Latest News - Irish Council Against Blood Sports

Ireland's coursing cruelty catalogue 2013
23 May 2013
A new ICABS report highlights the latest victims of coursing in Ireland - including hares whose conditions were described as "ranging from very poor to almost dead". Please join us now in appealing to Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore and Simon Coveney to ban this deplorable bloodsport. More...

FBD Insurance urged to scrap cruelty coverage
10 May 2013
FBD Insurance is being urged to stop providing coverage to those involved in some of Ireland's worst acts of cruelty to animals. An IFA Countryside/FBD Insurance package is providing cover to foxhunters, hare coursers and terriermen who are responsible for horrendous suffering and death to wildlife. More...

Wax Museum withdraws foxhunt discount "with immediate effect"
02 May 2013
The National Wax Museum has announced that a foxhunting-related discount offer has been "withdrawn with immediate effect". Following complaints from ICABS and members of the public, the museum apologised and said that it is not a supporter of bloodsports. More...

I will boycott wax museum over foxhunting discount offer: Joan Collins TD
02 May 2013
Dublin South-Central TD, Joan Collins has said she will boycott the National Wax Museum over a foxhunting-related discount. In a complaint to museum management, the People Before Profit Alliance politician said that with most people opposed to bloodsports, offering a discount when a foxhunt is mentioned "may backfire on the museum". More...

Urge National Wax Museum to scrap foxhunt discount
01 May 2013
ICABS is calling on the National Wax Museum in Dublin to scrap an outrageous offer involving a 10% discount to anyone who mentions the Westmeath Foxhounds. The offer appears in a wax museum advert in the hunt's 2013 calendar. More...

Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 4, 2013
30 April February 2013
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...

Cruellest terrierwork pictures and video come from Ireland
04 April 2013
The director of the UK's Campaign for the Abolition of Terrierwork has noted that in his organisation's 10 years of collating animal cruelty, "the cruellest pictures and videos have come from Ireland." ICABS is renewing its call on Agriculture Minister, Simon Coveney to ban digging-out and terrierwork. More...

Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 3, 2013
29 February 2013
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...

Irish animals betrayed by Animal Health and Welfare Bill
28 March 2013
RTE Radio 1's Drivetime programme featured animal campaigners at today's protest outside Dail Eireann. Thank you to everyone who attended. More...

SHAMEFUL DAIL VOTE FOR BARBARIC CRUELTY
27 March 2013
27th March 2013 marked another dark day for Irish animals as a majority of TDs shamefully piled in to Dail Eireann to vote against Animal Welfare Bill amendments which sought to remove exemptions for hare coursing and fox hunting. More...

Ask TDs to support anti-bloodsports amendments to Animal Welfare Bill
27 March 2013
The Animal Health and Welfare Bill is going through the Dail this week. Please urgently contact your local TDs and encourage them to support amendments by Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Clare Daly which seek to remove exemptions for hare coursing and foxhunting. More...

LIVE: Animal Welfare Bill discussed in Dail Eireann
27 March 2013
The Animal Health and Welfare Bill will be discussed today (Wednesday, 27th March) in Dail Eireann. Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Clare Daly will present amendments which seek to remove exemptions for hare coursing and foxhunting. Watch Live on the Oireachtas website from 2:30pm.

Protest against hunting and coursing exemptions - this Thursday
20 March 2013
Please join the protest against coursing and hunting exemptions in the new Animal Welfare Bill. Make a special effort to be outside Dail Eireann this Thursday, March 28th, from 12.30 to 2pm. More...

Renewed call on Simon Coveney to ban terrierwork
20 March 2013
ICABS is renewing its call on Agriculture Minister, Simon Coveney to ban the cruel practice of digging-out and terrierwork. Please join our calls now. More...

Pro-hunt election candidate voted to ban hunt
20 March 2013
Pro-hunt Meath by-election candidate, Thomas Byrne, supported a ban on deer hunting in his constituency and later expressed "shock" that the following government wasn't reversing the same ban. Watch the video on Youtube! More...

Happy St Patrick's Day to all our friends and supporters
15 March 2013
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports wishes all its friends and supporters a very happy St Patrick's Day 2013. This weekend, join us in calling for protection for the Irish hare and fox. Thousands of hares are netted from the wild every year and forced to run for their lives from greyhounds. Foxes are chased to exhaustion and torn apart by packs of hounds. Together, we can rid Ireland of these obscenities. More...

Photos show deer in Boyne following pursuit by hunt hounds
15 March 2013
Photos taken from the banks of the River Boyne last month show a deer desperately struggling to keep its head above water. Eyewitnesses clearly saw the animal, pursued by hounds of the Ward Union hunt, jumping into the swollen river. More...

Ask Adare Heritage Centre to stop promoting hunting
14 March 2013
Please join us in our appeal to Adare Heritage Centre in County Limerick to stop promoting hunting as a local tourist activity. More...

Meath East by-election and Blood Sports
13 March 2013
Find out where candidates in the upcoming Meath East by-election stand on the issue of blood sports. Read our guide before you vote on March 27th and please always support compassionate candidates. More...

Drag coursing video shows there is no need for hares in coursing
08 March 2013
Video footage captured by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports last weekend shows that there is absolutely no need for hares in coursing. Witness drag coursing in action to see greyhounds enthusiastically chasing an artificial lure. More...

Petition: Ask Limerick Racecourse to stop hosting coursing
01 March 2013
Please join us in calling on Limerick Racecourse to stop hosting hare coursing. ICABS filmed hares being hit and severely mauled by greyhounds at a coursing meeting at Limerick Racecourse this month. Please sign the petition now

Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 2, 2013
28 February 2013
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...

More scenes of coursing cruelty filmed at Limerick Racecourse
25 February 2013
ICABS has filmed more scenes of appalling cruelty to animals at the JP McManus-sponsored Irish Cup coursing meeting at Limerick Racecourse. More...

NPWS trappers to kill foxes, crows and shoot mink through their brains
22 February 2013
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has announced that a six month mink killing operation will begin next week. The body is spending funds on employing trappers despite an earlier admission that "escapes from mink fur farms would invalidate any attempts to eradicate feral populations". Foxes and crows are also to be targetted up to the end of July and throughout September. More...

Ask Dunnes Stores to lift its ban on animal groups
22 February 2013
Dunnes Stores has banned animal groups from fundraising at its stores. Ask management at the supermarket chain to lift the ban and allow struggling animal groups to resume fundraising activities. More...

Gathering removes hunting from events website
21 February 2013
A big thank you to The Gathering for responding positively to an ICABS appeal and removing hunting from its website. One of the deleted listings was for a fair which promotes itself as being "supported by all the main hunting organisations" and includes a digging contest, "rabbits, lurchers and long nets" and hunt horse and hound displays. More...

Deer chased into river during search for body
20 February 2013
Despite the fact that deer hunting with dogs has been outlawed since 2010, eye-witnesses clearly saw a deer, pursued by hounds of the Ward Union hunt, jumping into the River Boyne on a stretch where a search and recovery operation (for the body of a man who tragically drowned) was in progress. More...

Ask Limerick Racecourse to reject hare coursing
19 February 2013
The management of Limerick Racecourse is being asked to view footage of hares hit and mauled at the venue and stop hosting the cruel blood sport. The Irish Cup coursing meet is due to take place again at the racecourse this month. Please join our appeal now. More...

Paolo Nutini "in no way supports fox hunting or any other type of blood sports"
14 February 2013
ICABS has welcomed a statement from popular Scottish singer, Paolo Nutini, in which it is confirmed that he does not support bloodsports. ICABS contacted the star after he was photographed at a hunt ball in Westmeath. More...

TDs condemn Clonmel coursing cruelty
07 February 2013
TDs Maureen O'Sullivan and Clare Daly have condemned the animal cruelty involved in Clonmel's coursing festival. In a joint-statement, they highlighted the suffering caused by the netting and coursing of hares and the illegal practice of blooding. More...

It's barbaric: Green Cllr calls for hunting ban
06 February 2013
Green Party Councillor, Malcolm Noonan, has joined calls for a ban on foxhunting. The Kilkenny politician condemned the bloodsport as "barbaric". More...

Brothers defamed by hunt chairman awarded Eur30,500 in damages
05 February 2013
Two Kilkenny farmers who were accused of being ‘a pair of paedophiles’ by a Kilkenny Hunt chairman have been awarded damages of over thirty thousand Euros. More...

Renewed call for ban on hunting with hounds
05 February 2013
ICABS President, Maureen O'Sullivan TD, has renewed a call on the Minister for Agriculture to put in place a ban on hunting with packs of hounds. The appeal follows an horrific attack on a pet dog by a pack of hunting hounds in a Coillte forest. More...

Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 1, 2013
31 January 2013
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...

Irish Greyhound board stops publicising coursing finals
31 January 2013
A graphic promoting the hare coursing finals in Clonmel is no longer being displayed on the Irish Greyhound Board website. The image, featuring the dates and location for the coursing event along with the statement "first time on a weekend", was being prominently displayed on IGB web pages. More...

Clonmel mayor criticised for "splendid" coursing comment
30 January 2013
The Mayor of Clonmel has been criticised by ICABS for referring to this weekend's coursing cruelty festival in the town as a "splendid occasion". Brought to his attention were the victims of coursing and the damage coursing does to Clonmel's reputation. More...

Disgust at Hector's pro-hunting propaganda
29 January 2013
ICABS has complained to RTE over last night's "Hector Goes Hunting" programme which presented hunting propaganda as fact and denied anti-hunting campaigners an opportunity to highlight the ugly reality of hunting. More...

Owner of mauled dog calls for hunting ban
29 January 2013
The owner of a dog that was left fighting for its life after being severely mauled and bitten by hunting hounds has joined calls for a ban on hunting in Ireland. More...

Demonstrations against cruel hare coursing
25 January 2013
Please support one or both of the upcoming anti-coursing demonsrations. On Friday February 1st, there will be a demo outside the Dail. On Monday February 4th, a demo will be held outside Powerstown Park, Clonmel. More...

Hunter fined for importing illegal and inhumane animal traps
23 January 2013
ICABS has congratulated the NPWS, An Post and Irish Customs whose actions led to the conviction of a hunter who imported illegal traps into Ireland. Brendan Keady of Dalgan Park, Shrule, Co Mayo was fined 150 Euro for importing the traps which he bought on Ebay for trapping mink and foxes. More...

"Bullfighting is dying out": Spanish Tourist Board Director
23 January 2013
The director of the Spanish Tourist Board in Ireland has said that bullfighting is dying out in Spain. Mr Gonzalo Ceballos made the comments on the Pat Kenny radio show. More...

Horrific attack on pet dog by hunt hounds
22 January 2013
A pet dog is fighting for its life after being attacked by a pack of foxhunting hounds. The sickening incident occurred while the dog was being brought for a walk in a Coillte forest in Carlow. ICABS has urged both the Gardai and Coillte to investigate and take action against those responsible. More...

Waterford TD, John Halligan, would welcome blanket ban on bloodsports
18 January 2013
ICABS has welcomed a statement from the office of John Halligan TD which outlines that he is "completely and utterly against any form of animal cruelty" and would welcome a blanket ban on bloodsports in Ireland. More...

Dept rejects call to stop killing lactating female badgers
18 January 2013
The Department of Agriculture has shamefully rejected a call to stop killing lactating female badgers. Condemning the Department's badger snaring as "cruel and inhumane", the Irish Wildlife Trust highlighted that when mother badgers are killed, their dependent cubs will starve to death underground. More...

210 successful prosecutions for NPWS in six years
17 January 2013
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has secured 210 successful prosecutions in the past six years, according to details provided to ICABS President, Maureen O'Sullivan TD. With this averaging just over one per county per year, ICABS is urging the government to divert more funds into the Service. More...

Animal groups dealing with abandoned hunting dogs
16 January 2013
Struggling animal welfare groups are being left to take care of hunting dogs that have been lost or abandoned in the countryside, the Irish Examiner has reported. More...

ICABS defends foxes from killing claims
15 January 2013
In a letter to the editor published in the Irish Times this week, ICABS spokesperson Aideen Yourell defended foxes from a claim that they are not seen in a favourable light among the farming community "due to attacks on livestock". More...

Westmeath Council thanked for deleting hunt document
11 January 2013
ICABS has thanked Westmeath County Council for responding positively to an appeal and deleting a hunting document from its website. More...

Property agents thanked for removing bloodsports from listings
10 January 2013
ICABS has thanked Irish property agents for responding positively to an appeal and removing bloodsports references from online listings. More...

Columnist criticised for suggesting hunter invitation
10 January 2013
Irish Daily Mail columnist, Tom Doorley, has been criticised for suggesting that Ireland should consider inviting hunters to visit during The Gathering. More...

Wicklow National Park removes "vermin" claim
09 January 2013
ICABS has thanked Wicklow Mountains National Park for removing a claim on its website that "many people regard foxes as vermin". In response to an appeal, a spokesperson thanked us for bringing the inaccuracy to its attention and emphasised that the park does not regard foxes as vermin. More...

Petition: Keep cruelty out of property listings
04 January 2013
Please sign and share our petition calling on Irish property agents to keep references to coursing or hunting out of their property listings. More...

Dramatic and on-going decline in Irish hare numbers
04 January 2013
The Irish Hare Initiative has called on Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to retract an "extremely misleading" claim that the "Irish Hare population is significantly increasing". More...

News - 2012

News - 2011

December 2011
23 Animal Voice Newsletter - Issue 12, 2011
22 Fis Nua party denounce hunting
20 Hunt to depart from Ballymaloe House on New Year's Day
16 Latest edition of Animal Voice magazine
16 Hunt group says hunting is "very much under threat"
14 Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2012
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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