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    Laura Donnellan

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    Laura Donnellan is a lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of Limerick

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    How Ireland's ban on fur farming came about

    It took many years for Ireland to finally prohibt the farming of mink and other animals for the purposes of producing fur

    law • 4 hrs
    The 1635 act made it an offence to pull wool from sheep, who instead were to be sheared or clipped.

    How Ireland produced the world's first animal anti-cruelty laws

    The Act against the Plowing by the Tayle, and pulling the Wooll off Living Sheep was the first of its kind in the world

    History • 09 Jan
    Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez is mobbed by teammates after scoring the opening goal against Chelsea in January. City have been charged with multiple alledged breaches of Financial Fair Play Regulations

    All you need to know about Financial Fair Play regulations

    You can trace the origins of these regulations back to 1995 and the Bosman case, but they've evolved hugely since then

    Soccer • 14 Feb 23
    West Ham's Kurt Zouma arrives in court to attend his sentencing for kicking and slapping his cat in a social media video. Photo: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

    The Zouma cat video and bringing the sport into disrepute

    There are many legal ramifications to this story, including animal cruelty laws and morals' clauses in contracts with sportspeople

    Sport • 10 Feb 23
    A bridge too far? Photo: iStock

    When is an activity classified as a sport?

    As recent legal cases around bridge show, defining what constitutes a sport can be a fraught process

    Sport • 26 Mar 18
    Musher Lance Mackey and his team cross the frozen Willow Lake during the Iditarod race. Photo: Jim Watson AFP/Getty Images

    Shaggy dog stories

    Opinion: recent stories around the Iditarod race in Alaska and greyhound racing in Ireland put the focus on the rules around doping and animals in sport

    Animal doping • 24 Nov 17
    All eyes on the cage

    Putting a legal and regulatory shape on MMA

    Opinion: the huge growth in interest in MMA has not been matched by regulation and universally accepted rules within the sport

    MMA • 09 Feb 18

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