Tom Macsweeney

In fishing ports over the past few weeks I've heard a general opinion expressed that there is a downward trajectory in the industry.

Comhdháil Oileáin Na hEireann was founded in 1984 "when the Islands were battling poverty, mass emigration, bureaucratic hostility, lack of services

Two State agencies have now used the same word - ' Challenging ' - to describe how the Irish fishing industry fared last year.

Marie Coyne, the Inishbofin author and artist who led the successful campaign to get 13 skulls of deceased islanders , which had been removed and

The newly-formed ‘Seafood Ireland Alliance' by the Irish fishing industry catching and processing sectors wants a Minister for the Marine appointed, a post and Department which were abolished by the Government several years ago.

The Irish fishing industry is intensifying what has become an angry battle against Nordic countries, in particular Norway, for what is alleged to

Figaro winner Tom Dolan , in a review of the past season, says that winning the French race was much more than just a sporting success. " It is the

The vagaries of the weather forced the abandoning of the last racing day of the season at Monkstown Bay on Saturday.

RNLI research has shown that over a five-year period there were 1,800 launches by lifeboats in Ireland and the UK to assist people cut off in coastal areas by incoming tides.

The Mission to Seafarers, in its latest Seafarer Happiness Index Report, says that seafarers want "more practical, real-world training that better