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Brexit declaration specifically references fishing industry ?The Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has welcomed today’s Brexit declaration as having achieved specific acknowledgment and reference to the crucial issue of the linkage between access and quotas to the wider trade issue. Responding to the 36-page draft text, which is part of a package alongside […]

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Industry well placed to avoid a disastrous Brexit but a long way to go to deliver final agreement The Irish fishing is well placed to avoid a disastrous hard Brexit with the publication of the draft withdrawal agreement and outline political declaration. The CEO of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed the drafts […]

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CEO saddened at passing of ‘recognisable face’ of fisheries ? The CEO of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has paid tribute to his predecessor describing the late Joey Murrin as a man who had an innate and forensic knowledge of the fishing industry and an ability of conveying very complex issues in simple understandable terms for […]

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Producer organisations to meet Taoiseach on Brexit process   Irish fishermen are adamant that the legal text of any Brexit agreement must reflect their demands and that the commitment of the Irish Government to their industry must be spelled out clearly and unequivocally.   That’s the message that Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation CEO, Seán O’Donoghue, will […]

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The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has responded to the approved Brexit guidelines adopted in Brussels earlier as a “vindication of everything we have done since June 23rd, 2016 and the culmination of an extensive programme of high-end political engagement and lobbying.” Like its European Fisheries Alliance (EUFA) colleagues, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has, at all times, […]

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The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has welcomed the agreement in principle on a transition period announced yesterday by EU Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier and the UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis MP. Like its European Fisheries Alliance (EUFA) colleagues, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has at all times, recognised that its members […]

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? The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has welcomed the outcome of the Council of Fisheries Ministers, which finished early this morning, as generally positive but stated it again underlines the imperative to have fisheries and the wider trade inextricably linked in the phase two Brexit negotiations. ? While a favourable result was achieved on Celtic Sea […]

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KFO implore intervention of Minister Creed to avoid €33million loss to fisheries sector ? The KFO is appealing in the strongest possible terms to Minister Michael Creed to ensure that the European Commission’s proposed cuts for certain key stocks are reversed and that the advised increase for prawns is adopted ahead of next week’s meeting […]

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