In Dail Eireann last night (8 July 2026), Paul Murphy TD's Animal Health & Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill was rejected, with 125 TDs (mostly Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein, Independent Ireland and Aontu) shamefully voting against it. Their rejection of the bill means that thousands more hares will be captured from the wild and forced to run for their lives from dogs in a bloodsport that shames Ireland.
A big thank you to the 24 compassionate TDs who voted in favour of the bill (People Before Profit-Solidarity, Social Democrats, Labour Party, Green Party, 100% Redress Party, plus 1 Independent)
Please see below to find out how TDs voted - listed alphabetically, then by party and, below that, by constituency.
The result of the Dail vote is an absolute insult to the vast majority in Ireland who want this barbaric bloodsport banned.
The campaign for a ban continues. We will not stop until Irish Hares are fully protected from the cruelty of coursing.
Please complain to TDs who voted against the bill. Find email addresses and phone numbers at
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/34
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HOW THEY VOTED - ALPHABETICALLY
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YES - VOTED IN FAVOUR OF A BAN ON HARE COURSING (24)
Ciarán Ahern (Labour Party)
Ivana Bacik (Labour Party)
Holly Cairns (Social Democrats)
Ruth Coppinger (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats)
Gary Gannon (Social Democrats)
Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats)
Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent)
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats)
Rory Hearne (Social Democrats)
George Lawlor (Labour Party)
Paul Murphy (Solidarity - People Before Profit)
Ged Nash (Labour Party)
Cian O'Callaghan (Social Democrats)
Robert O'Donoghue (Labour Party)
Roderic O'Gorman (Green Party)
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats)
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats)
Conor Sheehan (Labour Party)
Marie Sherlock (Labour Party)
Duncan Smith (Labour Party)
Mark Wall (Labour Party)
Charles Ward (100% Redress Party)
Jennifer Whitmore (Social Democrats)
N0 - SHAMEFULLY VOTED AGAINST A BAN ON HARE COURSING (125)
William Aird (Fine Gael)
Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail)
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Fein)
Grace Boland (Fine Gael)
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fail)
John Brady (Sinn Fein)
Brian Brennan (Fine Gael)
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fail)
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)
James Browne (Fianna Fail)
Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein)
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
Peter Burke (Fine Gael)
Mary Butler (Fianna Fail)
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael)
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Fein)
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail)
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fail)
Catherine Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail)
Seán Canney (Independent)
Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael)
Matt Carthy (Sinn Fein)
Jack Chambers (Fianna Fail)
Sorca Clarke (Sinn Fein)
Peter 'Chap' Cleere (Fianna Fail)
John Clendennen (Fine Gael)
Michael Collins (Independent Ireland)
Niall Collins (Fianna Fail)
John Connolly (Fianna Fail)
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Fein)
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael)
Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein)
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fail)
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)
John Cummins (Fine Gael)
Martin Daly (Fianna Fail)
Pa Daly (Sinn Fein)
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fail)
Máire Devine (Sinn Fein)
Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fail)
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael)
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fail)
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Fein)
Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein)
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Fein)
Frankie Feighan (Fine Gael)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent Ireland)
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Norma Foley (Fianna Fail)
Pat the Cope Gallagher (Fianna Fail)
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Thomas Gould (Sinn Fein)
Ann Graves (Sinn Fein)
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Fein)
Marian Harkin (Independent)
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael)
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael)
Martin Kenny (Sinn Fein)
Keira Keogh (Fine Gael)
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Fein)
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael)
John Lahart (Fianna Fail)
James Lawless (Fianna Fail)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
Micheál Martin (Fianna Fail)
David Maxwell (Fine Gael)
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fail)
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail)
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fail)
Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein)
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Fein)
Séamus McGrath (Fianna Fail)
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail)
Conor D McGuinness (Sinn Fein)
Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein)
Kevin Boxer Moran (Independent)
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael)
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Fein)
Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael)
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Fein)
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Sinn Fein)
Carol Nolan (Independent)
Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein)
Maeve O'Connell (Fine Gael)
James O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail)
Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fail)
Louis O'Hara (Sinn Fein)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein)
Ryan O'Meara (Fianna Fail)
Naoise Ó Muirí (Fine Gael)
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn Fein)
Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Fein)
Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Fein)
John Paul O'Shea (Fine Gael)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein)
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Fein)
Christopher O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein)
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael)
Peter Roche (Fine Gael)
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail)
Brian Stanley (Independent)
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael)
Peadar Tóibín (Aontú)
Gillian Toole (Independent)
Robert Troy (Fianna Fail)
Barry Ward (Fine Gael)
Mark Ward (Sinn Fein)
DID NOT VOTE (25)
Richard Boyd Barrett (Solidarity - People Before Profit)
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)
Sean Crowe (Sinn Fein)
Emer Currie (Fine Gael)
Daniel Ennis (Social Democrats)
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats)
Noel Grealish (Independent)
Simon Harris (Fine Gael)
Seamus Healy (Workers and Unemployed Action)
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent)
Barry Heneghan (Independent)
Alan Kelly (Labour Party)
Eoghan Kenny (Labour Party)
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael)
Mattie McGrath (Independent)
John McGuinness (Fianna Fail)
Verona Murphy - Ceann Comhairle (Independent)
Joe Neville (Fine Gael)
Jim O'Callaghan (Fianna Fail)
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fail)
Richard O’Donoghue (Independent Ireland)
Patrick O'Donovan (Fine Gael)
Ken O’Flynn (Independent Ireland)
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail)
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HOW THEY VOTED - BY PARTY
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100% REDRESS PARTY
Charles Ward - Yes
AONTÚ
Paul Lawless - No
Peadar Tóibín - No
FIANNA FAIL
Catherine Ardagh - No
Tom Brabazon - No
Shay Brennan - No
James Browne - No
Mary Butler - No
Malcolm Byrne - No
Thomas Byrne - Did not vote
Michael Cahill - No
Dara Calleary - No
Jack Chambers - No
Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere - No
Niall Collins - No
John Connolly - No
Cathal Crowe - No
Martin Daly - No
Aisling Dempsey - No
Cormac Devlin - No
Albert Dolan - No
Timmy Dooley - No
Sean Fleming - No
Norma Foley - No
Pat The Cope Gallagher - No
John Lahart - No
James Lawless - No
Micheál Martin - No
Paul McAuliffe - No
Charlie McConalogue - No
Tony McCormack - No
Séamus McGrath - No
Erin McGreehan - No
John McGuinness - Did not vote
Aindrias Moynihan - No
Michael Moynihan - No
Shane Moynihan - No
Jennifer Murnane O’Connor - No
Darragh O'Brien - No
Jim O'Callaghan - Did not vote
Naoise Ó Cearúil - Did not vote
James O’Connor - No
Willie O'Dea - No
Seán O Fearghaíl - No
Ryan O’Meara - No
Christopher O’Sullivan - No
Pádraig O'Sullivan - No
Eamon Scanlon - No
Brendan Smith - No
Niamh Smyth - Did not vote
Robert Troy - No
FINE GAEL
Willie Aird - No
Grace Boland - No
Brian Brennan - No
Colm Brophy - No
Colm Burke - No
Peter Burke - No
Paula Butterly - No
Jerry Buttimer - Did not vote
Catherine Callaghan - No
Micheál Carrigy - No
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - No
John Clendennen - No
Joe Cooney - No
John Cummins - No
Emer Currie - Did not vote
Alan Dillon - No
Frank Feighan - No
James Geoghegan - No
Simon Harris - Did not vote
Martin Heydon - No
Emer Higgins - No
Keira Keogh - No
Seán Kyne - No
David Maxwell - No
Noel McCarthy - No
Helen McEntee - Did not vote
Michael Murphy - No
Hildegarde Naughten - No
Joe Neville - Did not vote
Maeve O’Connell - No
Kieran O’Donnell - No
Patrick O'Donovan - Did not vote
Naoise Ó Muirí - No
John Paul O’Shea - No
Neale Richmond - No
Peter Roche - No
Edward Timmins - No
Barry Ward - No
GREEN PARTY
Roderic O’Gorman - Yes
INDEPENDENT
Sean Canney - No
Paul Gogarty - Yes
Noel Grealish - Did not vote
Marian Harkin - No
Danny Healy-Rae - No
Michael Healy-Rae - Did not vote
Barry Heneghan - Did not vote
Michael Lowry - No
Mattie McGrath - Did not vote
Kevin “Boxer” Moran - No
Verona Murphy - Ceann Comhairle - Did not vote
Carol Nolan - No
Brian Stanley - No
Gillian Toole - No
INDEPENDENT IRELAND
Michael Collins - No
Michael Fitzmaurice - No
Richard O’Donoghue - Did not vote
Ken O’Flynn - Did not vote
LABOUR PARTY
Ciarán Ahern - Yes
Ivana Bacik - Yes
Alan Kelly - Did not vote
Eoghan Kenny - Did not vote
George Lawlor - Yes
Ged Nash - Yes
Robert O’Donoghue - Yes
Conor Sheehan - Yes
Marie Sherlock - Yes
Duncan Smith - Yes
Mark Wall - Yes
PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT-SOLIDARITY
Richard Boyd Barrett - Did not vote
Ruth Coppinger - Yes
Paul Murphy - Yes
SINN FEIN
Cathy Bennett - No
John Brady - No
Pat Buckley - No
Joanna Byrne - No
Matt Carthy - No
Sorca Clarke - No
Rose Conway-Walsh - No
Réada Cronin - No
Sean Crowe - Did not vote
David Cullinane - No
Pa Daly - No
Máire Devine - No
Pearse Doherty - No
Paul Donnelly - No
Dessie Ellis - No
Mairéad Farrell - No
Thomas Gould - No
Ann Graves - No
Johnny Guirke - No
Martin Kenny - No
Claire Kerrane - No
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - No
Mary Lou McDonald - No
Donna McGettigan - No
Conor McGuinness - No
Denise Mitchell - No
Johnny Mythen - No
Natasha Newsome Drennan - No
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh - No
Eoin Ó Broin - No
Louis O’Hara - No
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - No
Ruairi Ó Murchú - No
Louise O'Reilly - No
Darren O’Rourke - No
Aengus Ó Snodaigh - No
Fionntán O Súilleabháin - No
Maurice Quinlivan - No
Mark Ward - No
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
Holly Cairns - Yes
Jen Cummins - Yes
Daniel Ennis - Did not vote
Aidan Farrelly - Did not vote
Gary Gannon - Yes
Sinéad Gibney - Yes
Eoin Hayes - Yes
Rory Hearne - Yes
Cian O’Callaghan - Yes
Liam Quaide - Yes
Pádraig Rice - Yes
Jennifer Whitmore - Yes
WORKERS AND UNEMPLOYED ACTION
Seamus Healy - Did not vote
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HOW THEY VOTED - BY CONSTITUENCY
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Carlow Kilkenny
Catherine Callaghan (Fine Gael) - No
Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere (Fianna Fail) - No
John McGuinness (Fianna Fail) - Did not vote
Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (Fianna Fail) - No
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Fein) - No
Cavan Monaghan
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Fein) - No
Matt Carthy (Sinn Fein) - No
David Maxwell (Fine Gael) - No
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail) - No
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail) - Did not vote
Clare
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael) - No
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fail) - No
Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) - No
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Fein) - No
Cork East
Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein) - No
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael) - No
James O’Connor (Fianna Fail) - No
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats) - Yes
Cork North Central
Colm Burke (Fine Gael) - No
Thomas Gould (Sinn Fein) - No
Eoghan Kenny (Labour Party) - Did not vote
Ken O’Flynn (Independent Ireland) - Did not vote
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail) - No
Cork North West
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail) - No
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail) - No
John Paul O’Shea (Fine Gael) - No
Cork South Central
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) - Did not vote
Micheál Martin (Fianna Fail) - No
Séamus McGrath (Fianna Fail) - No
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein) - No
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats) - Yes
Cork South West
Holly Cairns (Social Democrats) - Yes
Michael Collins (Independent Ireland) - No
Christopher O’Sullivan (Fianna Fail) - No
Donegal
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein) - No
Pat The Cope Gallagher (Fianna Fail) - No
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) - No
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail) - No
Charles Ward (100% Redress Party) - Yes
Dublin Bay North
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fail) - No
Barry Heneghan (Independent) - Did not vote
Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein) - No
Cian O’Callaghan (Social Democrats) - Yes
Naoise Ó Muirí (Fine Gael) - No
Dublin Bay South
Ivana Bacik (Labour Party) - Yes
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael) - No
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats) - Yes
Jim O'Callaghan (Fianna Fail) - Did not vote
Dublin Central
Daniel Ennis (Social Democrats) - Did not vote
Gary Gannon (Social Democrats) - Yes
Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein) - No
Marie Sherlock (Labour Party) - Yes
Dublin Fingal East
Ann Graves (Sinn Fein) - No
Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) - No
Duncan Smith (Labour Party) - Yes
Dublin Fingal West
Grace Boland (Fine Gael) - No
Robert O’Donoghue (Labour Party) - Yes
Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Fein) - No
Dublin Mid West
Paul Gogarty (Independent) - Yes
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael) - No
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fail) - No
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein) - No
Mark Ward (Sinn Fein) - No
Dublin North West
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein) - No
Rory Hearne (Social Democrats) - Yes
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fail) - No
Dublin Rathdown
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fail) - No
Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats) - Yes
Maeve O’Connell (Fine Gael) - No
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael) - No
Dublin South Central
Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail) - No
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats) - Yes
Máire Devine (Sinn Fein) - No
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein) - No
Dublin South West
Ciarán Ahern (Labour Party) - Yes
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael) - No
Sean Crowe (Sinn Fein) - Did not vote
John Lahart (Fianna Fail) - No
Paul Murphy (Solidarity - People Before Profit) - Yes
Dublin West
Jack Chambers (Fianna Fail) - No
Ruth CoppingerPeople Before Profit-SolidarityYes
Emer Currie (Fine Gael) - Did not vote
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Fein) - No
Roderic O’Gorman (Green Party) - Yes
Dún Laoghaire
Richard Boyd Barrett (Solidarity - People Before Profit Alliance) - Did not vote
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael) - No
Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fail) - No
Barry Ward (Fine Gael) - No
Galway East
Sean Canney (Independent) - No
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fail) - No
Louis O’Hara (Sinn Fein) - No
Peter Roche (Fine Gael) - No
Galway West
John Connolly (Fianna Fail) - No
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Fein) - No
Noel Grealish (Independent) - Did not vote
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) - No
Hildegarde Naughten (Fine Gael) - No
Kerry County
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fail) - No
Pa Daly (Sinn Fein) - No
Norma Foley (Fianna Fail) - No
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent) - No
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent) - Did not vote
Kildare North
Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein) - No
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats) - Did not vote
James Lawless (Fianna Fail) - No
Joe Neville (Fine Gael) - Did not vote
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fail) - Did not vote
Kildare South
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael) - No
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Sinn Fein) - No
Seán O Fearghaíl (Fianna Fail) - No
Mark Wall (Labour Party) - Yes
Laois
Willie Aird (Fine Gael) - No
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail) - No
Brian Stanley (Independent) - No
Limerick City
Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail) - No
Kieran O’Donnell (Fine Gael) - No
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein) - No
Conor Sheehan (Labour Party) - Yes
Limerick County
Niall Collins (Fianna Fail) - No
Richard O’Donoghue (Independent Ireland) - Did not vote
Patrick O'Donovan (Fine Gael) - Did not vote
Longford Westmeath
Peter Burke (Fine Gael) - No
Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) - No
Sorca Clarke (Sinn Fein) - No
Kevin “Boxer” Moran (Independent) - No
Robert Troy (Fianna Fail) - No
Louth
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael) - No
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Fein) - No
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) - No
Ged Nash (Labour Party) - Yes
Ruairi Ó Murchú (Sinn Fein) - No
Mayo
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail) - No
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Fein) - No
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael) - No
Keira Keogh (Fine Gael) - No
Paul Lawless (Aontú) - No
Meath East
Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) - Did not vote
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael) - Did not vote
Darren O’Rourke (Sinn Fein) - No
Gillian Toole (Independent) - No
Meath West
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fail) - No
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Fein) - No
Peadar Tóibín (Aontú) - No
Offaly
John Clendennen (Fine Gael) - No
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fail) - No
Carol Nolan (Independent) - No
Roscommon Galway
Martin Daly (Fianna Fail) - No
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent Ireland) - No
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Fein) - No
Sligo Leitrim
Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) - No
Marian Harkin (Independent) - No
Martin Kenny (Sinn Fein) - No
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail) - No
Tipperary North
Alan Kelly (Labour Party) - Did not vote
Michael Lowry (Independent) - No
Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fail) - No
Tipperary South
Seamus Healy (Workers and Unemployed Action) - Did not vote
Mattie McGrath (Independent) - Did not vote
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael) - No
Waterford
Mary Butler (Fianna Fail) - No
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) - No
John Cummins (Fine Gael) - No
Conor McGuinness (Sinn Fein) - No
Wexford
James Browne (Fianna Fail) - No
George Lawlor (Labour Party) - Yes
Verona Murphy - Ceann Comhairle (Independent) - Did not vote
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Fein) - No
Wicklow
John Brady (Sinn Fein) - No
Simon Harris (Fine Gael) - Did not vote
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael) - No
Jennifer Whitmore (Social Democrats) - Yes
Wicklow-Wexford
Brian Brennan (Fine Gael) - No
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) - No
Fionntán O Súilleabháin (Sinn Fein) - No
Watch our campaign videos
Support Paul Murphy TD's bill to ban coursing on July 8th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KeqcHBNYis
The suffering of hares during 2025 26 coursing season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jN3OMM7_UY
Hares in captivity at cruel coursing in Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFlADkFj7jA