Farmer describes seeing Ward Union "hunting a stag with dogs"
03 February 2012
A farmer from County Meath has described seeing the Ward Union "hunting a stag with dogs". Speaking on RTE's Liveline, he said he saw a stag "obviously in distress" followed by hounds and people on horseback. More...

Complaint to Kilkenny People about offensive pro-hunt report
03 February 2012
ICABS has complained to the Kilkenny People editor about the publication of a pro-hunt article which described anti-bloodsports urban dwellers as "naive" and claimed that foxes are vermin. More...

Green Party leader supports anti-coursing protest
02 February 2012
The leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, has been thanked for attending the anti-coursing protest in Dublin this week. The former Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was accompanied by Green Party Chairman Roderick O'Gorman. More...

Noel Grealish TD pledges continued support to anti-coursing campaign
01 February 2012
Galway West TD, Noel Grealish, has pledged his continued support to the campaign to end hare coursing in Ireland. The Independent TD's statement came on Monday as Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Clare Daly announced their intention to introduce a bill to ban the bloodsport. More...

Joan Collins, TD supports a ban on coursing
01 February 2012
The office of Joan Collins TD has confirmed that the Dublin South-Central Deputy "is in support of a ban on live hare coursing". The People Before Profit politician has previously queried the Agriculture Minister about plans to ban the bloodsport. More...

Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 1, 2012
31 January 2012
A round-up of all the latest campaign news and updates. Please respond to this month's featured action alerts and forward to all your friends. Thank you. More...

TDs announce bill to ban hare coursing
31 January 2012
TDs Maureen O'Sullivan and Clare Daly have announced their intention to introduce an anti-hare coursing Bill this year. Appealing for cross-party support for the Bill, ICABS President, Deputy O'Sullivan stated: "We hope legislation will be passed which will see the end of hare coursing and other blood sports in Ireland." More...

Labour Party Minister joins anti-coursing protest
31 January 2012
A big thank you to Joe Costello, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, for attending the protest against hare coursing in Dublin on Monday. Minister Costello stood alongside a banner calling for TDs to "Support the Bill to End Hare Coursing" during the protest outside the Department of Agriculture. More...

Complaint to Mexican Ambassador about bull abuse
27 January 2012
ICABS has complained to the Mexican Ambassador to Ireland about the cruel Embalse de Toros event. Please join our calls for a ban on this appalling animal abuse which involves tying bulls to boats and dragging them through a river. More...

Gardai continuing to monitor Ward Union situation
26 January 2012
The Office of the Garda Commissioner's Private Secretary has assured ICABS President, Maureen O'Sullivan TD, that the force is continuing to monitor the situation in the area where the Ward Union hunt operates "to ensure there are no breaches of the criminal law". More...

Government Minister presents trophy at coursing meeting
25 January 2012
ICABS has expressed disgust to Minister Phil Hogan after he was photographed presenting a trophy at a hare coursing meeting. The Minister posed with the cup for a winning greyhound which had earlier bashed into a hare and sent it tumbling head over heels. More...

Irish Independent asked to reject coursing
24 January 2012
ICABS is calling on the Irish Independent to reject hare coursing. The call follows the inclusion of a coursing image in a 2012-13 Independent calendar and the continued publication of coursing results in the paper's sports pages. More...

Kilkenny's Springhill Court hotel wishes luck to coursing club
19 January 2012
ICABS is calling on the Brennan Group of Hotels to disassociate from hare coursing. The appeal follows another of the group's hotels advertising in a coursing meeting booklet. More...

Complaint to Church over coursing patron priest
18 January 2012
ICABS has complained to the Bishop of Ossory (pictured left) about a parish priest who is a patron of a coursing club. On the front cover of the Sevenhouses coursing club booklet, the patron is listed as "V Reverend Kieran Cantwell PP". More...

The cruelty of coursing continues
17 January 2012
Defenders of hare coursing continue to assert that the muzzling of greyhounds has eliminated the kill, but the annual monitoring reports obtained by ICABS under the Freedom of Information Act say otherwise. More...

Download "Bad Hare Days" now
17 January 2012
"Bad Hare Days" by anti-cruelty campaigner, John Fitzgerald, is now available as a free download. Its 61 chapters include "Supper with the hare catchers", "Michael D bids to end hare coursing", "Coping with bullies", "Showdown in Tipperary", "Tricks and Threats" and "An anti-hare coursing protest on Fifth Avenue". More...

Protest against hare coursing - January 30th
13 January 2012
ICABS will join with other animal welfare groups outside the Department of Agriculture on Monday, January 30th at 12.30pm, to mount a protest against hare coursing. Please support this important event. More...

Meath County Councillors should be ashamed of themselves
12 January 2012
ICABS has slammed Meath County Council for passing a motion which calls on the government to reverse the ban on staghunting. The motion was passed at the council's monthly meeting but is not expected to have any effect as both parties in government have already ruled out any reversal. More...

The cubhunting horror "I will never forget"
10 January 2012
An ICABS supporter in Limerick recalls the horrors he witnessed at a cubhunt over 40 years ago. Shockingly, Irish foxes continue to suffer the same barbarism in 2012. More...

The cruelty of pheasant shooting
06 January 2012
A former shooter and gun club chairman has described pheasant shooting as "a very cruel pastime". Speaking on RTE's Liveline on January 3rd, he outlined that "a high proportion of the birds are not killed" when shot and instead suffer agonising injuries. More...

Hunters and hounds at Ballymaloe House on New Year's Day
05 January 2012
A selection of photos showing hunters and hounds at Ballymaloe House on New Year's Day 2012. Please support our action alert which calls on the Allen Family at Ballymaloe to show compassion for the victims of hunting and keep hunters out. More...

Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 12, 2011
23 December 2011
A round-up of all the latest campaign news and updates. Please respond to this month's featured action alerts and forward to all your friends. Thank you. More...

Fis Nua party denounce hunting
22 December 2011
Ireland's newest registered political party has denounced cruelty to animals, including hunting. At a recent convention, Fis Nua passed a motion stating: "We denounce all forms of animal cruelty and terrorisation, and hunting animals for sport." More...

Hunt to depart from Ballymaloe House on New Year's Day
20 December 2011
Ballymaloe House in Cork is to again host a hunt this New Year's Day. In a current "special offer", the country house is trying to attract guests with the promise of mulled wine, mince pies and a chance to see the local hunt setting off from the property. More...

Latest edition of Animal Voice magazine
16 December 2011
Check out the Winter 2011-12 edition of the ICABS Animal Voice newsletter. The 44-page magazine contains all the latest campaign news, updates and action alerts. More...

Hunt group says hunting is "very much under threat"
16 December 2011
A hunting group has acknowledged that bloodsports continue to be "very much under threat" in Ireland. A spokesperson for the Hunting Association of Ireland said that hunting activities are in danger even though the Green Party is no longer represented in government. More...

Happy Christmas!
14 December 2011
Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2012. Check out our new foxy e-card and send it to all your friends! More...

News - 2011

November 2011
30 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 11, 2011
23 ICABS video shortlisted in Better Together Awards
15 Sinn Fein won't support any reversal of hunting ban
08 "No commitment" to reversing ban on cruel deer hunt
08 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 10, 2011
04 Deer hunt "will be back" - Shane McEntee
02 Adidas asked to scrap bullring ad
October 2011
28 Former ICABS vice-chairman set to become Ireland's 9th President
21 Gallagher remains silent on bloodsports stance
20 Vote for ICABS in video contest
19 Larsen traps removed from Mr Middleton website
13 Make foxhunting a thing of the past
12 McGuinness not opposed to coursing and hunting
06 Animals and the Presidential Election
05 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 9, 2011
04 Ask students union to stop cruel eating of live fish
September 2011
30 Hares again running for their lives with start of coursing season
27 Golden Eagle Trust removes Larsen traps from website
27 Ask Mr Middleton to stop selling cruel traps
23 Save the Island Eddy Hares
23 10 reasons to keep hunters off your land
22 Capture of protected bird sparks fresh calls for Larsen trap ban
16 Derek Mooney highlights illegality of glue traps
14 Help save cubs from hunting cruelty
13 Call on Three to disassociate from pro-hunting group
13 Find out the facts about foxes
07 Athletics club asked to cancel pig race
02 Allianz asked to scrap hunt insurance
01 New Photo Gallery: Larsen Trap cruelty
August 2011
31 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 8, 2011
31 Demand end to barbaric "Toro de la Vega"
26 ICABS TV - Tune in Now!
24 Adverts.ie bans ads for cruel Larsen traps
17 Coursing permanently banned in Northern Ireland
17 Senator Power joins calls for end to coursing
12 New campaign video: How to eliminate the hare from coursing
12 Coursing cruelty continues with Deenihan licence
12 Landowners: Help save the Irish Hare
10 Tell Michael Moynihan TD that coursing is cruel
05 Sinn Fein asked to change its pro-coursing stance
July 2011
30 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 7, 2011
28 Tell Ireland's forestry board, Coillte, to stop profiting from killing
22 New campaign video: Please display on your website
21 Fianna Fail to push for animal welfare legislation
20 NPWS urged to block hare coursing licence
15 Ireland's coursing is "cruel", "sick", "horrible", "vile"
14 Failte Ireland restates anti-bloodsports stance
14 Donegal hotel asked to remove "hunting" from website
13 New Action Alert video
13 Deenihan should consider heroics of Byrne before granting licences
08 Deputy Clare Daly looks forward to day when blood sports are banned
08 Honour for homeless hero who rescued rabbit
07 Clare Daly, TD "pushing for an outright ban" on coursing
07 Foxes defended in Galway Advertiser
06 ICABS correspondence circulated to bishops
06 ICABS letter in Irish Post
06 Encourage Enda Kenny to End Animal Cruelty
01Complaint to Volvo over hunt mag ad
June 2011
30 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 6, 2011
29 "It would not bother me whether coursing was banned or not": Deenihan
29 Maureen O'Sullivan, TD asks Minister to refuse coursing licence
28 Urge Minister Deenihan to refuse hare coursing licence
24 Ban on circus wild animals a step closer in England
22 PR Association criticised for shortlist praise
22 Death of devoted animal campaigner, Anne Fitzgerald
10 ICABS highlights cruelty to awards sponsors
10 Ireland's largest online bookstore removes bullfight book
May 2011
31 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 5, 2011
26 Ask PR Institute to drop cruelty campaign from awards
25 Ask these hotels to disassociate from cruel coursing
17 "Animal Padre" commends ICABS on appeals to Church
13 TV3's "Truth" documentary was not based on "scientific evidence"
12 Irish personalities calling on Dept to block IGB involvement in China
12 Good Luck, Jedward!
06 Ask your TDs to support a ban on foxhunting
05 ICABS calls for IGB to abandon China plan
05 Limerick hotel asked to disassociate from coursing
04 IGB scraps deplorable plan to export greyhounds to China
03 Animals Asia calls on Irish Government to halt greyhound export
April 2011
28 Animal Voice - Issue 04, 2011
26 Ricky Gervais says NO to export of Irish greyhounds to China
21 Complaint to Italian Embassy about cruel ox race
21 ICABS again assured that Labour does not support ban reversal
20 Minister Shatter urged to push for blood sports ban
19 FBD offering insurance cover to cruel hunters
15 Mercedes takes note of ICABS concerns
15 Farmers Against Foxhunting and Trespass Chairman pays tribute to Dick Power
15 Socialist Party support for ban on hare coursing
14 Panda asked to scrap hunting website advert
13 NPWS asked to investigate Ward Union "still hunting" claim
12 Brian May pays tribute to ICABS founding member, Dick Power
08 Ireland's Golden Eagle Trust encouraging destruction of foxes and birds
07 Complaint to Church over TV3 hunt prayer
07 Response to Apprentice judge's shameful defence of coursing
06 Labour leader re-states party's opposition to hunt ban reversal
05 Limerick's Savoy Hotel offered special rate for coursers
March 2011
31 Animal Voice - Issue 03, 2011
30 Ask Clonmel's Hotel Minella to disassociate from cruel coursing
24 No agreement to reverse Ward Union hunt ban, says Labour
24 ICABS complains to TV3 about blood sports "documentary"
23 Death of ICABS founding member, Dick Power
18 Ban reversal "will be a matter for discussion": Brendan Howlin
18 The Truth About Irish Bloodsports - TV3 Documentary
04 Another cat brutally killed by hunt hounds
04 Happy St Patrick's Day 2011
03 Man arrested following seizure of 2 stags in Northern Ireland
February 2011
28 Animal Voice - Issue 02, 2011
25 FG needs to reverse stance on stag hunting
24 FG's plan to repeal ban on stag hunting is a disgrace
24 Political Parties & Blood Sports
24 Photos and video from anti-FG/staghunt protest
23 Shame on Enda Kenny and Fine Gael
22 TV3's Pete the Vet criticises Fine Gael's manifesto
23 Protest against FG's plan to reverse ban on cruel hunt - TODAY
21 Labour Party won't reverse staghunt ban: Eamon Gilmore
21 Enda Kenny confronted by ARAN protestor
19 Green Party pledge to ban coursing and hunting
18 Please print and distribute our new flyer
17 Irish Independent's Ian brands FG staghunt plan an "INSANE DECISION".
16 Listen to today's Liveline (Fine Gael and staghunt ban reversal)
15 Fis Nua denounces "all forms of animal cruelty"
15 Fine Gael threaten to reverse stag hunt ban
08 ICABS President, Maureen O'Sullivan / Dublin Central candidate
08 Cllr Cieran Perry calls for ban on coursing
04 Successful Clonmel protest against hare coursing
04 Election 2011 - Make your vote count for the animals
04 The Animals Get My Vote!
January 2011
26 Trapped: Terrorised hares packed into wooden box
26 Animal Voice - Issue 01 2011
21 "Coursing is going to continue": Minister Gormley
20 New ICABS Car Sticker
14 Animal Voice - Winter 2010-11
14 Maureen O'Sullivan, TD asks Minister Gormley to ban cruel bird traps
12 Peaceful protest against coursing: February 2nd, 2011
11 Ask Minister Gormley to stop coursers who breached conditions

News - 2010

December 2010
23 Animal Voice - Issue 12 2010
23 Temporary closure of the hunting season for wild birds
21 Happy Christmas 2010 from all at ICABS
21 Send an ICABS e-card
21 Maureen O'Sullivan, TD calls for severe weather hunting ban
17 "I'm against any type of blood sport": Cllr Gino Kenny
03 Candle Light Vigil for Animals - December 10th
November 2010
26 Animal Voice - Issue 11 2010
10 Red Mills wishes luck to cruel coursers
05 Complaint about priest who is coursing club patron
04 Speak out against cruel bull of fire event
02 The shameful licences that allow coursing to continue
October 2010
29 Animal Voice: October 2010
22 Renewed appeal to Coillte to protect wildlife
21 New Facebook page targets animal sales on Donedeal.ie
20 Samsonite asked to drop Bullfight ad
21 Irish pet food company listed as coursing sponsor
20 SUCCESS: Greenspan move to end coursing support
19 Anti-coursing demo a great success
19 SUCCESS: Edenderry company disassociates from coursing meeting
14 Protest against coursing on October 17th
13 Renewed appeal to Red Mills: Please disassociate from coursing
12 Northern Ireland coursing ban still on track
07 Award acknowledges Minister John Gormley's progressive animal welfare measures
07 Clergy out of blood sports - Appeal to Cardinal Brady
05 We won't reverse staghunt ban - Labour Leader
September 2010
30 Investigation ongoing into capture of island hares
29 Animal Voice - September 2010
28 Priest presented trophy at coursing meeting
23 Animal Voice Action Alerts 2010
22 Complaint to Catholic Church over priest's coursing connection
17 Animal Welfare Dinner - October 4th
10 Kilkenny People asked to disassociate from coursing
02 Join our appeal against ads for blood sport dogs
August 2010
27 Disappointment expressed to NPWS over latest coursing recommendation
26 Pinned hare seen "hanging limp" from greyhound's mouth
25 Success: Lonely Planet removes bullfight images from Madrid gallery
25 ICABS complaint over coursing on BBC's Coast
24 Irish Times thanked for dropping cruel Larsen trap
24 Department investigating hare netting from islands
18 Landowners: Help save the Irish Hare
17 Coursing cruelty highlighted on LMFM
17 Destroyed: Hare with dislocated hip
12 Coursers get cruelty licence
12 New Slideshow: Illegal traps in Ireland
11 FALSE: ICC suggestion that all hares are released
06 Action Alerts
06 National Parks and Wildlife Service asked to remove hunting links
03 Minister Gormley urged to stop licensing coursing
July 2010
30 New campaign: Ban cruel Larsen traps
29 Bullfighting banned in Catalonia
27 Animal Voice: July 2010
16 Labour Party TDs urged hunting group to "keep up the pressure"
16 Beginning of the campaign against the Ward Union hunt (1991)
15 What's wrong with hunting? ICABS replies to Mary O'Rourke's Dail question
14 Clonmel Chamber of Commerce asked to Stop Promoting Coursing Cruelty
13 "Ban all blood sports": Socialist Party Youth
05 Labour's animal welfare U-turn is a "shameful deception": Mary White, TD
02 Labour Party criticised for voting against staghunt ban
01 Ward Union Ban: "Tony would have been proud"
01 ICABS thanks Deputy Tommy Broughan for vote abstention
01 Senator Bacik thanked for refusing to vote against stag hunt ban
June 2010
30 Did your TDs vote for or against the staghunt ban?
30 ICABS applauds Minister John Gormley and the Green Party on the success of staghunt ban
30 WARD UNION HUNT IS FINALLY BANNED
29 Labour TDs reminded of their anti-blood sports views ahead of vote to ban cruel Ward Union deerhunt
28 Fianna Fail Councillor Shane Cassells conveys majority support for ban
28 Majority want Ward Union BANNED - Latest poll
25 URGENT ACTION ALERTS - Ban the Ward Union hunt
24 Dail debate on Ward Union ban - What did your TD have to say?
24 Watch Live NOW: Dail debate on Ward Union ban
24 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council calls for Ward Union ban
24 Labour's shameful U-turn on cruelty
23 Will Labour support the deerhunt ban?
23 Hare coursing to be banned in Northern Ireland
11 Fine Gael Road Safety Spokesperson is challenged on Ward Union support
04 Compassionate Cavan Councillors thanked for not supporting hunting motion
02 Meath Councillors "should be ashamed of themselves"
01 Animal Voice: May 2010
May 2010
27 Ask Labour Party to vote in favour of a Ward Union ban
27 Success: Hotel thanked for removing foxhunting info from brochure
26 Nature park confirms no permission given to coursers to net hares
21 Stagg's stunning U-turn on blood sports
18 "Phoney war is being waged by Fianna Fail backbenchers"
14 "I am absolutely against this horrific activity": Cllr Victor Boyhan
13 "You have given me food for thought": Senator Feargal Quinn
07 "It's unnecessary suffering. It's as simple as that": Ward Union cruelty condemned at meeting
06 IFA asked to clarity position on blood sports
06 ICABS responds to Senator who "cannot discern where cruelty is involved"
05 Labour's Willie Penrose asked to show compassion
April 2010
29 Major Public Meeting RE Deerhunt Ban
23 Ward Union deer shot dead with bolt gun
23 Animal Voice: April 2010
22 Majority support a ban on Ward Union
20 The Bill that will ban carted deer hunting
16 ICABS criticises milk group over pro-hunting stance
09 Politicians and blood sports
08 ICABS responds to Ruby Walsh's hunting statement
08 Mobile Phone Action Alert: Stop the Ward Union
02 New ICABS leaflet exposes deerhunting cruelty
March 2010
25 Cruelty of blood sports highlighted on RTE's Frontline
19: Donedeal drops ads for dogs used in blood sports
19: Blood sports debate this Monday on RTE's Frontline
16: Another Ward Union deer chased into river
12: Cowardly hunters run scared of RTE's Frontline
12: Happy St Patrick's Day 2010
12: Hotel presents foxhunting as a local activity
04: Galway TD urged to support Ward Union ban
04: Queen's university's hare research criticised
03: ICABS tells bishop: Clergy blessing hunt dogs is inappropriate
02: Farmer "angry that a hunt came across his land without permission"
February 2010
26: Urge Labour and Fine Gael to back ban on staghunting
24: Animal Voice Magazine: Issue 1, 2010
17: Westmeath Senators criticised for defending hunters and coursers
17: Ward Union "putting people's lives at risk"
11: Success: Pet company stops coursing-related competition
05: "No exemptions for hunts": Ask your TDs/Senators to act
04: Protestors call for ban on cruel hare coursing
02: Positive response to GOAL appeal
January 2010
07: Cancel the licence extension: Renewed appeal to Minister Gormley
26: ICABS responds to Kevin Myers' pro-hunt article
26: Animal Voice: January 2010
20: Urgent appeal to Minister: Don't exempt hunts from fees
19: Revoke licence "on public safety grounds": Deputy O'Sullivan
19: Peaceful protest against coursing: February 3rd
19: I support ban on Ward Union: Fianna Fail Cllr Noel Leonard
14: Hunt ban legislation will be published "as soon as possible"
14: Success: Hospital will no longer associate with Ward Union
13: ICABS responds to Carberry's hunt ban comments
12: Praise for Irish Kidney Association for refusing hunt fundraiser
12: Please send this letter to Enda Kenny
12: Please fax, post or email this poster to Minister Gormley
08: Success: Travel company thanked for matador removal

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