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The Irish fishing industry - -the dirty words in the corridors of power
The revelations by Tom MacSweeney in the latest edition of Marine Times (June 2024) that not one single party leader in the current Irish...
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Jun 10, 20243 min read
The CFP - the greatest scam in modern history
The Common Fisheries Policy - - an EU-driven strategy of victimisation that sees the rich get richer and the poor get poorer as Ireland...
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May 27, 20245 min read
A new low for the Irish fishing industry
A shocking story reported to the IFSA from the reliable source of a well-known local Killybegs fisherman, claims that on Friday last, the...
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May 20, 20244 min read
Ireland green with envy as other governments support their fishing industries
Cormac Burke, IFSA The Irish fishing industry can only look on jealously as it is looking likely that the Spanish Government is committed...
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Apr 29, 20243 min read
An industry laid bare
Cormac Burke, IFSA Last night’s TG4 in-depth documentary on the drastic state of the Irish fishing industry was a breath of fresh air in...
ifsacormac
Apr 25, 20245 min read
Time for a watchdog - with teeth!
Editorial comment Cormac Burke, IFSA As all sectors of the Irish fishing and seafood industry edges ever closer to the abyss, gently...
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Apr 24, 20245 min read
European election candidate vows to fight Irish fishing industry’s case
A good meeting today on a windswept pier in Killybegs with Independent Ireland’s European Parliament candidate for Midlands / North-West...
ifsacormac
Apr 18, 20241 min read
The Emperor has no clothes
Editorial Comment Cormac Burke, IFSA They say that in politics “delusion makes the world go around” but its clear from the latest Fianna...
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Apr 15, 20245 min read
‘Sole’ destroying
Last week one single Belgian beamer landed into Ireland with 3,740 kilos of black sole from Irish waters worth €75,000 in a single trip...
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Apr 8, 20243 min read
The EU raping of Irish waters
These are stark facts that no Irish politician can justify - - regardless of what Party they belong to surely our TDs and MEPs can...
ifsacormac
Apr 7, 20241 min read
EU Commission’s ‘lip service’ to Ireland
In the latest edition of Marine Times, Tom MacSweeney focuses on the EU Fisheries Commissioner’s promise to instigate a full evaluation...
ifsacormac
Apr 3, 20245 min read
IRELAND THE APRIL FOOLS
A strange headline one might think, but very relevant when it becomes clear that by Sunday March 31st the Irish Government will have to...
ifsacormac
Mar 25, 20245 min read
A nation prepares for a new leader
"The people of this country want us to get on with their business" As the Fine Gael party is set to announce a new party chief who will...
ifsacormac
Mar 22, 20241 min read
The (Dutch) elephant in the EU Fisheries Commission room
At a time when the European Fisheries Commission tells us that all Member States are treated under a ‘level playing field’ regime, this...
ifsacormac
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Thin end of the wedge
Editorial Comment Cormac Burke, IFSA There were several fishing industry stories in the past week, most noticeably how Norway was able to...
ifsacormac
Mar 11, 20243 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...
ifsacormac
Mar 7, 20241 min read
Beware the ides of March
Is history about to be repeated with blue whiting access in Irish waters for non EU vessels? In Shakespeare's play ‘Julius Caesar’,...
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Mar 5, 20244 min read
Has the Irish fishing industry become the poisoned chalice of politics?
Editorial Comment Cormac Burke, Chairman, Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance The tragedies of Ireland’s fishing industry have been well...
ifsacormac
Feb 27, 20247 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...
ifsacormac
Feb 19, 20245 min read
UK to use ‘zonal attachment’ as basis for EU negotiations
“Because the fish is in our waters then this seems a credible way to proceed with these negotiations” - UK fisheries minister Mark...
ifsacormac
Feb 9, 20242 min read
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