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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Shauna Corr

Cork town 'gets early Christmas present' as park now free of 'cruel' hare coursing

A Cork town “got an early Christmas present” with the news their park is now free of “cruel” hare coursing.

Residents of Millstreet held a protest last year when their local hare coursing group took over the public amenity for six weeks in December and January.

Hare coursing is when greyhounds are set off after live hares captured from the wild, leaving some maimed or dead despite their ‘protected’ status.

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