Should hunting be allowed in Ireland - vote online now

[HHO admin]

I thought this might be of interest to people on this board.

Copy and paste the link below into your browser address bar, then scroll down and the poll is on the right hand side.

http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/letters-to-the-editor/Should-fox-hunting-be-allowed.4734717.jp

Happy voting!

 

[Maesfen]

That makes me laugh!
Never, but in Ireland have I seen farmland so badly kept as there! A lot of it is the original set aside but basically all it means is they are too idle to look after it properly in the first place; you won't see more derelict land anywhere else in these islands!
Of course there are good farmers and they stick out a mile but if the others want to stop hunting, don't hide behind the 'it's for conservation' banner, let them be honest and say they don't like it.

I have to admit though that it is incredibly arrogant and short-sighted of hunts to allow this intimidation to continue; they should abide by the landowner's rules the same as the rest of us; nobody is above the law even over there.

 

[SSM]

http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/letters-to-the-editor/Should-fox-hunting-be-allowed.4734717.jp

better link here for everyone. - well thought it was!!!

 

[CorvusCorax]

They moved a hunt near us because the farmers were getting grants to maintain dry stone walls and a whole field jumping over them wasn't particularly helping them stay standing.

I don't think hunting where you aren't wanted is particularly good for the cause.

The author of that letter has a serious chip on his shoulder, though. Reverse snobbery (we croppies will not lie down?!? What year are we in?), and unwarranted at that.

MFH_09 - you want to come up to where we are, everything is pristine. Sometimes I'd rather be a Blackface sheep belonging to my neighbour, I'd have a much higher standard of life.

 

[Tharg]

Very small paper that prints drivel form a very small minority...