Dunmore East’s fishing industry, in addition to the physical infrastructure of the harbour itself, needs urgent, game-changing attention, a meeting was told last week.
Caitlín Uí Aodha s family has fished since before the Famine. She lost her husband in the Tit Bonhomme disaster, and returned to the sea herself. Now, she has decommissioned her fishing boat. Neil Michael reports
Fears for the future of the wider community of Castletownbere are deepening, as stakeholders claim a lack of government support for the fishing sector as fleet decommissioning continuesIRELAND’S decision to join the EU 50 years ago was, from a fishing industry perspective, a po