Fox hunting was banned 20 years ago, but Labour has further pledged to ban trail hunting, where hounds follow a pre-laid scent in lieu of chasing a live animal. Critics argue the sport is being used ...

Bloodhounds escape the ban because they are not involved in trail hunting. They hunt the "clean boot", chasing the runners ...

Large crowds gathered in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, on St Stephen’s Day as the town hosted its traditional hunt meet, ...

Fox hunting provokes strong views on both sides of the argument. Is it the most humane way of controlling foxes in the countryside which provides employment in the local economy? Or is it a cruel and ...

Polling conducted by Ireland Thinks shows that 72% are against fox hunting, while only 2% of us have ever engaged in it, ...

Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, has called for a “real debate in the media and Dáil on the cruelty of fox hunting — not strawmen arguments" ahead of a Dáil vote on Wednesday ...

Hounds from an Oxfordshire fox hunt have been filmed running amok through a private garden and orchard co-owned by former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband MP. Hunting with hounds was made illegal by ...

In a video shared by Laura Anne Jones, MS for South Wales East, hounds traditionally bred for hunting sport can be seen ...

Boxing Day is a significant date in the fox-hunting calendar. Foxes are unaware of this, moving through hedgerows and fields ...

Lord Dunsany Randal Plunkett, who owns the 1,600-acre estate surrounding Dunsany Castle in Co Meath, strongly supports a ban ...

Réada Cronin says she will continue trying to persuade Sinn Féin ardfheis to ban ‘abhorrent, cruel, barbaric’ activity ...