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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...
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Apr 8, 20213 min read
Minister classes national industry voice as “not relevant”
“It’s an insult to all the people in Ireland’s coastal regions to try to simply dismiss this organisation because it is clearly rattling...
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Apr 6, 20213 min read
A Government “sell out” of Ireland’s fishing industry!
Micheal Collins, Independent TD Cork South West – accuses the Taoiseach and his FF/FG led Government of “gross incompetence” in allowing...
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Mar 31, 20214 min read
Ireland - the village idiot of the EU community
The EU Commission’s Common Fisheries Policy operates under some strange and very questionable principles. If a thief entered your...
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Mar 31, 20216 min read
Minister pushed to respond to question on IFSA
A Parliamentary Question (PQ) regarding the IFSA organisation has been submitted to the Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine Charlie...
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Mar 29, 20212 min read
Smoke and mirrors
Yet another unfounded media attack on the Irish fishing industry The article below, published by the Irish Examiner today, is once again...
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Mar 27, 20213 min read
LETTER
Show some backbone! Dear Sir, I have been involved in the Irish fishing industry for 40 years and I’ve witnessed a long and sad chapter...
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Mar 27, 20212 min read
YES MINISTER...
While the following article is quite a lengthy read, it is comprised of selected questions and answers from the recent Dail Eireann...
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Mar 25, 20217 min read
Swings and roundabouts
Fisheries Council set provisional quotas for period up to 31st July As decided at the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers last December,...
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Mar 24, 20212 min read
Apathy - the sound of silence
Has anyone noticed that, in the past month, the normal barrage of fishing industry press releases, DAFM notices, SFPA news of recent...
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Mar 23, 20215 min read
Who’s really in charge of Ireland’s marine affairs?
Over the past thirty years the position of Irish ‘fishing minister’ has changed almost at the rate of the Imelda Marcos’ shoe collection...
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Mar 20, 20213 min read
Daylight robbery!
Not content with getting our fish, now France wants Ireland’s BREXIT deal quota loss compensation money! Ireland’s share of overall €5bn...
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Mar 18, 20214 min read
Wind farms - taking the power from fishermen
On top of the Irish fishing industry’s pelagic and demersal trawlers losing thousands of tonnes of quota in Irish waters as the result of...
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Mar 16, 20216 min read
Heart breaking - one man’s battle for justice against Ireland’s ruthless administrative system
The following article, by Arklow-based vessel owner C.J. Gaffney, highlights the inadequate and apparently uncaring attitude of the Irish...
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Mar 15, 202110 min read
LETTER
We, the people of Ireland, are the shareholders of our marine resource Dear Sir, I am writing to you so you can bring this matter to the...
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Mar 14, 20214 min read
The Cosy Cartel
An entire generation of fishermen, seafood workers, their families, and the populations of Ireland’s coastal communities are demanding a...
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Mar 12, 20214 min read
The real reason why Boris wanted the fish
With the final ratification of the EU/U.K. BREXIT deal edging ever closer (30th April) the once presumed ‘done deal’ is looking ever more...
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Mar 10, 20214 min read
THE ENEMY WITHIN
As has been well publicised in the days since Christmas, everyone in the Irish fishing and seafood industries can see that Ireland, as a...
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Mar 8, 20214 min read
THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION - A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED?
It would appear that the final chink of the light of hope for the Irish fishing and seafood industry fighting against the EU is fading...
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Mar 5, 20214 min read
EU COMMISSION WARNED AGAINST MIS-INFORMATION
COMMISSION GUILTY OF PORTRAYING INDUSTRY AS DEVIANTS https://fiskerforum.com/commissioner-must-address-spread-of-damaging-information/?fb...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
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