounds running for their lives” documentary which revealed that around 6,000 greyhounds are killed every year simply because they are not fast enough.