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GARDAÍ WILL SOON be able to use handheld devices to check whether a vehicle is insured or not.
Insurance companies are currently providing insured and uninsured vehicle lists to the gardaí, according to the Seventh Progress Update report from the Cost of Insurance Working Group which provides detail of the plan.
These lists are based on vehicle licence plate number and insurer name, according to the report.
This new system will in turn link to a database of uninsured drivers which was recommended by the Government’s Cost of Insurance Working Group in January 2017.
The new handheld devices are currently being trialled and the first phase of the new plan to tackle uninsured drivers should be complete by the end of the year.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1 this afternoon, Conor Faughnan, Director of Consumer Affairs at AA Ireland, welcomed the establishment of the new database.
“We are told to expect roll-out of this before the end of 2018 which is only six or seven weeks away. So we’re very curious to see how it works.
It will definitely be helpful and it should mean that the noose starts to tighten finally around 150,000 people on Irish roads who are driving uninsured and the rest of us pick up the cost for that.
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My mam had a Yorkie-poo (yorkshire terrier x poodle) called Lola. Back in July when Lola was 15 weeks old, my mother had her on lead down at the beach for a walk. The same ritual they had once in the morning and once in the evening. This particular evening, 2 men had 7 ‘hunting dogs’ down at the same beach and none of them on their lead.. The second they saw our Lola, they ran and attacked her. Killed her straight away. Absolutely nothing was done about it. Guards were called to the scene and it has only been forgotten about since..
Laws in this country are ridiculous when it comes to animals. Makes me so angry
I can’t believe this happens all the time….. I’d be out for revenge if that happened one of my poor dogs. The owners of these hunting dogs need to take responsibility
Contact the Gardai again and get advice from the ISPCA.
and get legal advice re a civil claim against the owners of the dogs.
Without sounding like a b****, the owner of said dogs is a pure and utter sc*mbag with no sense of respect for people, nevermind dogs.. As sick as that is! He comes into my workplace and my blood boils when I see him but I’ve been warned to say nothing while at work. Thats the only time I’ve come across this man. I do want to call to his house and give him a piece of my mind though but I’m afraid of what I’d do or worse again, what he’d do. Hes just lucky I was on holidays in Vegas at the time it happened. I would’ve been straight down to the beach to him with my veins bursting out through my temple with anger
Could you tell us what breeds these hunt dogs normally are in Ireland? Thanks.
My little dog, who was on a lead, was attacked on the beach by two wild running dogs, not an owner in sight. One of them bit him right across the back, and they would have killed him only my husband bravely kicked him in the side, and they both ran off. It’s an everyday occurrence, and no one ever takes responsibility.
I really dislike the arrogance of ‘hunters’, they will block roads with jeeps and trailers and destroy land all under the guise of a ‘hobby’. Nothing would make me happier than to see one of them injured.
Don’t worry it happens all the time
but its so much fun!!
A sick sport!! Wheres the fun in watching an animal being torn to pieces! I would question the mental status of a person who partakes in this kind of ??? ‘Fun’
No fun in seeing that. If you go hunting to see an animal torn to pieces you’ll be sorely disappointed.
If you want to see some death, go fishing.
People go hunting to ride horses. Besides the one or two guys with the bugles, the horse-riding people take no part whatsoever in the ‘hunt’. They just follow it.
If people are only going hunting to ride horses then why not just go horse-riding?
@dagda
Don’t confuse him.
Dagda, the only way to describe the difference between hunting and horse riding is that hunting is morr of an endurance test for horse and rider. With a hunt, hounds pick up a scent and follow it followed by riders. Now riders will follow the hounds over unknown natural obstacles for couple of miles until the fox runs to ground. An unknown hunt lik this through the countryside cannot be simulated. Thats the difference between hunting and horse riding.
Because if you go horse riding you don’t get to go cross country jump walls etc. Thing about this is it was a drag hunt do they don’t hunt animals they are meant to chase a scent which has been laid out by a jogger who runs dragging a bag with the scent behind them so this family are well within their rights to be extremely angry, the hunt should not have entered the property and I am seriously worried as to why the hounds attacked the family dog this is really unusual for a pack of hounds. I do wonder if the dog was on the property or ran out onto the road, I have had my horse nearly attacked by dogs as we ride by gateways where the dog runs out onto the road, not to say this dog would.be able to do that just wondering if it actually was on the property or on the road. Not all hunts are bad, not all are so disrespectful it’s just a few which give the rest a bad name
Good point @Aisling
If it’s a drag hunt, it’s a totally different issue, completely separate from Fox hunting(barbaric).
It would be an issue of dog control.
The Macdonald Triad. Google it. Hunting for fun completely comes under one of the criteria, in my opinion
Eddies, what’s to stop the riders riding across natural obstacles for a couple of miles without following dogs? They could race each other if they want a challenge.
Aisling, why can’t you jump across country walls anyway. Why does it have to involve following dogs?
Aisling, the dog was in the garden. The dogs ran into the garden. They had no right to be on private property. But even if the dog was on the road doesn’t mean it should have been attacked. Why weren’t the dogs muzzled?
What a horrible comment to make Kenneth. Am I to assume that you have never had a beloved pet? I’m not sure you would have that opinion IF it were your dog savaged to death unnecessarily. Just for one moment, stop and think… how would YOU feel if it were your pet mauled to death by hounds? The family had no prior notice of the hunt, the hounds (and horses) came onto their property and killed their dog. It’s disgusting and disgraceful that this is allowed to happen in this day and age.
He’s just a troll, its best to ignore him.
Exact same thing happened my cat. My cat was sitting at window of my house one morning meowing to be let inside, next thing I heard a bang against window and two hunting dogs tearing into her. We knew the dogs and who owned them as he was out walking them with obviously no leash but the guards took little or no action. I was traumatised by it but I always wonder what may have happened if it was a small child sitting on the window and not my cat. It later transpired that those same dogs had killed another cat of ours that had gone missing. I understand that people have their hobbies but surely there should be reserves where they can do this instead my driveway!
if the Gardai took no action, you need to contact the ombudsperson.
Contact a solicitor for a free legal consultation with regards a civil claim.
Hunt them through legal means.
The circle of life refers to birth through to natural death ie old age. Does not apply here. Your comments Kenneth as always are revolting, you can stop now as you really are the king of trolls, possibly even the emperor
Steve, don’t be giving Kenneth a swelled head. We all know he’s just a low, obnoxious troll with nothing good to say about anyone or anything.
I regularly run alot of country roads and one of my routes takes me past an area where the local gun club meets each weekend,
Every weekend without fail when they are shooting I see 5-6 pheasants sitting on the road, this road is two fields away from a wood the local gun club frequent and every time they are on the road you can always hearing gun shots off in the distance,.
Clearly these animals are in fear and very clearly they are not stupid, they are smart enough to know that the road means safety for them.
If they are hunting an animal in season with a view to eating the animal afterwards then I am in favour of it. Hunting is the oldest profession after all. Below is a link to what animals are in season at what times of the year:
So is cannibalism
I should clarify that i am not in favour of hunting with dogs for sport, only with people hunting to eat their kill.
then your point is irrelevant to the issue at hand. This is not about hunting to survive.
This is hunting for sport.
I heard a pack of dogs outside my house within the past hour. The sound was obviously a hunt however I knew nothing about it before this. I could easily have been out walking my dogs and run in to this hunt.
Can I ask what area do you live Jimbo and roughly how many people (and children) live there also?
I live in carlow near the wexford border. There would be quote a few houses with small children in the locality, like any typical rural area.
I find it shicking that a hunt can be organised without any notice so close to a residential area.
Darth, why does it matter where Jimbo lives?
A sick perverted so called sport, participated in by the same!
When I heard this story yesterday, I was shocked but also numbed by the possibility that if a child had been present, and had tried to save the dog, the child would also have been mauled if not worse. There should be some enforceable laws introduced.
Is this not an old news story or am i going senile ??
Your right it is
“AN INVESTIGATION BY Gardaà is NOW underway”
This is an update on the earlier event
Nope, it’s an update to a previous story as the Gardai are now investigating
As mentioned already, its an update.
However I will add that if it wasn’t for the journal reporting this I wonder how much attention this case would have received or even an investigation on the matter would have actually taken place.
The family have also set up a petition that has already received over 5,000 signatures. Again, I think the journal deserve a bit of credit for running the story.
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-irish-government-regulate-hunting
Thanks shane
It’s a update on an earlier non-event. This dog is nearly getting the same column inches as Nelson Mandela. Justice for Isabelle, I mean come on. Heartbreaking for the little kids coming up to Christmas but ffs a bit of perspective.
Non event Séamus?! I hope you don’t have pets, for their sake.. Losing a pet is losing a family member. And if one of the members of your family was killed by hunters, I bet you’d like an investigation, at the very least.
Sad for family I agree, it was dogs attacking a dog, what about the husky shot 4 times, the horse burnt to death or more recently the horse beaten to death, all by people not animals. Where’s the petition for them. ?
there are petitions for them – will you sign them? Or are you here just to make light light of this particular case? Have you even signed the petition for this cause?
Have done, won’t help this cause though as drag hunts are not classed as blood sports. Other comments have mentioned this but fallen on deaf ears. Blood must be up.
This savage “sport” belongs in 16th century Britain where it originated as do the morons who participate. It’s about time parts of our country north and south caught up with 21st century Ireland
The reality is that there are very few places ,if any, where a pack of hounds can be allowed to run, when they get the scent they are almost unstoppable as I have seen both here and in the UK.
And just a word of warning if you are confronted by a pack of dogs with or without a hunt attached, do not pick up a little dog as you will become the target.
Auntie, I suggest you slightly exaggerate , you seem to be describing a pack of wolves. A well trained pack of foxhounds will only follow a fox, they will ignore rabbits hares deer, and family pets. I would like to hear from someone from the hunt , to give a bit of balance to this debate on this incident.
Some of the incidents are recorded at this link http://www.scribd.com/doc/121981437/When-hunts-attack-pets#
I am not a member of any organisation one way or the other. I have said before that hunts are now the preserve of assistant bank managers and pox doctors clerks and no longer respect their surroundings and in fact many of them get lost and enter lands forbidden to them. This hunting has become an issue of public safety and will have to be curtailed.
They have no place bringing a pack of hounds onto private land they do not have permission to be on or on land that the general public bring other dogs on,
If the dogs are that dangerous they should have muzzles
Funny thing is the people involved in the hunt probably couldn’t even give a crap about the hounds they are USING!!
There should be no places, Aunty, where dogs are allowed to run wild.
How can there be balance, Gerry? What possible argument can there be for people to allow their dogs to run wild and unmuzzled, and onto private property
See ur wrong ter….hounds actually have to be walked everyday of the week in couples… Rain hail r snow so they are only “locked up” as u say…in ter kennels part of the day so ye all want to go away and get ur facts right and actually learn about hunting and hounds and the amount of work that has to be done with them and with training tem because nearly all of ye on this are all jumpin on the band wagon!!
Ban the hunts nationally!
Circle of life :o
Would it be the same circle of life if you were beaten to a pulp by a gang of thugs or indeed if you were savaged by an out of control dog? :0
Obviously; what’s your point?
Its not a circle if the animals don’t eat what they kill, its just a full stop.
There’s nothing at all obvious in your insensitive, crude and I’d personally say idiotic statement
Quiet you peasants, Kenny is a business savvy, cosmopolitan mover and shaker. Albeit the kind of moving and shaking you do under a bridge. Don’t feed the trolls.
They aren’t out of control, it’s what they have been taught to do. Terrible and all as it is what happened to the dog hunts happen every Wednesday and Sunday. They should know this by living in Wicklow by now and be prepared.
Creatures live and die. Excellent observation.
The issue is the means and morality.
How hard was that.
Now, get back under your rock.
I’m curious Kenneth, is that a white mink or albino ferret in your profile pic ?.
What, Rachel? People living in Wicklow should keep their dogs indoors every Wednesday and Sunday in case some out of control dogs venture onto their property? What about private property, and laws about dog control?
Hey, if you don’t like fox hunting, don’t do it!
What are the laws concerning trespassing. If I’m caught trespassing on a farmers land I can be charged. Does the hunt need permission from the farmers? You can’t control we’re the fox goes therefore you can’t control were the dogs go and were they go the rest will follow so I presume they end up on land as trespassers, am I right or wrong here?
Yes, the hunt needs permission from the farmer.
Hounds should obey the bugle and not be off wily nilly over any land.
Idiotic statement James. You talk about voluntary participation in a fox hunt? The dog that was killed or the family didn’t participate. The fox didn’t. Neither the hounds or horses that were ridden. In fact the only creatures that had a choice were the pompous, blood hungry murderers all dressed up in their gentry suits! Do don’t go talking about hunting as if its a pastime that doesn’t directly affect anything or anyone else. Hunting should be banned. Now
If you don’t like killing, don’t do it.
Murder is still illegal, though.
You exist as part of a community. You don’t get to act in a way that you only have to justify to yourself.
Fox hunting, hunting for pleasure is an act of barbarism, abhorrent to any sense of right and wrong.
Ross…. You have not a notion of what you are talking about. Get the facts
Leo, tell me where I’m wrong then…
Ross… Hunting contributes 75 million to the Irish economy every year and plays a part in producing Ireland’s top class horses. Your comment regarding pompous gentry in costumes is quite demeaning of the hard working individuals who make that industry and clearly shows you have not a clue about this industry. Accidents happen, as unfortunate as it is. But considering the wider picture all these comments are quite irrelevant. Another good media story and another annual blood sport debate. A dog is 10000 times more likely to get run over on the road that attacked by hounds.
what difference does a car accident have to do with anything here? People drive cars for all manner of reasons and if a car accident happens the driver is held responsible. Hunting exists just for hunting and if hunting dogs attack and kill a beloved pet, hunting itself is directly responsible; the fact that it is a rare occurence has NOTHING to do with the tragedy of it. Is your analogy stating that the more rare a death, the less serious it is?!!
Show me your statistics that hunting contributes 75 million euro to our economy – i find that hard to believe. Sure horse racing, breeding, etc contribute substantially but they would exist quite fine without hunters ploughing up farmers fields. And if you find my comment about hunters demeaning, well Tough! I find them despicable people who enjoy death of innocent wildlife. Of course I would wish to demean them.
I for one enjoy the blood sport debates as public opinion is evidently swaying massively towards banning this barbaric pastime and it’s only a matter of time before our legislation catches up with our collective civilisation. Enjoy your murderous days while you can Leo – in 50 years time people will view your activities like they view cock fighting and badger baiting today.
This was no accident, Leo. The dogs were out of control. They invaded private property and savaged a pet dog.. Whoever was in charge of them didn’t do his or her job.
It doesn’t matter how rare such an occurrence is; the law says that dogs must be under control at all times, so these “hunters” are breaking the law.
Here is another petition (separate from the one started by the family) to ban blood sports in Ireland: https://www.change.org/petitions/ban-blood-sports-in-ireland
Awful story. …is it not criminal damage by recklessness on behalf of the hounds owners.
They have to be held accountable in some respect.
All of you talking about “fox hunting” this was a drag hunt there was no fox been hunted. The route was pre planned an the scent was laid on the route before hand. Anti -hunting idiots never getting facts right as per usual.
Does it matter, JP? The dogs were running wild, the little pet dog was killed. What does it matter what kind of hunting they were doing?
Some dogs from the village once came onto our farm, killed the chickens. Uncle didn’t bat an eyelid, just took the shotgun to them. It’s not an answer, after all the dogs who do the killing are as much victims as those who die, but you can’t readily shoot the owners.
That being said, I’ve heard countless horror stories of feckless dog owners in Wicklow and Wexford. Civil cases for emotional trauma would hit them in the pocket, and a possible restraining order in cases of thuggish behaviour might well leave them unable to walk the main street, given the size of most places back home.
Another waste of money, what changes, nothing.
Fox hunting should be banned full stop we had dealings with a hunt two years ago in which I got hurt while walking my dogs because of them.I don’t blame the dogs its stupid humans training them to be that way and letting them of lead with NO PRIOR warning to anyone….its an awful sport and should have went out with the dark ages!!!
Sorry, but if a dog doesn’t smell like another dog ….
It, is prey.
He looks at peace though
thats probably a picture provided by the family of the dog sleeping.
Or my sarcasm detector is failing & your just an ass!
*you’re
She!
What?
The dog was female.
*you’re an idiot.
Burn!!!
What dog? Is this not the Nelson Mandela article?
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