Sinn Féin, ever keen to present itself as the vanguard of opposing illegitimate British presence in Ireland, have confirmed they will vote against banning the barbaric colonial practice of hare coursing. Hare coursing involves a wild hare first being captured, a cruel and traumatising ordeal in itself. Organisers then trap the creature in an enclosure and set greyhounds in chase after it. The dogs are muzzled, but still frequently injure hares by crushing them or hurling them into the air. Vets often kill injured hares after an event. Prior to rambling incoherently in the Dáil in defence of the so-called ‘sport’,…