Public are split between revulsion and acceptance but the sport continues to enjoy crucial political support
More than 25,000 spectators were expected over the three days of the National Coursing meeting at Clonmel . Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Though you’ve seen variations of that picture a thousand times, it never loses its visceral energy and full-frontal menace. It must be the only sport whose essence can be reduced to an action shot: the dogs, the hare, the chase, all straining and stretching and bulging eyes.
Moving the motion, Gregory invoked Pádraig and Willie Pearse; from the other side of the argument Brian Fitzgerald of Labour returned fire with echoes of Wolfe Tone. Michael Lowry – the Don King of Government formation – is pictured on page two, beaming at the ceremonial draw for the weekend’s big stakes.
Sinn Féin’s argument for not banning hare coursing is that it would be driven underground, and that strict government regulation was preferable. In Britain, there is some evidence to support that position. Three years ago, the penalties were stiffened to include six months in prison and/or an unlimited fine.
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