Posted on 07/27/2021 3:47:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Trawler owners, their families and fishing representative organizations from across the country have taken part in a protest in Dublin city over quota cuts, the impact of Brexit and the European Union Common Fisheries Policy.
A flotilla of 55 trawlers from all around the coast gathered at the entrance to Dublin Port before dawn and traveled up the River Liffey in convoy through the East Link Toll Bridge to Sir John Rodgerson’s Quay.
It is the second such protest in recent weeks.
In May, a flotilla of trawlers from the south, southwest and southeast of the country traveled to Cork Harbor before holding a rally in the city.
Fishermen from Donegal, Galway, Cork, Louth, Wexford, Waterford and Dublin took part in today’s protest, and the action had the support of the country’s six main fishing organizations.
The Irish fishing industry is worth over €1 billion to the economy, with 16,000 local people employed in fishing and processing.
Brexit saw the value of the national quota cut by 15%. …
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No Fish For You must save it for the Future ,LOL It’s amazing how Politicians know what it will be like in the future
They literally think like O’Brien in 1984. They believe that control of the past is the key to control of the present and especially of the future.
Yeah, but Ireland did not leave the EU. So while they’re bound by what the EU decides (they can’t negotiate their own agreements with Britain), their media spews the EU line.
Central Government is the Boss don’t make them send the Army well if they had an Army
Well, there is a simple solution. But like the English, their “elites” really wish they were European, so they will never leave the EU.
Yes, even more so than English elites. But within the EU, they are always going to be lowest on the food chain.
For perspective: Irish fishery value in USD is $1.4 billion; US fishery is $61 billion.
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