The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has made a furious response to suggestions from the European Commission that there would be no reallocation of fish stocks between EU countries to ease…
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has said that repeated guarantees given to Irish fishermen have effectively been shredded under the Brexit deal reached between the EU and the UK. According…
Irish Producer Organisations are accusing the Minister of ‘failing to recognise the gravity of unprecedented crisis.’ They claim that in rejecting impassioned appeals for specific COVID supports from a beleaguered…
Irish fishing associations have jointly condemned the wildcat blockades that took place recently in Dingle and Castletownbere, where French and Spanish fishing vessels were prevented from offloading catches – apparently…
The EU's draft negotiating blueprint for Brexit trade talks has been welcomed by the Killybegs Fisheries Organisation (KFO), which sees it as offering tangible hope to the Irish industry after…
According to the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), this week’s Council of Fisheries Ministers in Brussels has delivered a reasonable overall result on certain key stocks but has upheld misguided proposals…
With this year’s Council of Fisheries Ministers taking place this week in Brussels to allocate TACs and quotas for 2020, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) Seán O’Donoghue has voiced his concern…
There has been a lukewarm response to the €14million fisheries aid package to be distributed in the event of a No-deal’ Brexit from Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation CEO Seán O’Donoghue, who…
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation chief executive Seán O’Donoghue warns that a failure to achieve an orderly Brexit will precipitate ‘chaos and conflict at sea’ with port blockades across Europe being a…