We are calling on Sinn Féin Ard Fheis delegates to back a ban on cruel fox hunting by rejecting Motion 28 and supporting Motion 29. Most people in Ireland want this cruel, colonial bloodsport BANNED. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Sinn Fein urged to REJECT motion 28 and vote in favour of motion 29 at upcoming Ard Fheis banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/s... #BanFoxHunting

18 greyhounds injured, 12 killed in races at #Kilkenny track in 2025 - the joint highest number of deaths at the track since records began facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing

4 hares DEAD following shameful coursing meeting in #Gorey #Wexford, recently released documents reveal • 5 hares were hit by the dogs and 2 pinned to the ground. 1 hare had a lesion on his back and a cloudy eye facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanHareCoursing

"Fox hunting is a cruel practice which has no place in our society" - Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns TD (Cork South West). Thanks to the Social Democrats for supporting a ban on cruel fox hunting. Most people in Ireland want this bloodsport ended. It's time for a ban. #BanFoxHunting 🦊

📢 "Shame on you. Shame on you" 📢 Well done to everyone who supported today's #BanFoxHunting protest in Abbeyleix, County Laois. The vast majority of people in Ireland want this cruel bloodsport stopped. Join calls for a ban in 2026 🦊 [Video: NARA]

Ridiculous claim from Pat Hayes (a Fianna Fail Councillor and fox hunter): "Hunting with hounds is the most humane way of despatching foxes." In cruel fox hunting, foxes are chased to exhaustion and when caught, they are attacked, disembowelled, pulled apart #BanFoxHunting

Among the 138 greyhounds killed in racing at tracks around Ireland in the first eight months of 2025 were three who died with broken necks and one who suffered a lacerated humeral artery banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/1... Don't go greyhound racing. #YouBetTheyDie #BanGreyhoundRacing

"Ban Fox Hunting. I live in rural Ireland and I am vehemently opposed to fox hunting - it is a cruel, barbaric, one-sided excuse for a sport” - Actor and environmentalist Rachel Pilkington www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

Foxes terrorised by a pack of 28 dogs at County Down hunt • “A fox left the bog and we had a great view of him running up the hill, with hounds packed closely in pursuit, as he jinked left-handed and out across the side road and ran the whole way back” facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... 💔🦊

Ridiculous claim from Pat Hayes (a Fianna Fail Councillor and fox hunter): "Hunting with hounds is the most humane way of despatching foxes." In cruel fox hunting, foxes are chased to exhaustion and when caught, they are attacked, disembowelled, pulled apart #BanFoxHunting

LETTER: During the Dáil debate on Ruth Coppinger TD’s bill to ban fox hunting, one of the many disturbing details highlighted was that, during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór), it was fun and games for fox hunters www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting

Why you should BOYCOTT Walsh's Bar in Woodford, Galway • Owner Declan Walsh has hunted, allows fox hunters to hunt on his farm and "had soup and sandwiches ready for the followers" after a fox hunt which saw a fox terrorised by a pack of 28 dogs bloodbusiness.info/business/wal...

Shame on Minister for Enterprise, Tourism & Employment Peter Burke TD (Fine Gael) for associating with the dog-killing greyhound "industry". Greyhounds injured and killed at tracks + thousands killed behind the scenes each year because they are not fast enough www.facebook.com/grigreyhound...

Last night, the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting was voted down by 124 TDs (with 24 for it). The Bill failed because FF, FG, and SF TDs all voted to keep in line with the party whip. This is not the end of the campaign. The IWT supports the growing movement to ban this cruel blood sport. #BanFoxHunting

📢 "Shame on you. Shame on you" 📢 Well done to everyone who supported today's #BanFoxHunting protest in Abbeyleix, County Laois. The vast majority of people in Ireland want this cruel bloodsport stopped. Join calls for a ban in 2026 🦊 [Video: NARA]

"Fox hunting is a cruel practice which has no place in our society" - Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns TD (Cork South West). Thanks to the Social Democrats for supporting a ban on cruel fox hunting. Most people in Ireland want this bloodsport ended. It's time for a ban. #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Join the peaceful protest against the annual St Stephen’s Day Fox Hunt - Abbeyleix Town Square, this Friday 26th December at 11.30am. All welcome. Homemade placards encouraged www.instagram.com/p/DSpl9XFDPdh/ #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland 🦊 Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-... @banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting

Leap into action for foxes and help get fox hunting banned in Ireland: 🦊 Contact TDs and political party leaders: banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/u... 🦊 Sign the ‘Ban Fox Hunting’ petition: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊🙏

More than 29,000 sign Uplift petition calling on the Irish Government to "ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs". Have you signed yet? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Please contact your local Fianna Fail / Fine Gael & Sinn Fein TDs and urge them to vote in favour of Ruth Coppinger TD’s Animal Health & Welfare (Ban On Fox Hunting) Bill when it returns to Dail Eireann on Wednesday 17th December. Find contact details at banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/u...

Join NARA's "Ban Fox Hunting Leafleting Session" this Saturday 13th December from 12 noon to 2pm at Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Dublin www.facebook.com/events/87995... #BanFoxHunting #FoxHuntingBill 🦊

Join us for a #BanFoxHunting protest outside Dáil Éireann, Kildare St, Dublin - this Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 1pm. Thank you. 🦊

Contact all your TDs and urge them to back a ban on cruel fox hunting. Find contact details at www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/t...

‘Foxes are native to Ireland and feature prominently in folklore. They play an important ecological role as predators of non-native species and as scavengers that remove decaying organic matter from the countryside’ - Ecofact x.com/EcofactEcolo... 💚🦊

Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys shamefully performed opening ceremony at game fair which featured hunters and hunting hounds • Organisers said the event was a “platform for the promotion & defence of country sports in Ireland” banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/h... #aras25 #aras2025

In 2016, Heather Humphreys rejected calls to shut down hare coursing "on the grounds there are strict controls for the sport and such a ban would hit rural areas" • In coursing, 1000s of hares are snatched from the wild and forced to run for their lives www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20... #Aras25

Support Dog Advocacy Ireland's peaceful demonstration in Dublin - Saturday 4th October, 2pm to 5pm starting at the Garden of Remembrance and finishing at Merrion Square Park.

"Fox hunting is a remnant from our colonial past. It’s not okay to do this to any living creature. We’re not going to stop until we get this atrocity eliminated from our country” - National Animal Rights Association www.naracampaigns.org/ban-fox-hunt... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

"Fox hunting must be banned. The humans who hunt the foxes and kill the cubs must find another hobby. Shame on them all.” - New Ross SPCA. #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

Support Dog Advocacy Ireland's peaceful demonstration in Dublin - Saturday 4th October, 2pm to 5pm starting at the Garden of Remembrance and finishing at Merrion Square Park.

Presidential Election 2025: Heather Humphreys - shamefully voted in favour of more than €84 million in state grants to dog-killing greyhound racing • Catherine Connolly - “I have serious difficulty with greyhound racing.” Voted against state grants to greyhound racing. #aras25 #aras2025 #pe25

I am not going to vote for Heather Humphreys because of her support for cruel hare coursing - Read John Fitzgerald’s letter in the Irish Mail on Sunday www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #aras25 #pe25 #Ireland #AnimalCruelty

Irish foxes are waiting for the day when newspapers run with the headline: "Fox hunting is outlawed" - Read John Tierney's letter in the Irish Daily Mail banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/l... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

During Biodiversity Week, James Browne TD stated: "Respecting our wildlife means protecting them". We are calling on the Minister to respect and protect Irish Hares by refusing 2025-26 licences for cruel hare coursing. ACTION ALERT ➡️ banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/m... #BanHareCoursing 🐰

"Fox hunting is despicable and should be wiped out. I would be dead against any kind of cruelty to animals" - Pearse Stokes, Kildare Wildlife Rescue 💚🦊 #Ireland #BanFoxHunting

"My Lovely Horse Rescue is opposed to the hunting of animals with dogs...Hunted animals experience unnecessary and substantial suffering. We do not consider subjecting any animal to this experience to be acceptable as a form of sport or entertainment." www.mylovelyhorserescue.com/animal-welfa...

"Fox hunting must be banned. The humans who hunt the foxes and kill the cubs must find another hobby. Shame on them all.” - New Ross SPCA. #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

"77% of Irish people are anti-fox hunting. People do love foxes generally" - Joe Duffy, Presenter, Liveline, RTE Radio 1 (4 March 2025). #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

Sadly today many animals spend their short miserable lives in windowless sheds, pumped full of antibiotics, suffering a great deal more than their predecessors in the 18th century - Read Joan Burgess's letter in the Irish Examiner www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

In a race at Tralee track yesterday (8 July 2025), greyhound Tarbert suffered a bad fall and did not register a finishing time. [Video: Greyhound Racing Ireland / CC BY 4.0 licence]. Don't go greyhound racing. #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing

“Hounds found and a fine dog fox was spotted slipping away and a nice dash ensued” - Foxes terrorised by pack of 21 dogs at shameful North Kerry hunt banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/f... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #SaveOurFoxes #BanFoxHunting

"Fox hunting is a remnant from our colonial past. It’s not okay to do this to any living creature. We’re not going to stop until we get this atrocity eliminated from our country” - National Animal Rights Association www.naracampaigns.org/ban-fox-hunt... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

"Fox hunting and hare coursing: The Irish Wildlife Trust is opposed to these cruel activities and believes they should be banned." iwt.ie/what-we-do/c... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanHareCoursing #BanFoxHunting

A strong case could be made that hare coursing is in breach of the EU Habitats Directive - read John Fitzgerald’s letter in the current edition of The Avondhu www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #BanHareCoursing #EU #AnimalCruelty

"The Social Democrats have a longstanding policy in favour of a ban on fox hunting and bloodsports in general. We will be supporting Deputy Coppinger’s Bill" - Padraig Rice TD www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting

Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy (#Longford #Westmeath) has claimed that the cruel bloodsport of fox hunting is “well regulated”. Deputy Troy was told that it's not possible to regulate the appalling cruelty out of fox hunting banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/r... #Ireland #Cruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

“I will support this Bill”: Labour Party TD Conor Sheehan has promised to back a ban on cruel fox hunting in Ireland banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/c... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Political Focus: Mary Hanafin who is seeking a nomination to run in the presidential election - As a FF TD in 2005, she shamefully voted against a ban on fur farming. As a Councillor, she voted in favour of a motion which described foxes as a “problem” banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/p...