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The plight of the Irish Fisherman

DEFTLEFTHAND · 2017-12-16 19:07:34

We basically traded a large portion of our rich fishing waters for ag subsidies to the EU. I remember a Norwegian jounalist writing an article in the Indo a few years back, he was puzzled that we didn't have a larger fishing industry considering our potential. The Irish fleet seems to have remained stagnant for years, no…

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#62 19-12-2017 12:51AM

imme

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The last I heard of Irish fishermen was people from Egypt, The Philippines, etc etc being imported to work in the industry.
The story dealt with the plight of these people, working effectively as slaves.

The plight of these and other people being imported into Ireland and their treatment will doubtless be a future scandal.

'Who knew?' will be the common refrain.

Plus ca change!

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#63 19-12-2017 07:53AM

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donegaLroad wrote: »

well what do you know.. the Atlantic Dawn was re-named and re-registered in the Nethrelands (2:00, but the whole video is worth a look)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnW_OdTuIg

Indeed - but what is a better read/watch is how they got the Dawn on to the Irish register in the first place

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