The smell of something rotten in the Irish fishing industry!
[Although I am under doctor’s orders to stay off work for the next six to twelve weeks due to my serious accident last week I felt I had...
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ifsacormac
- Mar 13
- 5 min
State-sponsored harassment of Irish fishermen
- - no such thing as ‘coincidence’ in this industry Although on the face of it these feel like quiet times in the Irish fishing industry,...
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ifsacormac
- Feb 15
- 3 min
How the other half live
As ever it seems to have been, Ireland’s fishing industry remains in a perpetual state of depression, uncertainty and confusion. The...
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ifsacormac
- Feb 3
- 4 min
A decision that will sink or save this industry
“For the past two decades, at the various annual EU Council quota talks, Ireland’s negotiators viewed any quota reduction of 15% or less...
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ifsacormac
- Jan 30
- 2 min
SUPPORT THE IFSA
Dear IFSA friends, On behalf of the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance I would like to thank the many subscribers who continue to make the...
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ifsacormac
- Jan 20
- 5 min
Ireland’s ‘rip-off’ decommissioning scheme
I made the journey today (18th January) from Donegal to Limerick for the gathering of 57 fishermen / vessel owners who find themselves...
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ifsacormac
- Jan 11
- 3 min
AN OPEN LETTER
MINISTER, WE IDENTIFY AS 'FISHERMEN' AND NOT 'FISHERS' Dear Cormac, Having read the piece on Minister Charlie McConalogue’s Q&A in the...
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ifsacormac
- Jan 9
- 6 min
SHAMELESS !
There is genuine anger in the Irish fishing industry this Monday morning(January 9th) following the Irish Examiner’s weekend Q&A...
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ifsacormac
- Jan 4
- 4 min
Ireland to be the sacrificial lamb yet again
. DAFM officials not fighting a meek surrender of Irish blue whiting to Norway . Most people in the Irish fishing industry will by now be...
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ifsacormac
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
Deliver us from evil
Editorial Comment In this proud maritime nation on the periphery of Western Europe, Ireland holds possession of some of the richest...
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ifsacormac
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Changing of the guard
If it feels like an eerie silence has fallen upon the fishing industry in recent weeks it may be due to an uncomfortable sensation of not...
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ifsacormac
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
SFPA - a tangled web of deceit
A statement last week by IFPEA chief Brendan Byrne that Ireland has a total of 241 fishery officers has been dismissed by the Sea...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
Environmentalists attempt to prey on a gullible public
IWT anti fishing industry propaganda article “more holes than a trawler’s net” - Cormac Burke, IFSA A recent article (Oct 16th) by the...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
A political PR exercise while Ireland’s fishing industry is being pushed over the cliff
Editorial comment by Cormac Burke, Chairman of the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance (IFSA) “I am determined to continue this tradition...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 28, 2022
- 1 min
More ‘smoke & mirrors’ political stunts from marine minister
Yesterday’s press release from Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine Charlie McConalogue certainly looks impressive at first glance…....
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ifsacormac
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
Government turns its back on fishing industry (again)
If nothing else then surely the news that Ireland is rejecting EU aid for fuel costs for the fishing industry is yet more damming...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 21, 2022
- 5 min
Last to leave, turn out the lights…
Save the seal, save the whale, save the corals, save the energy crisis - when will our Government make an effort to save Ireland’s...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 16, 2022
- 2 min
Wind power ‘benefit’ to the marine sector - a load of hot air!
Editorial comment - Cormac Burke, Chairman, the Irish Fishing & seafood Alliance (IFSA) Environment Minister Eamon Ryan this week said...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 12, 2022
- 5 min
SFPA’s ‘friendly face’ PR stunt falls flat
Under obvious pressure as a result of their own years of incompetence, (incompetence as defined in three previous Governmental and one EU...
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ifsacormac
- Aug 29, 2022
- 4 min
Where’s the accountability?
What does it say about the current coalition Government when they seem willing to allow their own ministers to continue to mislead the...
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