PRESS RELEASE “The EU Council of Ministers begin their annual December Council Meeting in Brussels today to decide on the fish quotas for next year. However, once again, the Commission appear to have proposed cuts for the sake of proposing cuts, which if implemented, will lead to further hardship and...
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Statement from Patrick Murphy CEO
Following remarks made by a Senior EU Commission Representative, Patrick Murphy CEO of the Irish South and West Fish Producers’ Organisation is stating publicly and placing on the record his opinion that the Commission are nothing more than a bunch of thieves. The new reality is the theft of 20%...
The Irish South and West responds to our Government’s decision to put Irish Men & Women out of work so to benefit other countries’ Coastal Communities.
Recent Statements on Brexit and on fishing emanating from our political leadership have pushed many Fishing Communities and many of those engaged in Ireland’s Fishing Industry over the edge. A line in the sand has been drawn beneath the Irish Fishing Industry and as happened with the Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland where Irish land was stripped from the Irish by the...