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Minister held accountable by Oireachtas Committee

Today, 16th December, Minister for State with responsibilities for Fisheries, Timmy Dooley TD appeared in front of an angry Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs to explain the disastrous outcome of last week’s EU fisheries negotiations where, basically, Ireland was ‘ganged up upon’ by four member states, abetted by a corrupt EU Council / Commission system that seems to promote the benefit of certain countries at the cost of smaller nations, such as

Ireland again the corrupt EU Commission ‘whipping boys’

The Irish fishing industry will this morning be in shock and coming to terms with the failure, once again, of the Irish Government to show some backbone in standing up to the fishing industry (with probably a similar outcome next week for the Mercosur dealing a blow to Irish farmers). Usually the outcome of this annual Council of Ministers quota negotiations leaves Irish fishermen with losses but with also some crumbs of comfort but this time, with no change to proposed massi

On a cliff edge

In less than 24 hours’ time the 2025 EU Council of Ministers will begin its annual ‘horse trading’ of quotas which will determine the TACs (Total Allowable Catches) of various species across the EU Member States for the coming year. Notoriously, Ireland has never fared well in the outcome of these negotiations in the past, partly due to infamously weak Irish DAFM negotiators but also due to slick operators in other more powerful fishing EU Member States … and Irish fishermen

The three card trick

Editorial Comment - Cormac Burke, IFSA As recently reported in The Fishing Daily (November 26th) Minister of State for Fisheries Timmy Dooley raised more than a few eyebrows when, at the latest meeting with the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Fisheries, he announced a further allocation of €5.7 million which will “underpin Ireland’s commitment to significantly expand its Marine Protected Area (MPA) network from its current level of 8% coverage of Ireland’s maritime area to 30%

Media propaganda attempt to hide SFPA failings

Irish Examiner article castigates Irish fishing industry for demanding the same level of regulation and control from the SFPA as other EU Member States receive from their regulators The following article, which was published in the Irish Examiner in recent days, goes to great lengths to undermine the justified calls by all Irish fishing industry representative bodies for a review of the actions of the Sea Fisheries Protection ‘Authority’, its heavy handed approach, and the fa