An animal rights campaigner and a Longford councillor have clashed strongly about whether hare-coursing should be banned.
The national Coursing championships recently took place in Clonmel, with animal right’s groups pleading with the government to ban the sport on grounds of cruelty to hares.
Hare coursing was once a popular activity in the Shannonside region- with coursing on St Stephen’s Day in Roscommon.
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During a discussion on the Joe Finnegan Show this morning, Lanesboro’s Nuala Donlon noted a recent opinion poll showed that 64 per cent of the Irish public supported a prohibition on the sport.
However, Councillor Seamus Butler disagrees.
