Irish hares are eighteen times more abundant in areas managed by the Irish Coursing Club than at similar sites in the wider countryside a recent study. Irish hares are eighteen times more abundant in ...

Former Baywatch star turned animal rights activist Pamela Anderson has written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin in an attempt to end hare coursing in Ireland. The American-Canadian actress urged Martin to ...

"The hare is protected under the Wildlife Act and so if it is protected surely that should grant it protection from being chased around by dogs for sport or entertainment purposes" Get daily headlines ...

Hares are widespread across Ireland and are most at home in the uplands and among rough pasture. I’ve seen them on open grassland among the early morning dew, unaware of being observed; other times ...

Two huge Irish Hares loomed large over the Dail yesterday as campaigners called for a coursing ban. The protected species is still allowed to be caught as used as live bait for greyhounds in what’s ...

Sir, – With wildlife under ecological threat across our island, it feels a bit bizarre that animal protection groups and conservationists should have to speak out again against the granting of a ...

THE ISSUING of a licence to allow the capture of hares for coursing has been described as “a huge disappointment” by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports. It said the Minister for Arts, Heritage and ...

John Barry, former Sports Editor of The Kerryman newspaper, has been honoured by the local coursing fraternity to acknowledge his outstanding contribution to the sport for over 40 years.John, who ...

The ISPCA is calling on the Government to abolish the issuing of hare coursing licences and to put an end to what it calls a “cruel, outdated and barbaric practice, which is currently permitted to ...

Irish hares are eighteen times more abundant in areas managed by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) than at similar sites in the wider countryside a recent study by Queen's University Belfast has shown.