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Contradiction in Minister’s response to IFSA
Following several questions that the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance (IFSA) has put to Minister Charlie McConalogue over past months, a...
ifsacormac
May 25, 20213 min read
Same old song
Minister responds to questions but sings the same old “it could have been worse” song… “This impact (of BREXIT) could have been far...
ifsacormac
May 24, 20215 min read
IFSA NEWS ROUND UP
It’s so quiet… After an eventful couple of weeks when the industry was making some genuine progress in getting stuck into some real...
ifsacormac
May 21, 20214 min read
A RIGHT TO REPLY
None so blind as he who will not see... Minister Charlie McConalogue recently hosted a series of ‘Virtual Town Hall Meetings’ but, after...
ifsacormac
May 17, 20218 min read
No ‘smoking gun’ - part II
Editorial comment – Cormac Burke, Chairman, Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance Following on from my summary report of the EU 2018 Audit...
ifsacormac
May 15, 20213 min read
A meeting of minds
Today (14th May) the IFSA headquarters hosted an extensive two-hour meeting between IFSA Chairman Cormac Burke and the CEO of the Irish...
ifsacormac
May 14, 20211 min read
NO ‘SMOKING GUN’
Infamous EU Audit report built is fundamentally flawed and is reliant on false data Having spent the past 24 hours trying to digest the...
ifsacormac
May 13, 20215 min read
Irish Government debate - industry demands justice
Irish fishing industry puts up strong united front against the Fisheries Bill and SFPA operations Yesterday’s Joint Committee Oireachtas...
ifsacormac
May 12, 20214 min read
Your move Minister...
“Major conflict is on the horizon unless Minister McConalogue begins to recognise the industry’s frustration” – Cormac Burke, Chairman...
ifsacormac
May 10, 20212 min read
Smoke and Mirrors
Last week Ireland’s fisheries minister Charlie McConalogue announced €38.3 million in funding for Capital projects at Ireland’s six...
ifsacormac
May 8, 20213 min read
Freedom of information - tell the people the truth
Ireland’s media loves nothing better than a dramatic headline, particularly when it comes to the fishing industry and their typical...
ifsacormac
May 6, 20217 min read
Minister’s record of empty promises
“From once strongly supporting the demand for a revamp of the Department of Marine and its management of the fishing industry, the...
ifsacormac
May 3, 20213 min read
More support for Ireland’s fishing industry
https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/brendan-gleeson-says-ireland-has-not-valued-resources-and-communities-34668950.html?f...
ifsacormac
May 2, 20211 min read
Crime of the century
– an editorial by IFSA Chairman Cormac Burke The recent announcement by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) that the EU...
ifsacormac
Apr 24, 20217 min read
More false news and anti fishing industry propaganda from the Irish media
If you read yesterday’s IFSA article ‘The tail wagging the dog’ then you’ll be amused to see the version of the same story that the Irish...
ifsacormac
Apr 20, 20211 min read
THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG
- more abuse for Irish fishing industry Irish Government once again assists in another attack on the fishing industry -- only months...
ifsacormac
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Not even a grain of truth
- Take it with a pinch of salt In these times of distress and turmoil for Ireland’s fishing and seafood industries (when was it...
ifsacormac
Apr 16, 20213 min read
An open letter to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
April 13th, 2021 Dear Sir, This day (April 13th) marks the 8th-week anniversary since the formation of the industry group Irish Fishing...
ifsacormac
Apr 13, 20214 min read
The unconstitutional management of Ireland’s fishing industry
Have Irish citizens been conned with regards to ‘natural resources’? The IFSA, and other industry organisations, have always believed...
ifsacormac
Apr 10, 20215 min read
War of the words
Even the most intelligent of people can be manipulated with the clever use of words – with some people paid vast amounts of money to...
ifsacormac
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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