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ifsacormac
Apr 20, 20211 min read
More false news and anti fishing industry propaganda from the Irish media
If you read yesterday’s IFSA article ‘The tail wagging the dog’ then you’ll be amused to see the version of the same story that the Irish...
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ifsacormac
Apr 19, 20214 min read
THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG
- more abuse for Irish fishing industry Irish Government once again assists in another attack on the fishing industry -- only months...
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ifsacormac
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Not even a grain of truth
- Take it with a pinch of salt In these times of distress and turmoil for Ireland’s fishing and seafood industries (when was it...
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ifsacormac
Apr 13, 20214 min read
An open letter to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
April 13th, 2021 Dear Sir, This day (April 13th) marks the 8th-week anniversary since the formation of the industry group Irish Fishing...
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ifsacormac
Apr 10, 20215 min read
The unconstitutional management of Ireland’s fishing industry
Have Irish citizens been conned with regards to ‘natural resources’? The IFSA, and other industry organisations, have always believed...
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ifsacormac
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Dear IFSA supporters,
Did you know that last week Ireland’s fisheries minister, in answer to a Parliamentary Question, attempted to dismiss this organisation...
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ifsacormac
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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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ifsacormac
Apr 6, 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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ifsacormac
Mar 31, 20214 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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ifsacormac
Mar 31, 20216 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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ifsacormac
Mar 29, 20212 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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ifsacormac
Mar 27, 20213 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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ifsacormac
Mar 27, 20212 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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ifsacormac
Mar 25, 20217 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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ifsacormac
Mar 24, 20212 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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ifsacormac
Mar 23, 20215 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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ifsacormac
Mar 20, 20213 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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ifsacormac
Mar 18, 20214 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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ifsacormac
Mar 16, 20216 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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ifsacormac
Mar 15, 202110 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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