A big thank you to the 24 compassionate TDs who voted in favour of the Animal Health & Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill on 8 July 2026.
People Before Profit-Solidarity
Paul Murphy TD
Ruth Coppinger TD
Social Democrats
Holly Cairns TD
Jen Cummins TD
Gary Gannon TD
Sinéad Gibney TD
Eoin Hayes TD
Rory Hearne TD
Cian O’Callaghan TD
Liam Quaide TD
Pádraig Rice TD
Jennifer Whitmore TD
Labour Party
Ciarán Ahern TD
Ivana Bacik TD
George Lawlor TD
Ged Nash TD
Robert O’Donoghue TD
Conor Sheehan TD
Marie Sherlock TD
Duncan Smith TD
Mark Wall TD
Green Party
Roderic O’Gorman TD
100% Redress Party
Charles Ward TD
Independent
Paul Gogarty TD
Paul Murphy TD's bill was shamefully rejected, with 125 TDs (mostly Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein, Independent Ireland and Aontu) piling into Dail Eireann to vote against it. Their votes for the continuation of cruelty means that thousands more hares will be captured from the wild and forced to run for their lives from dogs in a bloodsport that most people in Ireland want ended.
Find out how your TDs voted
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BLRVEsGX4/
and how how parties voted
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1339289181677014&set=a.603523135253626
TAKE ACTION NOW
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
Contact the leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and Aontú. Tell them that you want hare coursing, fox hunting and all bloodsports banned in Ireland.
Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Tel: 01 619 4000
Email: micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie; info@fiannafail.ie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
X: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD
Simon Harris TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: 01 281 3727
Email: simon.harris@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris
X: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD
Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD
X: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Peadar Tóibín TD (Meath West)
Leader, Aontú
Email: Peadar.Toibin@oireachtas.ie; info@aontu.ie
Tel: (01) 618 3518 / (046) 902 3472
SEE ALSO
The bill to ban cruel hare coursing - how parties voted
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1339289181677014&set=a.603523135253626
Bill to ban hare coursing shamefully rejected - 24 in favour, 125 against
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BLRVEsGX4/
Debate on “Ban on Hare Coursing” Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QE6Wt_i644