Greens can do their bit for abused wildlife

AMID all the weighty wheeling and dealing in the corridors of power aimed at producing a new government, politicians may overlook the plight of a brutally oppressed and voiceless minority.

I refer to the victims of coursing clubs, foxhunts and the country’s only stag hunt. The Green Party included in its election manifesto a clear commitment to seeking a ban on such cruel sports should it find itself in government. Animal welfare campaigners hope this manifesto pledge can be honoured.

I am not suggesting that the hare snatched from its home in the countryside, and then forced to run for its life from hyped up greyhounds, should take precedence over the need to maintain our Celtic tiger economy.