Cards on the table
With the election manifestos of the three main parties of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin now in the public domain, the people of...
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ifsacormac
Sep 303 min read
NORWAY’S ABUSE OF MACKEREL STOCK MUST BE HALTED
ICES issues stark scientific advice for mackerel - EU pelagic fishing Member States once again to pay the price for Norway’s flagrant...
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ifsacormac
Jul 44 min read
A Government-authorized attack on the Irish fishing industry
SFPA and 25 armed Garda raid offices of the largest fishing company in the southeast “without any obvious justification” “This is blatant...
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ifsacormac
Jul 38 min read
IRELAND MUST STOP THE SFPA ROT!
SFPA to repeat bullying tactic of hitting out when under pressure as Killybegs’ pelagic skippers to be hauled into court for incorrect...
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ifsacormac
Jun 123 min read
Hope on the horizon
With the ongoing and ever-deepening crisis in Ireland’s fishing industry, a long overdue “commitment to work together” statement has...
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ifsacormac
Mar 71 min read
IFSA social media temporarily out of action
Dear IFSA followers, Please note that since the international crash of Facebook & Messenger last Tuesday (5th March) I have not been able...
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ifsacormac
Feb 195 min read
A Minister for scrutiny
Last call for the man who established the ‘Seafood Task Farce’ Dictionary description of a ‘Spoofer’ - a deceiver; one who is...
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ifsacormac
Dec 14, 20234 min read
A hollow Christmas victory for Irish mackerel industry
More papering over the cracks as the Irish fishing industry endures weak political representation in Europe IFSA FOCUS REPORT . Minister...
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ifsacormac
Dec 5, 20231 min read
A disgrace
As an Irish citizen you cannot watch this program about the end of the Irish fishing industry without feeling genuine sadness and...
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ifsacormac
Oct 17, 20233 min read
EU approves new control rules
EU Parliament approves new EU fisheries controls - and promises “harmonisation of sanctions and margins of tolerance” A ‘revamped’...
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ifsacormac
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Ireland’s fuel subsidy crisis
The hiding behind Europe on fuel assistance for the Irish fishing industry needs to stop – Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD Sinn Féin...
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ifsacormac
Sep 18, 20232 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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ifsacormac
Sep 6, 20232 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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ifsacormac
Jul 14, 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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ifsacormac
Jul 13, 20231 min read
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I have on this day, 13th July 2023, submitted, both by email and by registered post, the following formal request...
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ifsacormac
May 31, 20232 min read
Midnight murder
EU to proceed with further fishing industry controls At a minute to midnight last night (30 May 2023), five years following the initial...
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ifsacormac
Mar 21, 20233 min read
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
Feb 3, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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 4, 20234 min read
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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