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RISE! Campaign delegation briefs Fianna Fáil backbenchers at Leinster House Print E-mail
Friday, 21 May 2010

On Wednesday, 19th May, a delegation from the RISE! Rural Ireland Says Enough! Campaign met the Lemass Forum of backbench Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators to brief them on their concerns about the recently published Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010.  

This is the Bill to ban the Ward Union Staghounds in county Meath and to curb deerstalking throughout the country.   Thirty-nine TDs and Senators attended the briefing, an unprecedented number for the Lemass Forum.   Deputy Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South) and Deputy Thomas Byrne (Meath East) jointly chaired the event.

RISE Meeting Leinster House

Pictured at Leinster House before the Forum are (Front, L to R): John McGuinness TD (Carlow-Kilkenny), Mattie McGrath TD (Tipperary South), Christy Reynolds (Chairman, Ward Union Hunt), Declan Brooks (Ward Union Hunt), Kate Tobin (RISE! Campaign, Kilkenny), Máire Hoctor TD (Tipperary North) and (Back, L to R) Jim Murphy (Cork, Chairman, Hunting Association of Ireland), Liam Cahill (RISE! Campaign, Meath), Thomas Byrne TD (Meath East), David Lalor (RISE! Campaign, Laois), Peadar Ó Scanaill (Veterinarian, Dublin) and Tom Geary (RISE! Campaign, Cork).
 
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