Coursing season details revealed
11 November 2004
The 2004-05 coursing season is now underway. 85 meetings, thousands of hares snatched from the wild, injury and death to a protected species. Please join us now in our appeal to Minister Dick Roche to stop licensing this cruel blood sport.
SAMPLE LETTER
(If possible, please write your own original letter. Be assertive, but
polite, in all correspondence).
Minister Dick Roche
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Custom House
Dublin 1
Tel: 01-8882403
Fax: 01-8788640
Email: minister@environ.ie
Dear Minister Roche,
I wish to express my great disappointment at your licensing of hare coursing for another season.
I think it is most unjust and undemocratic that your department has disregarded the views of 80 per cent of the Irish population. Opinion polls carried out over the past three decades have repeatedly confirmed that a huge majority want this cruel blood sport banned.
Hare coursing in Northern Ireland was stopped earlier this year with the introduction of a ban on the netting of hares. I call on you to urgently work towards enforcing a similar ban here. As it stands, the Republic not only allows this blood sport but it is also now accommodating two Northern clubs who were stopped from coursing in that jurisdiction.
As one of the majority who want the "protected" hare species spared the abuse of coursing, I call on you to grant no further licences to hare coursing clubs. Please make the current coursing season the final one.
Thank you for considering my appeal. I look forward to your positive reply.
Yours sincerely,
Name/Location
2004/2005 Coursing Fixtures List
This list of 85 coursing meetings was obtained from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
|
September 2004
|
| 24, 25, 26 |
New Ross
(Co Wexford) |
| 25, 26 |
Liscannor
(Co Clare) |
|
October 2004
|
| 1, 2, 3 |
Glin
(Co Limerick) |
| 9, 10 |
Westmeath United
(Co Westmeath) |
| 9, 10 |
Ballyheigue
(Co Kerry) |
| 9, 10 |
Cashel
(Co Tipperary) |
| 9, 10 |
Regional
(Co Limerick) |
| 16, 17 |
Crohane & Killenaule
(Co Tipperary) |
| 16, 17 |
Edenderry
(Co Offaly) |
| 16, 17 |
Loughrea
(Co Galway) |
| 20, 21 |
Fermoy & Grange
(Co Cork) |
| 23, 24 |
Ballinagar
(Co Offaly) |
| 23, 24 |
Charleville
(Co Cork) |
| 23, 24 |
Gorey
(Co Wexford) |
| 23, 24 |
Miltown-Malbay
(Co Clare) |
| 23, 24 |
Thurles
(Co Tipperary) |
| 24, 25 |
Castleisland
(Co Kerry) |
| 30, 31 |
Lixnaw (Abbeydorney)
(Co Kerry) |
| 30, 31 |
Mitchelstown
(Co Cork) |
| 30, 31 |
Westport
(Co Mayo) |
|
November 2004
|
| 5, 6, 7 |
Listowel
(Co Kerry) |
| 6, 7 |
Clonmel & Kilsheelan
(Co Tipperary) |
| 6, 7 |
Freshford
(Co Kilkenny) |
| 6, 7 |
Limerick City
(Co Limerick) |
| 6, 7 |
Mallow
(Co Cork) |
| 6, 7 |
Trim (Leinster Open)
(Co Meath) |
| 12, 13, 14 |
Ballyduff
(Co Kerry) |
| 12, 13, 14 |
Co Carlow
(Co Carlow) |
| 12, 13, 14 |
East Donegal (Ballymena)
(Co Donegal) |
| 13, 14 |
Ardpatrick & Kilfinane
(Co Limerick) |
| 13, 14 |
Cappoquin
(Co Waterford) |
| 20, 21 |
Borris-in-Ossory
(Co Laois) |
| 19, 20, 21 |
Co. Cavan (Dungannon)
(Co Cavan) |
| 20, 21 |
Bandon & Carey’s Cross
(Co Cork) |
| 20, 21 |
Kilimer & Kilrush
(Co Clare) |
| 20, 21 |
Waterford
(Co Waterford) |
| 20, 21 |
Rathkeale
(Co Limerick) |
| 26, 27, 28 |
Knockgraffon
(Co Tipperary) |
| 27, 28 |
Balbriggan
(Co Dublin) |
| 27, 28 |
Enniscorthy
(Co Wexford) |
| 27, 28 |
Kilflynn
|
| 27, 28 |
Rathcormac
(Co Cork) |
|
December 2004
|
| 4, 5 |
Doon
(Co Limerick) |
| 4, 5 |
Ennis & Clarecastle
(Co Clare) |
| 4, 5 |
Johnstown/Urlingford
(Co Kilkenny) |
| 8, 9 |
Glanworth
(Co Cork) |
| 11, 12 |
Rathdowney
(Co Laois) |
| 11, 12 |
Newbridge Open
(Co Kildare) |
| 11, 12 |
Newcastlewest
(Co Limerick) |
| 18, 19 |
Castletown Geoghegan
(Co Westmeath) |
| 18, 19 |
Dungarvan
(Co Waterford) |
| 18, 19 |
East Donegal
(Co Donegal) |
| 18, 19 |
Nenagh
(Co Tipperary) |
| 26 |
Roseberry Open
(Co Kildare) |
| 26, 27 |
Roscrea (Borrisoleigh)
(Co Tipperary) |
| 26, 27 |
Co Kerry
(Co Kerry) |
| 26, 27 |
Cork
(Co Cork) |
| 26, 27 |
Dundalk & Dowdallshill
(Co Louth) |
| 26, 27 |
Mooncuin
(Co Kilkenny) |
| 26, 27 |
North Kilkenny
(Co Kilkenny) |
| 26, 27 |
Galway & Oranmore (Roscommon)
(Co Galway) |
| 26, 27 |
South Clare
(Co Clare) |
| 26, 27 |
Wexford & District
(Co Wexford) |
| 28, 29 |
Abbeyfeale
(Co Limerick) |
| 31 Dec, 1 Jan |
Athy Open (Old Kilcullen)
(Co Kildare) |
|
January 2005
|
| 2 |
Fethard Open
(Co Tipperary) |
| 2 |
Milford Open
(Co Cork) |
| 2, 3 |
Galbally
(Co Limerick) |
| 7, 8, 9 |
Kilcreevin/Ballymote (Tubbercurry)
(Co Sligo) |
| 7, 8, 9 |
Clonakilty
(Co Cork) |
| 7, 8, 9 |
Traderee
(Co Clare) |
| 8, 9 |
Sevenhouses
(Co Kilkenny) |
| 8, 9 |
Templetouhy
(Co Tipperary) |
| 12 |
Macroom
(Co Cork) |
| 15, 16 |
Cork County Open
(Co Cork) |
| 15, 16 |
Knockgraffon Open
(Co Tipperary) |
| 23 |
Dromina Open
(Co Cork) |
| 24 |
Donabate Open
(Co Dublin) |
| 30 |
Clonmel & District Open
(Co Tipperary) |
| 31 Jan, 1, 2 Feb |
National Meeting, Clonmel
(Co Tipperary) |
|
February 2005
|
| 6 |
Duleek Open
(Co Meath) |
| 6 |
Fedamore Open
(Co Limerick) |
| 12, 13 |
Tipperary & District
(Co Tipperary) |
| 13 |
Cork Co. Open Munster Cup
(Co Cork) |
| 18, 19, 20 |
Irish Cup
(Co Kerry) |
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Ban Coursing Website:
For more information on hare coursing cruelty in Ireland, please visit our Ban Hare Coursing website at www.banbloodsports.com/coursing.
Petition:
Visit our Petitions page to print out and sign a Ban Hare Coursing petition.
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