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A Minister in hiding at a time of crisis
No political substance in defence of the Irish fishing industry Editorial Comment Cormac Burke, Chairman IFSA Despite year after year of...
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Oct 18, 20245 min read
The lost tribe
Across the world today, October 14th, is ‘Indigenous People’s Day’ and is set aside to mark recognition and identification of those...
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Oct 14, 20245 min read
A CON JOB
Following release of the Government Budget for 2025, which was accompanied with much fanfare and political spin as being the ‘great...
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Oct 3, 20245 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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Sep 30, 20243 min read
Managing the Irish fishing industry - - an iron fist in a velvet glove
Two contrasting events of the past few days very much highlight the current state of the Irish fishing industry — editorial comment,...
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Sep 23, 20245 min read
A pig with lipstick
Someone once said that you can put lipstick on a pig but that doesn’t alter the fact that it’s still a pig - - which is pretty much an...
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Sep 18, 20244 min read
The law is an ass
Generally attributed to Charles Dickens, the phrase ' The law is an ass ' is a derisive expression said when the rigid application of the...
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Sep 11, 20243 min read
A different perspective
Editorial comment Cormac Burke, IFSA One can’t but help notice the public uproar this week with the exposure of the fact that the...
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Sep 5, 20243 min read
Ever-decreasing circles
With the current period of quiet in the industry in July and August due to so many State, civil servant and semi State bodies on summer...
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Aug 21, 20245 min read
Crocodile tears
Editorial Comment Cormac Burke, IFSA In a podcast interview with Tom MacSweeney, the marine minister accepts that morale is low in the...
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Aug 6, 20242 min read
Sh*t or get off the pot
The Irish fishing industry is in the most dire situation it has ever seen in its history - - indeed one could say its in a terminal state...
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Aug 1, 20246 min read
Ireland, the butt of the ‘EU fisheries’ joke
As far as Ireland, and the Irish fishing industry, is concerned, the days of the slightest hint of ‘proportional representation’ are...
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Jul 20, 20243 min read
EU PROPAGANDA
EU Fisheries Commission propaganda article makes outrageous claim that Ireland is ‘better off’ under the Common Fisheries Policy “ I...
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Jul 17, 20245 min read
A sledgehammer to crack a nut
The Irish fishing industry - - top heavy governance? Editorial comment - Cormac Burke, IFSA It’s sadly ironic to say that for an industry...
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Jul 12, 20245 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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Jul 4, 20244 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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Jul 3, 20248 min read
Minister avoiding the real problems in the pelagic sector
“The Minister’s Irish fleet landing proposal does nothing aside from attempt to mask his failings in recovering a single kilo of quota...
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Jul 2, 20247 min read
Ireland - no substance in EU talks
McConalogue’s efforts at the EU table can be described by the song ‘You say it best when you say nothing at all…..’ Editorial Comment...
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Jun 25, 20243 min read
The not so ‘common’ CFP
CFP - will an ‘evaluation’ actually mean any reform? Don’t hold your breath! Well here we go…. The ‘think tank’ of EU fisheries policy...
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Jun 19, 20245 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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Jun 12, 20243 min read
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