Tag Archives: Dingle fishermen
Ireland: Dingle fishermen hold early morning protest to block Spanish trawler landing amid coronavirus fear
The local community mounted a blockade by sitting or lying on the ground at the pier, preventing an agent from driving across the pier in a truck which would have loaded the fish caught on the trawler. The fishermen had announced their intentions to block the arrival, and Gardaí were present when the Spanish-owned trawler arrived at the pier at approximately 4.30am this morning, Monday 20 April. Gardaí attempted to negotiate with the protesters in order to let the truck through, but were unsuccessful, and the trawler departed from Dingle Harbour at 5.30am without having transferred the caught fish to the truck. >click to read< 08:25
Protestors Protest against fishermen over calls for grey seal cull off Kerry
Animal welfare campaigners have staged a protest in An Daingean (Dingle) to protest against calls by fishermen for a cull of grey seals. The protesters say a cull on the grey seal colony around Na Blascaodaí (The Blasket Islands) would be “unnecessary and barbaric.” The inshore fishermen claim an “out of control” seal population is putting livelihoods at risk and are calling for a “seal management plan” to be put in place immediately. >click to read< 10:27
