Members of the Irish Parliament have once again shamefully betrayed wildlife. On 30th June, they crowded into Dail Eireann and voted to ensure that hare coursing - one of Ireland's worst acts of cruelty to animals - continues. In a country where a majority want this vile bloodsport banned, these shameless public representatives were certainly not reflecting public opinion in their eagerness to protect coursing. Enthusiastically piling into parliament, they disrespected the decent majority who abhor cruelty, they dismissed the petitions and all the appeals and worst of all, they disregarded the suffering and death inherent in coursing. Shame on the 114 who had an opportunity to do the right thing but chose not to. We thank and applaud the 20 compassionate TDs who stood up for Irish wildlife and supported Maureen O'Sullivan TD's bill. There will be more opportunities ahead to achieve a long overdue ban on hare coursing so please continue lobbying TDs, supporting protests, signing/sharing petitions, etc. The campaign will continue until the Irish Hare is permanently protected from persecution. A list showing how TDs voted can be seen below. ACTION ALERT Please join us in thanking the compassionate TDs who supported the bill. Complain to those who voted against the bill. Tell them that their stance on this animal cruelty issues means hares will continue to suffer and die in coursing. Urge them to show compassion for Irish wildlife and vote differently next time a similar bill comes before the Dail. Find out names and contact details for TDs at https://www.whoismytd.com/ or on the Oireachtas website http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&disp=mem Sign and share other petitions Ban Cruel Hare Coursing https://www.change.org/p/ireland-ban-cruel-hare-coursing Petition to Ban horrific Hare Coursing Cruelty in Ireland https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-ban-horrific-hare-coursing-cruelty-in-ireland ________________________________ YES: VOTED IN FAVOUR OF BILL - 20 ________________________________ Independents: 8 People Before Profit: 4 Anti Austerity Alliance: 3 Social Democrats: 3 Green Party: 2 Mick Barry (Anti Austerity Alliance, Cork North Central) Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit Alliance, Dún Laoghaire) Tommy Broughan (Independent, Party Dublin Bay North) Joan Collins (People Before Profit Alliance, Dublin South Central) Catherine Connolly (Independent, Galway West) Ruth Coppinger (Anti Austerity Alliance, Dublin West) Clare Daly (Independent, Dublin Fingal) Stephen Donnelly (Social Democrats, Wicklow) John Halligan (Independent, Waterford) Gino Kenny (People Before Profit Alliance, Dublin Mid West) Catherine Martin (Green Party, Dublin Rathdown) Finian McGrath (Independent, Dublin Bay North) Catherine Murphy (Social Democrats, Kildare North) Paul Murphy (Anti Austerity Alliance, Dublin South West) Maureen O'Sullivan (Independent, Dublin Central) Shane Ross (Independent, Dublin Rathdown) Eamon Ryan (Green Party, Dublin Bay South) Róisín Shortall (Social Democrats, Dublin North West) Bríd Smith (People Before Profit Alliance, Dublin South Central) Mick Wallace (Independent, Wexford) ____________________________ NO: VOTED AGAINST BILL - 114 ____________________________ Fine Gael: 46 TDs Fianna Fail: 36 TDs Sinn Fein: 16 Labour Party: 5 Independents: 11 Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein, Louth) Bobby Aylward (Fianna Fail, Carlow Kilkenny) Maria Bailey (Fine Gael, Dún Laoghaire) Sean Barrett (Fine Gael, Dún Laoghaire) John Brassill (Fianna Fail, Kerry County) Declan Breathnach (Fianna Fail, Louth) Pat Breen (Fine Gael, Clare) Colm Brophy (Fine Gael, Dublin South West) James Browne (Fianna Fail, Wexford) Richard Bruton (Fine Gael, Dublin Bay North) Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein, Cork East) Peter Burke (Fine Gael, Longford Westmeath) Joan Burton (Labour Party, Dublin West) Mary Butler (Fianna Fail, Waterford) Catherine Byrne (Fine Gael, Dublin South Central) Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail, Meath East) Jackie Cahill (Fianna Fail, Tipperary) Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail, Mayo) Sean Canney (Independent, Galway East) Ciaran Cannon (Fine Gael, Galway East) Joe Carey (Fine Gael, Clare) Pat Casey (Fianna Fail, Wicklow) Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail, Meath West) Lisa Chambers (Fianna Fail, Mayo) Jack Chambers (Fianna Fail, Dublin West) Niall Collins (Fianna Fail, Limerick County) Michael Collins (Independent, Cork South West) Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Fine Gael, Offaly) Simon Coveney (Fine Gael, Cork South Central) Barry Cowen (Fianna Fail, Offaly) David Cullinane (Sinn Fein, Waterford) John Curran (Fianna Fail, Dublin Mid West) Michael D’Arcy (Fine Gael, Wexford) Jim Daly (Fine Gael, Cork South West) John Deasy (Fine Gael, Waterford) Patrick Deering (Fine Gael, Carlow Kilkenny) Regina Doherty (Fine Gael, Meath East) Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein, Donegal) Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael, Dublin Central) Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail, Clare) Andrew Doyle (Fine Gael, Wicklow) Bernard Durkan (Fine Gael, Kildare North) Damien English (Fine Gael, Meath West) Martin Ferris (Sinn Fein, Kerry County) Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael, Dublin Mid West) Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent, Roscommon Galway) Peter Fitzpatrick (Fine Gael, Louth) Charles Flanagan (Fine Gael, Laois) Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail, Laois) Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael, Kerry County) Simon Harris (Fine Gael, Wicklow) Michael Harty (Independent, Clare) Sean Haughey (Fianna Fail, Dublin Bay North) Seamus Healy (Unemployed Action Group, Tipperary) Michael Healy-Rae (Independent, Kerry County) Danny Healy-Rae (Independent, Kerry County) Martin Heydon (Fine Gael, Kildare South) Brendan Howlin (Labour Party, Wexford) Paul Kehoe (Fine Gael, Wexford) Enda Kenny (Fine Gael, Mayo) Martin Kenny (Sinn Fein, Sligo Leitrim) Seán Kyne (Fine Gael, Galway West) John Lahart (Fianna Fail, Dublin South West) Michael Lowry (Independent, Tipperary) Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail, Sligo Leitrim) Josepha Madigan (Fine Gael, Dublin Rathdown) Micheál Martin (Fianna Fail, Cork South Central) Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein, Dublin Central) Helen McEntee (Fine Gael, Meath East) Michael McGrath (Fianna Fail, Cork South Central) Mattie McGrath (Independent, Tipperary) John McGuinness (Fianna Fail, Carlow Kilkenny) Tony McLoughlin (Fine Gael, Sligo Leitrim) Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein, Dublin Bay North) Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Fine Gael, Dún Laoghaire) Kevin “Boxer” Moran (Independent, Longford Westmeath) Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail, Cork North West) Imelda Munster (Sinn Fein, Louth) Dara Murphy (Fine Gael, Cork North Central) Eoghan Murphy (Fine Gael, Dublin Bay South) Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail, Roscommon Galway) Margaret Murphy-O’Mahony (Fianna Fail, Cork South West) Denis Naughten (Independent, Roscommon Galway) Hildegarde Naughten (Fine Gael, Galway West) Tom Neville (Fine Gael, Limerick County) Carol Nolan (Sinn Fein, Offaly) Michael Noonan (Fine Gael, Limerick City) Éamon Ó Cuív (Fianna Fail, Galway West) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein, Cork South Central) Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein, Dublin South Central) Jim O’Callaghan (Fianna Fail, Dublin Bay South) Kate O’Connell (Fine Gael, Dublin Bay South) Kevin O’Keeffe (Fianna Fail, Cork East) Fiona O’Loughlin (Fianna Fail, Kildare South) Louise O’Reilly (Sinn Fein, Dublin Fingal) Frank O’Rourke (Fianna Fail, Kildare North) Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail, Limerick City) Patrick O'Donovan (Fine Gael, Limerick County) Fergus O'Dowd (Fine Gael, Louth) Willie Penrose (Labour Party, Longford Westmeath) John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael, Carlow Kilkenny) Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein, Limerick City) Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail, Galway East) Michael Ring (Fine Gael, Mayo) Noel Rock (Fine Gael, Dublin North West) Brendan Ryan (Labour Party, Dublin Fingal) Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail, Sligo Leitrim) Sean Sherlock (Labour Party, Cork East) Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail, Cavan Monaghan) Brian Stanley (Sinn Fein, Laois) David Stanton (Fine Gael, Cork East) Peadar Tóibín (Sinn Fein, Meath West) Robert Troy (Fianna Fail, Longford Westmeath) Dr. Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael, Dublin West) ________________ DID NOT VOTE - 24 ________________ 24 TDs chose to abstain or were not present to vote. Fine Gael: 4 TDs Fianna Fail: 8 TDs Sinn Fein: 7 TDs Labour Party: 2 TDs Independents: 3 TDs John Brady (Sinn Fein, Wicklow) Michael Creed (Fine Gael, Cork North West) Sean Crowe (Sinn Fein, Dublin South West) Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein, Dublin North West) Alan Farrell (Fine Gael, Dublin Fingal) Kathleen Funchion (Sinn Fein, Carlow Kilkenny) Pat The Cope Gallagher (Fianna Fail, Donegal) Noel Grealish (Independent, Galway West) Heather Humphreys (Fine Gael, Cavan Monaghan) Billy Kelleher (Fianna Fail, Cork North Central) Alan Kelly (Labour Party, Tipperary) James Lawless (Fianna Fail, Kildare North) Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail, Donegal) Joe McHugh (Fine Gael, Donegal) Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail, Cork North West) Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein, Dublin Mid West) Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Sinn Fein, Cavan Monaghan) Seán O Fearghaíl (Fianna Fail, Kildare South) Darragh O’Brien (Fianna Fail, Dublin Fingal) Jonathan O'Brien (Sinn Fein, Cork North Central) Jan O'Sullivan (Labour Party, Limerick City) Thomas Pringle (Independent, Donegal) Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail, Cavan Monaghan) Katherine Zappone (Independent, Dublin South West)