Will Gormley give in to the staghunters?

I WAS pleasantly surprised that the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, was taking a moral stance in not issuing a stag-hunting licence to the Ward Union Hunt (Irish Examiner, September 6).

Like many other former Green supporters, I have witnessed Mr Gormley and his party abandon many of the their election commitments since entering government.

But my surprise was short-lived when your edition of the following day revealed that the minister was reconsidering whether or not to grant the licence for this barbaric practice.