Inland Fisheries Ireland(IFI) has launched a new national recruitment drive to hire temporary staff. Starting salaries of €30,979, per annum pro rata, are on offer, and Seasonal Fisheries Officers can also earn up to €3,796 extra via an unsocial hours allowance. IFI’s Seasonal Fisheries Officers are to be deployed across 16 counties from April to […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland issues alert over Pacific pink salmon in Irish rivers
Inland Fisheries Ireland is urging anglers and the general public to report sightings of Pacific pink salmon in Irish rivers over the coming months. In 2017, 2019 and 2021 this non-native fish species unexpectedly appeared in unprecedented numbers in multiple river systems in the southwest, west and northwest of Ireland. As Pacific pink salmon predominantly […]
Former county manager appointed to top Inland Fisheries Ireland post
FORMER Donegal County Council Chief Executive Séamus Neely has been handed a senior role within Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). Mr Neely was appointed after Environment Minister Eamon Ryan removed the three remaining members of the IFI board on a no-fault basis. He has asked Séamus Neely and former Carlow County Council chief Tom Barry to perform the […]