fishing industry
A series of articles about the dying Irish fishing industry - one of Ireland's few remaining indigenous industries.
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Drop in drink and drug driving checkpoints in Cork prompts call to ramp up testing
Mandatory drink and drug testing was down sharply in Cork last year compared to the previous 12 months, garda data shows.
The drop in testing across both city and county has led to calls for gardaí to reverse the decline and ramp up testing once more.
Comparing the third quarters of 2024 and last year, Cork city saw an 11% fall in the number of mandatory intoxication testing checkpoints carried out, with a 7% fall in the county.
In Cork city in the last quarter of 2024, some 810 were carried...
The drop in testing across both city and county has led to calls for gardaí to reverse the decline and ramp up testing once more.
Comparing the third quarters of 2024 and last year, Cork city saw an 11% fall in the number of mandatory intoxication testing checkpoints carried out, with a 7% fall in the county.
In Cork city in the last quarter of 2024, some 810 were carried...
'You’re a Cork man, aren’t you? You’re forever getting flooded': Taoiseach called on to do more
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he “cannot wave a magic wand" to deliver flood protection schemes, as under-siege communities are set to spend the remainder of the week fearing the next deluge.
There are fears high tides later this week could bring further flooding to areas that were devastated by Storm Chandra.
There are fears high tides later this week could bring further flooding to areas that were devastated by Storm Chandra.
MEPs discuss HSE ransomware attack during 'frightening' debate
The 2021 ransomware attack on the HSE was top of a list of cyber attacks discussed in a “frightening” debate at the European Parliament recently.
MEPs at a hearing of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) heard from a panel of experts warning about cyber threats to critical civil and military infrastructure across the EU.
MEPs at a hearing of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) heard from a panel of experts warning about cyber threats to critical civil and military infrastructure across the EU.
Met Éireann to more accurately forecast flash floods with new weather radar system
Met Eireann’s ability to predict flash floods is set to be enhanced, with the conclusion of a new radar tendering process.
The national broadcaster has finalised a €816,000 contract to install and maintain five dual polarisation weather radar systems.
The national broadcaster has finalised a €816,000 contract to install and maintain five dual polarisation weather radar systems.
Social media use 'an increasing concern' for parents, says helpline
Social media use has driven a surge in calls to the national parent support helpline and is "an increasing concern" for parents.
Calls to Parentline about social media use more than doubled last year, up from 1.8% in 2024 to 3.5% of calls. Chief executive Aileen Hickie said it is “an increasing concern” for parents.
Calls to Parentline about social media use more than doubled last year, up from 1.8% in 2024 to 3.5% of calls. Chief executive Aileen Hickie said it is “an increasing concern” for parents.
Taoiseach to ask why HSE wanted to limit scope of inquests into deaths of children killed by mother
The Taoiseach has promised to ask why the HSE argued against a coroner extending the scope of inquests into the deaths of three children killed by their mother.
Micheál Martin was told in the Dáil by Independent TD Paul Gogarty that the legal move “requires an examination as to why the HSE sought to limit this inquest”.
Micheál Martin was told in the Dáil by Independent TD Paul Gogarty that the legal move “requires an examination as to why the HSE sought to limit this inquest”.
Children's charities warn that a social media ban could be 'a potential gift to abusers'
Children's charities have warned how the “unintended consequences” of a social media ban could end up as “a potential gift” to paedophiles.
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Head of Policy and Public Affairs Fiona Jennings warned nobody really knows what impact a ban would have.
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Head of Policy and Public Affairs Fiona Jennings warned nobody really knows what impact a ban would have.
Chef who was sacked by WhatsApp message awarded €3,000
A chef has been awarded €3,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission after she was dismissed via WhatsApp from the cafe where she worked.
In making the decision, it was ruled the cafe owner who sacked her had “jumped the gun”.
In making the decision, it was ruled the cafe owner who sacked her had “jumped the gun”.
Complaint lodged over handling of evidence in Deirdre Morley's trial for her children's murder
A man whose three children were killed by their mother has lodged a formal complaint to the DPP about the State prosecutor's handling of evidence at her trial.Andrew McGinley has lodged his complaint on four grounds, including one which covers issues he has around what medication Deirdre Morley was taking when she killed Conor, 9, Darragh, 7, and Carla, 3, at their Dublin home while suffering a psychotic episode.He believes detailed evidence about the variety and doses of prescription drug...
Children's charities warn that a social media ban could be 'a potential gift to abusers'
Children's charities have warned how the “unintended consequences” of a social media ban could end up as “a potential gift” to paedophiles.Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Head of Policy and Public Affairs Fiona Jennings warned nobody really knows what impact a ban would have.She said “perpetrators” will target children regardless of whether the platform they use is regulated or not.More than 4.7m social media accounts held by Australians deemed by online platforms as bein...
Chef who was sacked by WhatsApp message awarded €3,000
A chef has been awarded €3,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission after she was dismissed via WhatsApp from the cafe where she worked.In making the decision, it was ruled the cafe owner who sacked her had “jumped the gun”.A case for unfair dismissal was brought after the chef sent a WhatsApp voice note to her employer in November 2024, explaining her immigration permission was in the process of being renewed.She expressed uncertainty about whether she was entitled to work but later told the W...
'Speeds in excess of 190km/h': Kerry TD found guilty of dangerous driving in Cork
A TD has been disqualified for two years and fined €500 after being found guilty of dangerous driving on his way to a public event.Michael Cahill, of Rossbeigh, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry, overtook an unmarked garda car and was later observed driving “at speeds in excess of 190km/h and very close to 200km/h” while travelling southbound on the M8 near Mitchelstown.Fermoy District Court, sitting in front of Judge Colm Roberts, heard Garda Peter O’Loughlin recalled how he saw Mr Cahill’s brown Audi Q5 ove...
A 'truly heartbreaking time': Cork hotel launches fundraiser to repatriate body of Ukrainian teenager
A GoFundMe appeal has been launched to repatriate the body of a Ukrainian teenager who had only just moved to Ireland to “start a new life”.Kateryna Tovstyk, who died last month, had arrived in Ireland last July and was working in a Cork hotel.The 18-year-old came here to join her brother Illia and his partner, Oleksandra, at their home in Clonakilty, West Cork. They had been living there since 2022.Before her death, Kateryna was working alongside Illia at the Clonakilty Park Hotel.The hotel’s H...
Fisherman dies off Kerry coast on Spanish trawler which had another fatality in 2018
A fisherman has died and another was seriously injured after an accident on a Spanish trawler off the Kerry coast.The tragedy occurred when a rope snapped aboard the vessel, striking two men working on the boat. The incident happened on the Spanish-registered Novo Alborada when it was about 30km off Valentia Island, in what local fishermen have described as “fairly difficult” sea conditions.One of the men died on board from his injuries and the second fisherman was successfully taken off the tra...
'We've never protected nature well in Ireland:' Call for investment to protect Ireland's marine areas
Ireland has never protected nature well and the State is failing to provide adequate resources to meet its environmental targets, an Oireachtas committee has been told.Birdwatch Ireland’s head of policy Oonagh Duggan said aspirational plans to protect nature would never be fulfilled unless increased investment was made.Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, in a debate about marine protected areas, Ms Duggan said: “There’s potential for so much hope when thi...
Public urged to report unusual interactions between seals and other marine animals
The public is being urged to report any unusual interactions between potentially amorous seals sizing up other mammals, such as dolphins, porpoises, and even penguins for some loving — or possibly fighting.It follows reports of potential attempts by seals to mate with members of different marine mammal groups, or simply that the seals were looking for a fight.The interactions in Ireland so far are baffling dolphin watchers here, including one Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) member who witne...
Inflation has hit Irish wallets — but wage rises help us stay ahead
With most people preoccupied with post-Christmas returns to school and work last Tuesday, few batted an eye at an announcement by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) that morning on the latest estimate for something called the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, or HICP.While hardly a staple of the everyday vernacular, it is a relatively new economic signature that acts as another yardstick for measuring the cost of groceries in your shopping basket. As a comparable measure of inflation across...
Big chunk of exchequer’s income could 'vanish' if handful of US companies change their tax profile
Continued over-reliance on corporate tax receipts from US multinationals remains one of the biggest threats to Ireland’s financial stability in 2026, leaving the country in “big trouble if it dries up”, economists have warned.A sudden shift in the geopolitical scene outside the country could plunge Ireland into recession.The situation in Venezuela, Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric around Greenland, and the combustible internal situation in Iran could all spell trouble for an economy beholden t...
All dolphins saved after third mass stranding in three weeks at Clare harbour
Another mass dolphin stranding has taken place in Clare, the third in the same location in three weeks, according to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG).About eight dolphins were spotted circling, which they do when hunting in groups, during a falling tide near a beach in Ballyvaughan on January 4.The area near the small harbour village in north Clare, on the south shores of Galway Bay, is where 28 dolphins stranded en masse just before Christmas.All dolphins spotted stranded near the same...
Clare woman who had 'sudden and traumatic' accident in Vietnam now cleared to return home
A Clare woman put into an induced coma after being seriously injured while travelling in Vietnam has been cleared to come home, according to her family.Aoife Cahill had been living in Australia, where she moved after working as a secretary at University Hospital Limerick, but had gone to Vietnam on her Christmas break.She is understood to have been going to Thailand to meet friends when she suffered a fall on December 19.In a GoFundMe appeal for €57,500, her family explained Aoife was involved i...
Almost €80k raised for Cork boy, 6, whose suspected broken nose was actually cancer
Almost €80,000 has been donated to help fund cancer care for a six-year-old boy whose suspected broken nose led to a cancer diagnosis.Last summer, Darragh Foley developed a bump on his nose that was first treated as a broken nose and re-set into position.But after bruising went down and the nose still looked broken, a doctor in Cork’s South Infirmary ordered an ultrasound and MRI which showed a mass on his nose. Three days after a biopsy was done, he was diagnosed with a soft tissue cancer calle...
Average weekly earnings top €1,000 for first time since 2008
Average weekly earnings for workers in Ireland surpassed the €1,000 mark for the first time since 2008, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).As of September 2025, average weekly earnings were €1,003.81, which is up by €311.02, or 44.9%, when compared with 10 years earlier in September 2015.Average hourly earnings also grew across all 13 economic sectors over the last 10 years, the body noted.But while people are, on average, being paid more, they are also paying more for their basic...
Race to save Shackleton and Tom Crean’s South Georgia refuge from collapse
A race is under way to restore a building used by Irish polar explorers Tom Crean and Ernest Shackleton during their epic mission to rescue the crew of their ship, Endurance.The vessel became trapped in pack ice in February 1915 during Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, leaving its 28-strong crew stranded aboard the three-masted schooner barque for nine months before it finally sank.Led by Shackleton, the crew survived for more than six months living on sheets of floatin...
Labour Court rejects request for pay review at technological universities across Ireland
The Labour Court has rejected a request for an urgent review of the pay at the country’s technological universities and institutes of technology.The review was sought by the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) which said the Government was not adhering to a years-old collective pay agreement across the technological university (TU) sector.Agreed in 2017, it related to — among other things — a commitment by the then government to address major issues and developments in the sector, including “relevan...
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