Readers Blog: Muzzling just makes animal cruelty less visible

On February 10, animal protection groups will protest outside Powerstown Park, Clonmel, on the opening day of the National Hare Coursing event.

It will not be the first such demonstration: The campaign to abolish hare coursing has been in progress for more than half a century since the foundation of the Irish Council Against Blood Sports (ICABS) in 1966.