The Irish Council Against Blood Sports yesterday exhibited at the Heritage 2030 event, organised by the Department of Arts & Heritage.
Groups and individuals who made submissions on heritage issues, including Ireland's flora and fauna, were invited to take part in the event, held at Dublin Castle.
We were anxious to highlight the plight of our wildlife persecuted by hunters and hare coursers, and expressed the hope that by the year 2030 - if not a lot sooner - Ireland will have banned foxhunting, hare coursing and other bloodsports activities such as shooting birds and animals for “sport” and that our precious wildlife will be permitted to exist in peace, free from the cruelty of humans.
Minister Josepha Madigan attended the event, which was addressed by a number of speakers on all aspects of heritage in Ireland.
ACTION ALERT
Contact Minister Josepha Madigan now and urge her to stop licensing hare coursing
Josepha Madigan TD
Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht
Phone: +353 (0)1 631 3800
Email: josepha.madigan@oireachtas.ie
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Urgently contact An Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and An Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Simon Coveney and Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed. Ask them to ban coursing and foxhunting and give permanent protection to hares and foxes.
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar
Government Buildings,
Upper Merrion St, Dublin 2
Telephone: +353 (0)1-6194020
Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie, leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie
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Simon Coveney TD
Tanaiste/Deputy Prime Minister
Iveagh House
80 St Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Phone: +353 (0)1 408 2000
Email: simon.coveney@oireachtas.ie
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SimonCoveney
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Michael Creed TD
Minister for Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture House,
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Email: michael.creed@oir.ie
Tel: +353 (0)1-607 2000 or LoCall 1890-200510.
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Visit the Oireachtas website for names of TDs and their email addresses http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&disp=mem
Write to your TDs at: Dail Eireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Tel: +353 (0)1-618 3000 or 1890 337 889.
Please also arrange a meeting with your TDs at their local clinics.