Dog walkers to be refused access to farmland under nationwide ban

J.R.

Will this affect hunters on farmland with their gundog?



https://www.farmersjournal.ie/dog-walkers-to-be-refused-access-to-farmland-under-nationwide-ban-601027


https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/rural-life/farmlands-could-be-off-limits-to-dog-walkers-as-ifa-says-sheep-being-torn-apart-40063463.html

JP22

It should not effect game shooters (I hope not anyway), we are all legally licensed, insured, above board and our gun dogs are under constant control.

Feisar

The wording seems strange, “nationwide ban”. Surely people shouldn’t be on land they don’t have permission to be on, be it to walk the dog or do a bit of hunting. I see it on the hiking FB groups though, people incensed their dog isn’t allowed in certain places, Carrauntoohil being farmland for example.

J.R.

JP22 wrote: »

It should not effect game shooters (I hope not anyway), we are all legally licensed, insured, above board and our gun dogs are under constant control.

I agree 100%........but just wonder how some will interpret the sign....NO DOGS ALLOWED........to some, will all dogs come under that heading?

Vizzy

Section 22 of the Wildlife Act also applies, particularly subsections (3) & (4)

meathstevie

Since the farmers associations are not a legislative body it doesn’t change anything at all from a legal point of view.

Farmers are just sick and tired of ignorant idiots letting their pet dogs rampage through their livestock and loosing thousands of Euro in completely avoidable incidents.

On top of that farmers are being made out to be worse than Adolf Eichmann when lawfully putting a stop to livestock worrying incidents by shotgun or rifle.

I think anyone of sound mind at some point will say enough of this nonsense.

As for a hunter and their gun dog, if you have the farmer’s permission nothing changes. We’re not the farmer’s problem, it’s people letting dogs run riot and causing a fortune worth of damage on the land without permission they have a problem with.