The serious impact of the EU post-Brexit trade deal on the livelihood of fishing communities along the west coast of Ireland is the subject of an investigative documentary Iniúchadh TG4 – Anfa Mara to be broadcast on TG4 tomorrow night at 9.30pm. Investigative journalist Kevin Magee hears first-hand from fishermen in Greencastle and Machaire Rabhartaigh […]
Sinn Féin commences petition to ban super trawlers in Irish waters
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Fisheries and the Marine, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD, has commenced a petition to the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, calling for super trawlers to be banned from Irish waters. The petition can be found here: https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/ban-super-trawlers-in-irish-waters Deputy Mac Lochlainn’s action follows the presence of the two largest super trawlers in the world, the […]
€468,00 funding for Donegal marine projects
31 projects across Donegal will receive €468,000 worth of funding from the EU Investment Fund. The announcement was made by newly appointed Government Chief Whip and Donegal TD Joe McHugh at a reception in the Maritime Museum, Greencastle, today. The fund will deliver €468,000 in investment across 31 distinctive marine projects for the region. […]
McHugh welcomes €468,000 in fisheries funding
DONEGAL TD and Government Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed a massive funding boost to fisheries action groups in the county. The 31 groups in Donegal – Fisheries Local Area Action Groups (FLAG) – are to receive €468,047. This is €159,000 more than the funding applied for by the groups. Advertisement The FLAG Scheme is […]