Ireland News
Five young chefs announced as this year’s BIM Taste the Atlantic Ambassadors
Five young chefs have been announced as the Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Taste the Atlantic Young Chef Ambassadors for 2022. The programme, now in its second year, was created by BIM, and is a collaboration with Chef Network and Fáilte Ireland as a way to give emerging...
KFO TO Develop North West Windfarm
Floating offshore wind project proposed for the North West The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) and Sinbad Marine Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with global floating offshore wind developer and technology provider, Hexicon AB. The...
West Cork Fishermen To Take On French Navy Over Proposed Live Missile Firing Exercises Off South Coast
*********UPDATE****** The French Military Live Fire Exercises have been moved up by the French Authorities and are now due to commence at 2.00 am tomorrow morning, 21 st June 2022. The Fishermen of the South & West Fish Producers Organisation based in...
New Fishing Vessel Navigation Simulator Unveiled At BIM Training College In Greencastle
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. visited BIM’s National Fisheries College in Greencastle today, to officially launch new high tech simulator suites that will enable skipper students to pilot and berth a vessel and navigate it...
French Missile Test In Irish Waters Announced
The Department of Transport has been advised by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) of a missile/rocket firing exercise by the French military in part of the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to the South-West of Ireland. The exercise is scheduled to take place...
Marine Minister Accused Of Double Standards
Department facilitates landings from Russia but imposes sanctions against the landings of fish from Northern Irish Ports – IFPEA Minister for Agriculture Deputy Charlie McConalogue sidesteps the European Union - Russian sanctions to facilitate the landing of...
IFPO Demands Fair Share of Fish from Our Own Waters
Irish Fish Producers have called for a fairer share of the rights to fish in the waters of our 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). “Other nations catch about €250m worth of fish a year in our waters - almost twice as much as the Irish fleet catches,” says IFPO...
SFPA issues reminder to recreational fishermen on regulations regarding crab and lobster fishing
With the summer season in full swing and recreational fishing, also referred to as non-commercial fishing, taking place in coastal areas around Ireland, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), the regulator for sea-fisheries and sea-food production is reminding...
Irish Fishing Communities Take Their Case To Europe
A delegation of representatives of the fishing industry and fishing communities from around Ireland will be in Brussels on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st May to make the case for Ireland’s fishing fleet to be allocated a fair share of the fish in Irish waters. Sinn...
Captain Robert McCabe appointed as chairperson of the Seafood / Offshore Renewable Energy Working Group
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, today appointed Captain Robert McCabe as chairperson of the Seafood / Offshore Renewable Energy Working Group for a two-year period. Captain McCabe is a qualified Master Mariner (Trinity...
Oceans of Learning Celebrates Ireland’s Marine Research Vessels and Ocean Explorers
The Marine Institute has launched this year’s Oceans of Learning series, celebrating Ireland’s Marine Research Vessels and Ocean Explorers – Our Past, Present and Future. Over a three-week period, Oceans of Learning celebrates our seas and Ireland’s valuable...
SFPA – stretch credibility to galactic levels with their appearance at the Oireachtas Committee – IFPEA
SFPA forced to retract their opening statement due to their singling out processors – The IFPEA will maintain a professional engagement with the SFPA as opposed to their desire to have a “healthy friction “ between both parties. It stretches credibility to point never...
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