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Fox hunters making life misery for Irish farmers

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | press release author Wednesday April 22, 2015 12:15author by Against Fox hunting Report this post to the editors

Fox hunters are making life a complete misery for farmers in Ireland. They trespass on their lands, rip up fields of crops, destroy fencing, spread disease, and scatter flocks and herds in all directions as they stampede across farm boundaries, heedless of the damage they cause. Farmers Against Foxhunting and Trespass (FAFT) is campaigning for a ban on fox hunting in Ireland and upholds the right of all landowners to refuse permission to hunts that want to bully their way onto their lands. Last week, FAFT mounted a demo outside IFA HQ in Dublin to highlight the conflict of interest in the IFA's use of a helpline solicitor who happens to have a long high profile association with foxhunting. Also, the demo drew attention to the plight of two County Kilkenny farmers who have been subjected to a horrific ordeal of harassment and intimidation by fox hunters.
farmers protest against foxhunting and harrasment by hunts
farmers protest against foxhunting and harrasment by hunts

'Conflict of interest': Farmers call for removal of IFA's helpline solicitor

A group of farmers staged a protest last week outside the IFA headquarters to express their anger in relation to an IFA helpline solicitor who they say supported the Kilkenny foxhunt and gave evidence on behalf of the hunt's chairman in a defamation case.

The case, taken by two Kilkenny farmers in 2013, made national headlines at the time (see links below) and resulted in them being awarded €30,500 in damages, which to-date have not been paid.

In a statement - the brothers, both members of the Irish Farmers Association - say they have asked the IFA on numerous occasions to intervene on their behalf to get the damages paid and to replace the IFA's helpline solicitor because of what they contend is a conflict of interest, in that he supports the Kilkenny hunt, has taken part in its hunts and appeared in court on behalf of the hunt in the defamation case, while his job in the IFA is to advise farmers and help them resolve legal issues, including damage by hunts to farm property.

The brothers were defamed by the chairman of the Kilkenny Hunt who referred to them as a “pair of paedophiles” during a hunt in November 2004. The brothers had video evidence of the defamation, and won their case, having been awarded damages and costs.

See links below to national newspapers on the case below:

http://www.irishtimes.com/…/brothers-awarded-defamation-dam…

http://www.irishexaminer.com/…/brothers-get-30k-over-paedop…

http://www.independent.ie/…/head-of-oldest-hunt-denies-call…

fox hunters making life a misery for farmers and animal alike
fox hunters making life a misery for farmers and animal alike

farmers following courtcase at Kilkenny Circuit Court
farmers following courtcase at Kilkenny Circuit Court

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   The real countryside pests     Need to control hunt pests    Wed Apr 22, 2015 20:35 
   benefits of hunting     Billy    Thu Apr 23, 2015 20:22 
   you need to evolve     earthling    Thu Apr 23, 2015 23:23 
   Hunting.     Rational Ecologist    Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:29 
   it is simple     earthling    Fri Apr 24, 2015 15:26 
   Hunting     Greenman    Sat Apr 25, 2015 13:14 
   Animal baiting for fun benefits nobody     Anti Hunt    Tue Apr 28, 2015 02:16 
   That's a silly defense of "fox hunting"     Mike Novack    Thu Apr 30, 2015 16:18 
   The aul Excuse     Neil    Fri Jul 10, 2015 14:24 
 10   Farmers have interests     Billy    Sat Jul 11, 2015 06:20 
 11   fox hunting is sadistic and the elites that take part in it are the devil incarnate..     Rua    Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:58 


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