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Thu 12 Dec 2009FF TDs call for free vote on proposed stag-hunting ban
TWO PROMINENT Fianna Fáil backbench TDs have called for a free vote in the Dáil on the proposed ban on stag-hunting.
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny) and Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South) said TDs should be allowed to vote without the imposition of the party whip when the matter comes before the Oireachtas in the spring. The ban was included in the renewed programme for government at the express wish of the Green Party.
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