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FIVE HUNTING HOUNDS were killed after running loose on the M3 motorway at Skreen, Dunshaughlin on Monday.
A road traffic collision involving a number of cars occurred at around 3.20pm after drivers made attempts to avoid the hounds on the run.
No one was injured in the incident, however, five dogs were killed.
Janet Williamson, secretary of the Meath Hunt told the Meath Chronicle that the group has road marshals and people on foot, keeping the hounds away from the motorway and in the nearby fields, but on this occasion, they got away too fast and their staff found it too difficult to capture them.
“The Meath Hunt is indemnified against any incident like this and any damaged vehicle will be repaired and looked after,” she said.
“Our hounds are looked after well by a whole team of experienced staff and nobody wants to see this kind of thing happen. We are cooperating with the gardaí.”
TheJournal.ie contacted Meath Hunt for comment, however the spokesperson referred back to the comments made in the Meath Chronicle.
First-hand footage
Dash camera footage, first published by the Meath Chronicle, shows driver Donna Griffin having to divert around one of the injured hounds left lying in the middle of one lane after being struck down.
Griffin was travelling from Dublin to Navan on the M3 when she captured the footage.
She said that she noticed a dog running against the traffic in the hard shoulder lane and “didn’t have a clue what was going on”.
“A few seconds later we saw the two poor hounds dead in the overtaking lane, and right across from those it looked like there was another one behind the barrier on the side,” Griffin said.
“You could see loads more hounds running towards traffic. We had already put our hazard lights on, stopping the traffic behind us.”
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has said it is lodging a formal complaint with the gardaí calling for a full investigation into the incident.
It has also called on the government to outlaw hunting with packs of hounds “which causes terrible suffering to animals and poses a major threat to public safety”.
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I think this is up there with the most pointless articles I’ve ever read. And God knows I’ve read some pointless things.
You have to wonder who is taking the photo of the two dopes taking the selfie!!!
Not a selfie but a picture of two women taking a selfie…. It is very important to be accurate when reporting these stories!
If they didn’t know it was being taken of them, is it a stealfie?
Any more news on Alan Shatter? Do you need to be Pat Kenny or Gerry Adams to get coverage on this site.
For those who just tuned in, Pat Kenny moved station and Gerry Adams,well he was in a different kind of station(both unrelated)
There’s not that much wrong with it in fairness.
May Day in the Spanish state almost always turns into anti-austerity demonstrations against the right-wing conservative government in Madrid. Barcelona is a stronghold of left-wing activism and bins are often set alight.
These girls, while slightly flipant, can hardly be accused of taking the ‘most inappropriate selfie’ of the weekend.
guess it’s another slow news day.
Why are people bothering to comment on this rubbish? Ooops sorry!
An epic selfie. What’s wrong with that? Two friends on holiday capturing a bit of history?
A burning bin, historic?
Right up there with Moses and the burning bush, eh Robert?
Try to read a bit more about what exactly is happening in Spain, they have had such a severe economic crises for the past 6 years that I’m surprised it’s just a bin they are burning. You’re off topic again I see.
It’s ok because there hot
Yo, it’s “they’re” or just “they are” and yes they will be hot if they get any closer to the burning bins.
Thanks
Why is it everything I see a ridiculously stupid selfie or photo, it always concerns a woman?
Why is it that ‘most of the time’ i see a stupid comment it concerns you?
Whatever!!!!
This is not a selfie. Although Samuel Beckett may have approved.
Real life Banksy
Memories from a revolution… Why not?
Trash cans?
a pair of no brainers…..
Trash cans on fire.. Who cares?
I care that an .ie site called them ‘trash cans’.
I can’t argue with that..
have your say