by Niall Duffy | Jun 29, 2020 | Features
“It forces us into a race to the bottom” By Lia ní Aodha Judging by the responses from Irish vessel owners to a survey conducted by The Skipper in May about the COVID-19 tie-up scheme for the Irish fleet that, after much heel-dragging from the Department,...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 26, 2020 | Features
Women in small-scale fisheries will play a key role in implementing the new EU Fisheries Control system – why is nobody asking them what they think? By Dr Ruth Brennan, TCD The new Fisheries Control Regulation currently before the European Parliament’s PECH Committee...
by Niall Duffy | May 29, 2020 | Features
“There has to be a different way of thinking about how we put something together that deals with this current crisis. It’s temporary, it’s going to be relatively short-lived in the scheme of things. So it has to be quick and easily accessible and it...
by Niall Duffy | May 6, 2020 | Features
“The studies must be flawed”, they said. “Why are they not seeing all the women in fisheries?” By Dr Ruth Brennan, TCD The end of February saw the relaunch of the AKTEA European Network of Women in Fisheries during a three day event in...
by Niall Duffy | May 5, 2020 | Features
Though the stereotypical image one might have when they imagine an RNLI crew out on a shout may well be a particularly male image, for generations women have launched lifeboats, hauled people out of the water and fundraised millions for the charity that works to save...
by Niall Duffy | Feb 13, 2020 | Features
“write down that the government killed him” – Mike Carney, An Blascaod Mór by Lia ní Aodha The mainstream narrative surrounding seals, fishing and fishermen in Ireland (and further) reminds me of a scene from ‘The Islands and the Whales’ — the...
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