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Doors slammed on a fishing industry demanding answers
Cormac Burke, Chairman, IFSA Below is an interesting article from today’s Journal.ie which highlights the severe lack of transparency and...
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Oct 2, 202310 min read
BREXIT money being saved for a rainy day?
Well Minister, it’s pouring right now in the Irish fishing industry! Some time ago, as the industry was reeling from the disastrous deal...
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Sep 26, 20233 min read
More RTE anti industry propaganda
An interesting report by Ireland's news broadcaster RTE on the rising fish prices in Ireland turning consumers to cheaper alternatives -...
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Sep 23, 20231 min read
An ode to Ireland’s dying coastal communities
The following piece was written by Ciara Boyle due to the news that the Fish Shop in Killybegs is to close down - but this is more than a...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read
SFPA weak denial of IFSA claims
SFPA deny recent IFSA claims and try to hide behind EU regulations but still give no explanation as to why Irish processing plants are...
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN IRELAND!
A fishery opened by Irish authorities but then no factory given licence to process by other Irish authorities . It sounds like the start...
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Sep 6, 20232 min read
EU & NE ATLANTIC COASTAL STATES - TIME FOR EU TO GET TOUGH WITH NORDIC NATIONS
“The Nordic states have, and continue to, abuse the responsible European approach and, in failing to agree a responsible sharing of the...
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Sep 5, 20233 min read
“ONLY 6% OF IRISH TRAWLERS INSPECTED” - More SFPA propaganda
Following several recent IFSA articles about how the Sea Fisheries Protection ‘Authority’ constantly portray the Irish fishing industry...
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Aug 23, 20232 min read
An industry with no one at the wheel
Glancing through the latest copy of Marine Times newspaper I noticed the recurring theme throughout - the number of industry voices...
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Aug 22, 20233 min read
FOI REQUEST - - DEPT. JUSTICE REFUSES TO DENY THAT IFSA STATEMENT ON PHONE ‘TAPPING’ MAY BE CORRECT
On 13th July last the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance (IFSA) submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the Department...
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Aug 17, 20233 min read
ALWAYS A GLASS HALF EMPTY
It is less than four weeks since there was an IFSA article about the general tone and language used by the SFPA (July 11th - ‘SFPA -...
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
Ireland’s frustrated fishing industry
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41198821.html
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Aug 8, 20231 min read
Ireland’s soft touch for all fishing vessels - except those from Ireland!
The Penalty in 2015 fishing trial in Cork was too severe, Court of Appeal decides, despite Irish Naval Commander reporting evidence of...
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Jul 31, 20232 min read
Help needed
When it’s gone, it’s gone With the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance (IFSA) closed for annual leave for the next two weeks (back to work...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
SFPA - laziness or a hidden agenda?
Editorial comment by Cormac Burke, Chairman IFSA As always, keeping regular observation on various fishing industry ‘Authority’ bodies,...
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Jul 11, 20232 min read
A TIME TO STAND UP
Editorial comment by Cormac Burke, IFSA Chairman As I sat in front of the television last night and watched the ‘Trawlerman’ programme...
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Jun 30, 20236 min read
The whitewashing of an industry
Editorial Comment - Cormac Burke, Chairman, IFSA Currently much in the international news is the continuing accusation of ‘image washing’...
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Jun 21, 20236 min read
The human cost of ‘green’ energy
Editorial comment by Cormac Burke, IFSA Traveling recently on the Belfast to Liverpool ferry my attention was drawn by a massive wind...
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May 24, 20234 min read
SFPA onboard camera control - where will it all end?
As the SFPA quietly set about trying to ‘encourage’ vessel owners in to ‘voluntarily’ agree to have cameras installed on Irish demersal...
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Apr 25, 20234 min read
A pig with lipstick is still a pig !
Editorial comment - Cormac Burke, IFSA “The Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Business of Seafood report launched by Minister for Agriculture,...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
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