Fox Hunting Ban Vote Defeated
- Paul Gogarty TD
- 2 days ago
- 6 min read
Updated: 15 hours ago
I was the only TD in Dublin Mid-West to vote to ban fox hunting last night 17th December. Unfortunately because Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael applied a whip instead of allowing an open vote, the Bill to ban was defeated by 124 votes to 24. This does not reflect the wishes of Irish people where 80% want to see a ban, including a huge amount of residents of rural Ireland.
Cover photo courtesy of Ban Bloodsports on Facebook
The Animal Health & Welfare (Ban On Fox Hunting) Bill 2025
How TDs voted:
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LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
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Thanks to these TDs who voted in favour of a ban on fox hunting (24)
Ciarán Ahern TD (Labour Party)
Ivana Bacik (Labour Party)
Richard Boyd Barrett (Solidarity - People Before Profit)
Ruth Coppinger (Solidarity)
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats)
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats)
Gary Gannon (Social Democrats)
Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats)
Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent)
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats)
Seamus Healy (Workers and Unemployed Action)
Rory Hearne (Social Democrats)
Paul Murphy (Solidarity - People Before Profit)
Ged Nash (Labour Party)
Cian O'Callaghan (Social Democrats)
Robert O'Donoghue (Labour Party)
Roderic O'Gorman (Green Party)
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats)
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats)
Conor Sheehan (Labour Party)
Marie Sherlock (Labour Party)
Duncan Smith (Labour Party)
Charles Ward (100% Redress Party)
Jennifer Whitmore (Social Democrats)
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Shame on these TDs who voted AGAINST a ban on fox hunting (124)
William Aird (Fine Gael)
Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail)
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Fein)
Grace Boland (Fine Gael)
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fail)
John Brady (Sinn Fein)
Brian Brennan (Fine Gael)
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fail)
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)
James Browne (Fianna Fail)
Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein)
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
Peter Burke (Fine Gael)
Mary Butler (Fianna Fail)
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael)
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Fein)
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail)
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fail)
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail)
Seán Canney (Independent)
Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael)
Matt Carthy (Sinn Fein)
Jack Chambers (Fianna Fail)
Peter 'Chap' Cleere (Fianna Fail)
John Clendennen (Fine Gael)
Michael Collins (Independent Ireland)
Niall Collins (Fianna Fail)
John Connolly (Fianna Fail)
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Fein)
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael)
Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein)
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fail)
Seán Crowe (Sinn Fein)
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)
Martin Daly (Fianna Fail)
Pa Daly (Sinn Fein)
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fail)
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael)
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fail)
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Fein)
Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein)
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Fein)
Frankie Feighan (Fine Gael)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent Ireland)
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Norma Foley (Fianna Fail)
Pat the Cope Gallagher (Fianna Fail)
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Thomas Gould (Sinn Fein)
Ann Graves (Sinn Fein)
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Fein)
Marian Harkin (Independent)
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent)
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael)
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael)
Martin Kenny (Sinn Fein)
Keira Keogh (Fine Gael)
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Fein)
John Lahart (Fianna Fail)
James Lawless (Fianna Fail)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
David Maxwell (Fine Gael)
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fail)
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail)
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fail)
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael)
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Fein)
Mattie McGrath (Independent)
Séamus McGrath (Fianna Fail)
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail)
Conor D McGuinness (Sinn Fein)
Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein)
Kevin Boxer Moran (Independent)
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael)
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Fein)
Joe Neville (Fine Gael)
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Fein)
Carol Nolan (Independent)
Jim O'Callaghan (Fianna Fail)
Maeve O'Connell (Fine Gael)
James O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail)
Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael)
Richard O'Donoghue (Independent Ireland)
Patrick O'Donovan (Fine Gael)
Louis O'Hara (Sinn Fein)
Ryan O'Meara (Fianna Fail)
Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Fein)
Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Fein)
John Paul O'Shea (Fine Gael)
Christopher O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein)
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fail)
Seán Ó FearghaÃl (Fianna Fail)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein)
Naoise Ó Muirà (Fine Gael)
Ruairà Ó Murchú (Sinn Fein)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein)
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Fein)
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein)
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael)
Peter Roche (Fine Gael)
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail)
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail)
Brian Stanley (Independent)
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael)
Gillian Toole (Independent)
Peadar TóibÃn (Aontú)
Barry Ward (Fine Gael)
Mark Ward (Sinn Fein)
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LISTED BY PARTY
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Thanks to these TDs who voted in favour of a ban on fox hunting (24)
Solidarity - People Before Profit (3)
Richard Boyd Barrett (Solidarity - People Before Profit)
Ruth Coppinger (Solidarity)
Paul Murphy (Solidarity - People Before Profit)
Social Democrats (10)
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats)
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats)
Gary Gannon (Social Democrats)
Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats)
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats)
Rory Hearne (Social Democrats)
Cian O'Callaghan (Social Democrats)
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats)
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats)
Jennifer Whitmore (Social Democrats)
Labour Party (7)
Ciarán Ahern TD (Labour Party)
Ivana Bacik (Labour Party)
Ged Nash (Labour Party)
Robert O'Donoghue (Labour Party)
Conor Sheehan (Labour Party)
Marie Sherlock (Labour Party)
Duncan Smith (Labour Party)
Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent)
Roderic O'Gorman (Green Party)
Charles Ward (100% Redress Party)
Seamus Healy (Workers and Unemployed Action)
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Shame on these TDs who voted AGAINST a ban on fox hunting (124)
Fianna Fail (42)
Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail)
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fail)
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fail)
James Browne (Fianna Fail)
Mary Butler (Fianna Fail)
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail)
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fail)
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail)
Jack Chambers (Fianna Fail)
Peter 'Chap' Cleere (Fianna Fail)
Niall Collins (Fianna Fail)
John Connolly (Fianna Fail)
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fail)
Martin Daly (Fianna Fail)
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fail)
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fail)
Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Norma Foley (Fianna Fail)
Pat the Cope Gallagher (Fianna Fail)
John Lahart (Fianna Fail)
James Lawless (Fianna Fail)
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fail)
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail)
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fail)
Séamus McGrath (Fianna Fail)
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail)
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Jim O'Callaghan (Fianna Fail)
James O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail)
Ryan O'Meara (Fianna Fail)
Christopher O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fail)
Seán Ó FearghaÃl (Fianna Fail)
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail)
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail)
Sinn Fein (35)
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Fein)
John Brady (Sinn Fein)
Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein)
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Fein)
Matt Carthy (Sinn Fein)
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Fein)
Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein)
Seán Crowe (Sinn Fein)
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)
Pa Daly (Sinn Fein)
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Fein)
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein)
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Fein)
Thomas Gould (Sinn Fein)
Ann Graves (Sinn Fein)
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Fein)
Martin Kenny (Sinn Fein)
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Fein)
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Fein)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
Conor D McGuinness (Sinn Fein)
Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein)
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Fein)
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Fein)
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein)
Louis O'Hara (Sinn Fein)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein)
Ruairà Ó Murchú (Sinn Fein)
Louise O'Reilly (Sinn Fein)
Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Fein)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein)
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Fein)
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein)
Mark Ward (Sinn Fein)
Fine Gael (32)
William Aird (Fine Gael)
Grace Boland (Fine Gael)
Brian Brennan (Fine Gael)
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
Peter Burke (Fine Gael)
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael)
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael)
John Clendennen (Fine Gael)
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael)
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael)
Frankie Feighan (Fine Gael)
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael)
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael)
Keira Keogh (Fine Gael)
David Maxwell (Fine Gael)
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael)
Joe Neville (Fine Gael)
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael)
Maeve O'Connell (Fine Gael)
Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael)
Patrick O'Donovan (Fine Gael)
John Paul O'Shea (Fine Gael)
Naoise Ó Muirà (Fine Gael)
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael)
Peter Roche (Fine Gael)
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael)
Barry Ward (Fine Gael)
Independent (10)
Seán Canney (Independent)
Marian Harkin (Independent)
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
Mattie McGrath (Independent)
Kevin Boxer Moran (Independent)
Carol Nolan (Independent)
Brian Stanley (Independent)
Gillian Toole (Independent)
Independent Ireland (3)
Michael Collins (Independent Ireland)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent Ireland)
Richard O'Donoghue (Independent Ireland)
Aontú (2)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Peadar TóibÃn (Aontú)