Two independent TDs opposed the bill, with Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae saying foxes had ‘completely taken over the place’.

Benjamin Halsall, 24, is fined after a magistrates' court is shown footage of a fox being killed. Warwickshire Hunt Limited and Benjamin Halsall, 24, plead not guilty after the death of a fox.

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