Countryside Alliance Ireland - love the countryside

07th October 2009

By the end of this week a new programme for government will have been agreed between Fianna Fail and the Green Party. It is imperative that we target all our T.D's to highlight to them the importance of field sports in Ireland. 

With the Green Party's programme for government which includes a ban on stag hunting, hare coursing and threatening foxhunting we urge you to contact your TD immediately.

We are quickly running out of time and need to take action before this weekend.

 Hunting facts for the Green Party to consider ·        

• Around 300,000 people are involved in hunting with hounds in Ireland, (which expresses how vast the Field sports industry in Ireland is). 
• A recent study in 2008 (by Mr David Scallan of University College Galway) discovered that in 2007, €34.2 million was contributed to the economy from hunting with hounds.  His study also found a similar figure for Game Shooting and even larger figure for Hare Coursing.  
• It must also be highlighted that hunting with hounds, in particular, mounted hunting, sustain an considerable quantity of employment in the form of farriers, feed merchants, suppliers of equestrian equipment.   We must not also forget all the employees of each hunt club.   

The most effective method of emailing our T.D's is to send an email to your T.D, cc'ing in all members of the house. To get the message to as many T.D's as possible you should bcc all your friends in the e mail you send to your T.D and encourage them to follow the below instructions - we need to get this message to as many supporters in Ireland as possible and we can all make the difference by and hunting supporters in Ireland:

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• Instructions

Each letter should be as different as possible from a previous one and especially have a different title, so that the recipients will open them -

Please follow the below instructions to target our T.D's nationwide by e mail.

• Personalise the e mail with your details and local details, removing previous correspondence. We do not want it to look like a chain e mail with multiple messages below your message.
• Change the subject line before sending to ensure as many T.D's open the correspondence.
• Send in the" To" field to your local T.D.
• cc all T.D's
• Bcc your friends and urge them to send this to their T.D's - also send them a copy of this e mail.

By bcc'ing the recipient and the cc'ed individuals will not see the bcc'ed list. We need to take action on this.

bcc'ing means the recipient or the cc'ed individuals do not see who has bcc'ed, it is imperative that you bcc all your contacts and hunting friends to get as many T.D's targeted as possible.

 TD's                     http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/listing/0 by constituency basis.
Senators              http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/listing/senators/
MEPs                    http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/listing/meps/
Local Councillors http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/listing/cllrs/   

There is no time to waste, send an email immediately registering your concerns.  We are counting on your support.