A Government report into Bord na gCon is said to have called for a fresh approach to the way business is conducted at the greyhound board.
The report found that the recent controversial dismissal of its chief executive would not have stood up to a legal challenge.
A number of other issues will now be investigated by the Comptroller & Auditor General.
The report by a former top civil servant, Tim Dalton, was ordered after RTÉ News reported in January that the chief executive Aidan Tynan had been sacked after a row with the chairman Paschal Taggart.
It followed a complaint by Mr Tynan to the Minister for Sport, John O'Donoghue, that certain doping test results on greyhounds had not be published.
The Dalton Report has not yet been released, but today’s Sunday Independent says the inquiry finds that Mr Tynan's dismissal would not have stood up to a legal challenge.
The report recommends that testing of dogs now be vested in an independent three person committee, and that results and penalties must be published.
It says in future the chairman should be appointed for a maximum of ten years, and not with the present open-ended arrangement.
The report says there is evidence of tensions and very low morale at Bord na gCon which needs to be tackled.
And it also says the extent to which the board resorts to litigation to resolve conflict needs to be addressed.
In a statement, Paschal Taggart said he and his colleagues had not yet received a copy of the report.
He also said coverage in today's media appeared to be what he called at variance with indications he had received from the report's author, Tim Dalton, during his investigation.
A spokesperson for the Minister said he will not be commenting on media reports concerning the report until he brings the report before Cabinet in the coming weeks.
