‘Lighthouse Storybook: Letting Creativity Shine’

In 2019, the 'Become A Young Storykeeper' initiative developed by the Commissioners of Irish Lights and community partnership Great Lighthouses of Ireland and Fighting Words invited submissions of original writing inspired by lighthouses from…

Warming lake temperatures endanger Arctic charr

Warming lake temperatures across Ireland and Europe pose major risk to the rare Arctic charr fish populations that date back to before the last Ice Age. A new study led by the Centre for Environmental and Freshwater Science at Dundalk Institute…
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Agreement on fisheries remains elusive in Brexit talks

With just six weeks until the transition period ends on December 31st, EU-UK Brexit talks resumed in Brussels this week with important issues, including fishing, still to be resolved. As for the negotiations overall, Foreign Affairs Minister,…
Irish mackerel and prawn fisheries are heavily dependent on access to UK waters

Fisheries goes to the wire in Brexit talks

As EU:UK talks enter the final stages to find agreement in time to be ratified by January 1, fisheries remains front and centre despite being a very small contributor to both economic balance sheets. But fisheries is not just about the bottom…

No quota for local boats to fish bluefin tuna in Irish waters

Sinn Féin spokesperson for fisheries has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalgue, to "urgently engage" with his European counterparts to secure a "reasonable share of bluefin tuna quota" set by the International…
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CHERISH explores climate change and coastal heritage

The five-year Wales-Ireland project CHERISH (Climate, Heritage and Environments of Reefs, Islands and Headlands) explores climate change and coastal heritage. Climate change introduces new challenges to how coasts are managed. Changing coastal…

Appeal lodged against large boat activity inside six miles

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has lodged an appeal against a High Court decision to allow large vessels fish inside Ireland's six mile zone. In December 2018 following a public consultation in which…
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Marine department urges sectors to be Brexit ready

The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine is appealing to Ireland's agri and seafood sectors to be 'Brexit ready' given they will be highly exposed to the impacts. From 1 January 2021, changes for the Irish agri-food industry come…

2022 CFP review: fisheries at a crossroads?

By December 31, 2022, the Commission is required to report to the Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This is a legal requirement arising from the need to review the derogation to the principle…