Listen to the "Today with Claire Byrne" show on RTE Radio 1 (8 January 2021) for a discussion about cruel hare coursing and the Irish Coursing Club's shameful High Court challenge to the government’s decision to stop their bloodsport under COVID19 Level 5 restrictions. Featured on the show are ICABS campaign director Aideen Yourell and Solidarity/RISE TD Paul Murphy. SEE ALSO On the day that another 6,110 cases of COVID19 were confirmed in Ireland, it emerged that the Irish Coursing Club is shamefully attempting to reverse the government’s decision to stop coursing during the nationwide Level 5 restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. / 3570220839760115 Witness the cruelty of hare coursing in Ireland • Ireland's Hare Coursing Cruelty ACTION ALERT With coursing stopped, hundreds of hares remain in captivity in coursing compounds. Please join us in urging Heritage Minister Darragh O'Brien to order the release of all hares in captivity and permanently suspend coursing licences. Minister Darragh O’Brien (Fianna Fail, Dublin Fingal) Tel: (01) 618 3802 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Facebook: / darraghobrientd Twitter: / darraghobrientd Contact all TDs and urge them to back a ban on coursing. Visit the Oireachtas website for contact details https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/... Urge Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar to respect the wishes of the majority and ban hare coursing and all bloodsports. Taoiseach Micheál Martin Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +353 (0)1–618 4350 or +353 (0)21-432 0088 Facebook: / michealmartintd Twitter: / @michealmartintd Tanaiste Leo Varadkar Telephone: +353 (0)1-640 3133 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Tweet to: / @leovaradkar Facebook: / leovaradkar Contact Fianna Fail and Fine Gael TDs and ask them to back a ban on cruel hare coursing. Fianna Fail TDs [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Fine Gael TDs [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Patrick.O'[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Please sign and share the petitions Ban Blood Sports in Ireland https://www.change.org/p/ban-blood-sp... Ireland – Ban cruel hare coursing http://www.change.org/p/ireland-ban-c... If possible, please support our campaign with a donation https://www.paypal.me/banbloodsports Find out more about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and how you can protect yourself and your family at https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/