1) It shall be a defence to any action for damages against a person for the shooting of a dog, or to any charge arising out of the shooting of a dog, if the defendant proves that—
( a ) the dog was shot when it was worrying, or was about to worry, livestock and that there were no other reasonable means of ending or preventing the worrying;
I was also quite shocked at the complete lack of knowledge of the Gardai in this respect also.
OP has already responded, but in general terms allowing or disallowing an activity on a property is at the discretion of the land-owner (shooting, quad-biking, camping, hunting, orienteering or whatever).As a matter of interest, what have you against the Hunt?
Based on experiences I have had and having a number of personal friends who are Guards - they never seem to know the letter of the law.
You could phone up a hunting group and ask them?
If the hounds were actually worrying livestock one could shoot but I think that if they were simply on the land you would be in trouble if you shot them with no cause. They don't know that they are not allowed on the land.
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