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ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS have said they are unhappy after the Department for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht issued licenses for the coming hare coursing season to clubs around the country.
The licences – issued by Minister Jimmy Deenihan to the Irish Coursing Club and its affiliated clubs – allows clubs to capture hares from the wild to use for coursing. It is estimated that around 90 coursing meetings will be held in Ireland between October and February, with each event using around 100 hares.
Animal rights activists say that coursing causes huge suffering to thousands of hares.
“The Irish hare population has undergone a substantial decline in the past 15-25 years while some populations have fallen to critical levels in certain areas,” said Fintan Kelly of the Irish Wildlife trust.
“There is absolutely no rational justification for trapping hares and using them to provide entertainment for a small minority who enjoy seeing them chased down and terrorised by dogs,” he said.
A spokesperson for the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht said that spot checks would be carried out on some events to ensure they comply with the rules, including one which requires dogs to wear a muzzle - but that it depends on how much money is available to do so.
“Where resources allow, officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department attend coursing meetings, on a spot-check basis, to monitor compliance with conditions on the licences granted by the Minister,” the spokesperson said.
During the 2012/13 seas, more than 50 per cent of the meetings were monitored, the spokesperson said.
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Why the hell are they putting a massive bridge down such a narrow street?
Its common practice now in congested areas of the world it simply gets rid of T – junctions Buy allowing traffic to flow over other crossing traffic.
Because they can.
The bigger question is why didn’t they close off the area during construction?!
Not this time.
It’s common practice for 3rd. world countries to put up these ‘jerry built’ constructions, like many of the shit housing developments here.
The obvious fault is the crumby Steel that was used. It’s twisted and crumpled like paper. Probably the Steel workers were getting kickbacks…. The weight of the poured concrete was just too much.
Insufficient falsework I’d say.
They should bring in the Chinese.
The Chinese know how to build sturdy structures ever since they built the Great Wall.
The Great Wall of China still stands proud even after thousands of years of earthquakes.
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Dublin Cowboy Builders please take note.
I’ve been to India many times. I doubt there are any building regulations. If I want build a small extension in the uk there are hoops to jump through. It is checked by the council, I have to make changes, meet standards, resubmit plans etc…it’s frustrating but when you see stories like this perhaps those strict regulations are there for very good reason. Getting things done cheap might help rapid progress but it has consequences.
“We completed nearly 70% without mishap” – gold stars all around so! Talk about a glass half full attitude.
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