Proposal to ban hare coursing gets little support within Cork County Council

Councillors said they wouldn’t support the motion because they believe that hare coursing is now very well regulated and is no longer cruel

Some councillors said banning hare coursing would be yet another attack on rural Ireland. File Picture:David Maher / SPORTSFILE

Cork County Council’s two Green councillors found very few allies when they sought to have a motion passed by colleagues calling on the government to ban hare coursing.

Green councillors Liam Quaide and Alan O’Connor were told by many colleagues from other parties they wouldn’t support them because they believe that hare coursing is now very well regulated and is no longer cruel. Mr Quaide said a ban on hare coursing is a longstanding policy position of his party.