RISE! tells TDs: ‘Stand by us on Tuesday and we’ll stand by you in the General Election’

The RISE! Campaign will endorse every TD who votes against the ban on stag hunting in the Dáil next Tuesday in the next General Election.

This includes Fianna Fáil TDs who defy the Party Whip, Independent TDs who vote against the ban as well as candidates for Fine Gael, Labour and Sinn Féin. The three Opposition parties have confirmed that they are voting against the Bill.

A spokesman for RISE! said: ‘We have well over 50,000 people who have registered their support for us by signing our petition and they are concentrated in large numbers in thirty-three constituencies outside of Dublin city. Whenever the time comes, we will tell them how the TDs voted on Tuesday and advise them to cast their votes accordingly.’

The Dáil is due to vote on the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010 next Tuesday evening.