The Deputy President of the IFA is warning Clare farmers of an increase in instances of illegal hunting and trespassing on land.
The farming organisation is one of a number of agencies involved in a newly established National Rural Safety Forum, which aims to increase awareness of rural crime and crack down on the issue.
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One issue that has repeatedly been raised is that of lurching, where people trespass on a farmer’s land to illegally hunt hares with their dogs.
Richard Kennedy says the fear is that there are more sinister motives behind the lurchers’ movements:
