It's a real shame that there are people that know nothing about hare coursing ,but enough of them that they played the huge part in getting the sport band ,well I will never understand these people ,they have never seen it happening in real life just seen in on tv ,coursing benefits hares and wildlife ,so again people having power but no sence ,what a shame and these people small majority run the country ,wow that's a huge worry and should be for people trying to make life better for everyone.

40yrs on and we're still coursing and all ways will ....slip slip slip...

That's what coursing is all about, it's not about killing the hare ,it's about who can stand and be counted ,sometimes it's the hare and then the dogs that's what it's all about.

Everyone comes out of this with the scent of roses. Con Keneally, Terry Rogers, and Des Hanrahan put up a convincing defence of the sport. The RTE, challenged by Keneally, are obliged to show eight courses in which seven hares escape. We even get Peggy Lee on the soundtrack.

Each outcry of the hunted Hare A fibre from the Brain does tear

In the USA the police use dogs to course criminals.

Mabye we should have a crinimal who has a chance to win his freedom. He is chased by two greyhounds.

I love animals but this doesn't look cruel to me both hare n dog born to run n natural to them n sure the hares that get away will breed stronger offspring

No more cruel than raising chickens so crowded they cant sit down or they will get crushed, or any domestic animal raised for slaughter. I would say it doesn't bother people to eat a Big Mac at McDonalds and know a cow has been killed except there isn't any meat in one of those horrid things. Have a nice day.

Ireland in the 1960's , what are you waiting for to ban it Eire ?

Compare the articulateness and politeness of these people -- to the people of today. Ain't good.

These people that band hunting with dogs ,or should I say helped stop it ,these are the same people that when wildlife are costing them money and damaging there property ,these are the same people that want other people to put a stop to it , but these.people want there cake and eat it as well ,they are people with absolutely no sense at all ,foxes pulling bins over pets being injured ,well that's life but they don't understand that they never think ahead as to the problems that control or should I say no control can and does cause ,no matter what hunting sport that you do we all play our part in management or we did until law's said we can't do it anymore ,that's a real shame we have hunted with dogs for centuries it's history ,why do these people always put our history in tatters because they don't do it , if they don't like the sport then that's fine ,but there are allot of us that do and it's great for land and other wildlife ,these people have to much power and far to much to say about sport's that they know absolutely nothing about ,these people really need a shake ,run the country my God our country isn't doing that good because of the bad decisions these people have made and are making ,thank god I only have a few years left ,but it's probably going to be extremely difficult for my grandkids and my kid's to have a better life than me ,again because of stupid people thinking they know best.

Let's watch tycoons chase small business men and then rip them apart then. Under the arms of the Dunraven family. AA An saol mar a bhí. Wrongs righted yet?