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.

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 ...

Pamela Anderson has written to the Taoiseach to urge him to ban hare coursing in Ireland. The former Baywatch actor said coursing, which involves hares being chased by greyhounds, was “cruel and ...