The following article appeared in the Irish Times of December 24th 2012. It is a tribute to a lifelong campaigner against blood sports in Ireland... Appreciation: Hilda Allen A woman who played a major role in the campaign against blood sports for over...
Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports Lower Coyne Street, Callan, County Kilkenny Phone: (056) 7725543 or (086) 3271179 Protest against 3-day “National Hare Coursing” event. Location: The Department of Agriculture, Kildare Street, Dublin. Date: January...
April 21st 2014 Dear Friends, The Irish Government has commissioned report on the country’s greyhound industry that will focus on all aspects of this appallingly cruel industry. When complete (likely sometime in June though the exact is unknown as yet)...
Glad to say that Bad Hare Days is now available on Kindle, so I hope to spread the message further that the cruel practise of hare coursing is still legal in Ireland, supported by certain politicians and backed by a powerful pro-blood sports lobby. The...
People are again signing the online petition to ban hare coursing in Ireland in the wake of the horrific scenes of cruelty filmed at the so-called "Irish Cup" hare coursing event in County Limerick...Here's hoping that Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister)...
It’s that time of year again, when Ireland's Minister for Arts and Heritage must decide whether to license the capture of thousands of hares for use as live bait in coursing. If the Minister grants the license, the gentlest creatures of our verdant Irish...
Letter in Irish Independent (July 15th 2013) A COWARD'S BLOODSPORT * The goring of several men in the annual Pamplona bull run has drawn attention again to this barbaric festival that poses a threat to humans and animals alike. You risk being injured...
Animal protection groups are calling for an end to the staging of live hare coursing events at a town park frequented by toddlers and keep fit enthusiasts. The town park at Millstreet, County Cork, is to be used again as a venue for horrific live hare...
Hares have disappeared from the North Bull Island, one of Ireland’s most important and best known nature reserves! The Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports (CACS) has issued this statement, dated April 7th, 2015: We are alarmed at the news that...
March 20th 2013 The final stage of the Irish Government's Animal Health and Welfare Bill will shortly be discussed in the Dail (Irish parliament) and it still contains those shameful "exemptions" for hare coursing and fox hunting. Animal protection groups...
The recent death of ex-senator and architect, Jack Fitzsimons of Kells, County Meath, has been keenly felt by his family and by the many people who knew him in his former professions. Readers of his best-selling book, Bungalow Bliss, will remember him...
Clare Daly TD (member of Ireland’s Parliament, pictured with greyhound at protest) has proposed a Bill that aims to ban hare coursing in Ireland and also strengthen the existing ban on stag hunting. Listen to her moving address to parliament here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OTc-wN3kPEAnd...
Emma Sharma Hayes An Appreciation A woman who was a friend and inspiration to survivors of institutional abuse has passed away. Emma Sharma Hayes died peacefully on June 3rd at age 62. She had worked as a nurse in Britain before returning in later life...
November 4th 2014 Millstreet is small town in County Cork, Ireland, with a population of around 1,500. Located at the foot of Clara Mountain it came to prominence internationally in 1993 when the Eurovision Song contest was staged there. It is also, unfortunately,...
Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports Lower Coyne Street, Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland The horrific practice of live hare coursing in Ireland is kept alive by THREE main financial sponsors: One of them is County Louth-based betting company, Boylesports,...
Venue: Dail Eireann, Kildare Street, Dublin. Date: Friday, February 1st. Time: 12.30 pm to 2 pm Just letting you know that a number of animal protection groups will be holding a peaceful protest outside Dail Eireann in Kildare Street, Dublin, on Friday,...
For anyone living in Ireland: A peaceful protest against hare coursing will be organised outside the Boylesports office, Westmoreland Street, Dublin on Friday, January 30th. Time: 12.30 to 2 pm. The betting agency, Boylesports, continues to be one of...
The problem is that the Irish Government's concept of “animal welfare” fully embraces and facilitates the proven cruelty of hare coursing, fox hunting, fox dig-outs, fur farming, badger snaring, among other cruelties, and the so-called Animal Health and...
With dozens of animal baiting fixtures to be held over Christmas, a stark reminder of just how anomalous and out of date our animal cruelty laws are has been provided by the conviction of four men earlier this month for hare coursing in Cambridgeshire,...
An internal Irish Coursing Club document advises: * ...It's better to kill greyhounds than give them away... * Injured greyhounds may be run if a coursing club steward so decides... * A ban on "unauthourised photography" to be enforced at all hare coursing...
Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports Lower Coyne Street, Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland Phone: (056) 7725543 Cutting off the Financial Lifeline to Hare Coursing May 21st 2012 Dear Friends, We wonder if you could help us win a crucial battle in...
Despite repeated claims by Irish government officials that hare coursing events are not held in adverse weather conditions, the evidence shows the opposite: Here, in this video clip of a recent hare coursing fixture in Ireland, heavy rain is clearly falling...
Proof that hare coursing in Ireland needs cover-up to survive... Those of us who have campaigned for decades against the cruelty of live hare coursing have frequently argued that the organisers of coursing events appear to be terrified of adverse publicity....
Campaign histotry was made at the protest against the 3 day "National Hare Coursing Festival" in Ireland this month...the demo, supported by a number of animal protection groups, was first item on TG4 (Irish language) news. It is rare for an animal cruely...
May 1st 2012 ...Press Release... Symbolic victory for anti-blood sports campaign as “I Love Hare Coursing” accessories destined for Ireland and the UK withdrawn from sale. The so-called “sport” of live hare coursing has been shamed yet again. As Dail...