"There is overwhelming opposition to fox hunting in this country. It is not popular whatsoever. 73% of people in the most recent poll are opposed to fox hunting and only 12% expressed any support for it" - Ruth Coppinger TD (Solidarity) Watch Deputy Coppinger's full opening speech https://youtube.com/watch?v=T6OXndumdUc Watch the full debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6OXndumdUc Watch the Dail vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlQl4NOfSU ACTION ALERT Contact the leaders of Fianna Fail,

Ban Bloodsports on Instagram: "“It’s time to ban cruel, inhumane, archaic fox hunting” - Ruth Coppinger TD (Solidarity) during a debate on Shannonside Radio (16 December 2025) on the day before TDs vote on her bill to ban fox hunting. Also featured in the discussion - pro-bloodsports Independent Ireland TD Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County) who shamefully defended fox hunting. Thanks to Shannonside and the Joe Finnegan Show for hosting this debate https://www.shannonside.ie/ TAKE ACTION Help g

"I welcome and support this Bill. I thank Deputy Coppinger for bringing it forward. The supporters of fox hunting like to present this issue as a rural versus urban one. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. This issue actually unites urban and rural communities. Every poll and survey shows a significant majority of the public, both urban and rural, are opposed to fox hunting and want a ban to be introduced...Farmers I talk to hate to see the hunt arrive because these people - wea