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Something fishy at the SFPA
Although efforts by senior administrators have attempted to play down the recent strikes and forthcoming ‘work to rule’ steps by officers...
ifsacormac
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Basic rights - a thing of the past?
An editorial comment by Cormac Burke, Chairman of the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance (IFSA) . The almost dismissive nature of Minister...
ifsacormac
Feb 4, 20224 min read
Russia stands down plans in Irish waters
Its interesting to note in the past few days that the Russian Government seem to have more respect for Irish fishermen than the Irish...
ifsacormac
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Irish Government - no stomach for the Rockall fight
Editorial comment by Cormac Burke, Chairman IFSA It’s been clear to fishermen that Irish governments down through the years have shown...
ifsacormac
Jan 21, 20224 min read
Home to roost
Perhaps a controversial notion but should the industry have sympathy for SFPA staff who are suffering under the same yolk as fishermen?...
ifsacormac
Jan 17, 20223 min read
The emperor has no clothes….
Despite consistent attempts to portray itself to the EU Fisheries Commission, the Irish Government and the general public as a serious...
ifsacormac
Jan 11, 20226 min read
YOUR VOICE IN OUR INDUSTRY
Dear IFSA supporters and friends, As we enter the second year of the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance I would like to thank the many...
ifsacormac
Jan 6, 20221 min read
The year of the Tiger
Few in the Irish fishing industry will mourn the passing of 2021 – the darkest year in living memory for this sector. I could list the...
ifsacormac
Jan 4, 20222 min read
THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST….
An editorial comment by Cormac Burke, Chairman, Irish Fishing and Seafood Alliance As the Irish fishing and processing industry stands...
ifsacormac
Dec 16, 20214 min read
What the Minister didn’t say…
The fishing industry last week witnessed the ‘state of the nation’ address on the current situation in the industry and, as one fishermen...
ifsacormac
Dec 14, 20215 min read
Alarm bells instead of Christmas bells for Irish quotas
As predicted by the IFSA last week, its beginning to dawn on everyone that Ireland is unbelievably facing even more cuts at the December...
ifsacormac
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Time for Minister to show some backbone
As the dreaded December Council quota talks loom ever nearer it is incredible to even consider that Ireland is likely to see even more...
ifsacormac
Dec 3, 20212 min read
You don’t know what you’re doing…
Ireland’s continuing era of quota mismanagement As we near the end of a year that will be remembered by the fishing industry as ‘black...
ifsacormac
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Getting to the truth
Last weekend (Saturday November 20th) there was an interesting report from Sean Moroney from ‘The Fisher’s Voice’ in which he reveals a...
ifsacormac
Nov 22, 20215 min read
So many questions, so few answers…
In the wake of the BREXIT fiasco and the subsequent Trade & Co-Operation Agreement (TCA), it is obvious how badly the Irish fishing and...
ifsacormac
Nov 17, 20215 min read
A pig with lipstick is still a pig…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has today (11th November 2021) released its annual report for 2020 (including...
ifsacormac
Nov 11, 20213 min read
Get change or get out!
Some 11 months of the worst deal in the history of Irish fishing has passed and has been followed ever since with much talk about the...
ifsacormac
Nov 4, 20213 min read
OPEN LETTER - A TRAIL OF TEARS
As I was driving home to Donegal from Dublin via Northern last week I was thinking of the amount of people that had tragically died and...
ifsacormac
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Scheming schemes
More corruption behind the smoke and mirrors With the final report from the Seafood Task Force now released it would appear that once...
ifsacormac
Oct 21, 20213 min read
An industry abandoned by Government
The Irish Government recently announced its annual budget and, amidst the usual areas to get ‘hit’ and the odd social welfare item to get...
ifsacormac
Oct 19, 20214 min read
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