The hunting season is in full swing and our photographers were out around the country

Maria McNamara crossing country while out with the North Galway Foxhounds \ Maura Morrin

Brendan Osborne and Tina Keane getting set for a day's hunting with the South County Dublin Hunt from Prosperous \ Siobhan English Photography

Emma Maguire in action with the South County Dublin Hunt from Prosperous \ Siobhan English Photography

Eileen Byrne in action with the South County Dublin Hunt from Prosperous \ Siobhan English Photography

Kieran McGrath and Hazelrock Laurel (by Hojbjerg's Bright Star) won the filly foal class and champion foal at the CPBS Christmas Show \ Rynes Walker Photography

Derval Maher sails over the trench on her great cob out with the Ormond Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Emma Cassidy on Sky with joint master Gerry Boylan and Ellie Mae Sullivan on her pony Rosie hunting with the Louth Foxhounds at Grangebellew, Co Louth \ Noel Mullins

Enjoying a day with the Ormond Foxhounds was Alfie Mooney, Brian Bergin, Shane Dynan, Derval Maher, Aileen O’Dwyer and Michael Larkin \ Catherine Power

Michael Larkin taken a flyer over a big trench out with the Ormond Foxhounds \ Catherine Power