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The Irish fishing industry stands to lose stocks worth an estimated £37million-a-year by 2026 due to a 15 percent reduction in fish quotas as a result of the Brexit deal. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine since September 2020, Charlie McConalogue, warned the effects of the Brexit deal are immediate, with 60 percent of those reductions to take effect from April . Sean O’Donoghue, chief executive of Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, said the Irish fishing in
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The EU formed a compensation fund in preparation for Brexit, aimed at softening the blow for nations such as Ireland and France. Ireland had been forecast to be the worst affected in the EU, and was therefore hoping to get the majority of the fund. However, disagreements over fishing between member states resulted in tension during negotiations over the £4.2billion pot. One EU diplomat told the Irish Times: “Certain member states began to see this whole fund as a sort of fish compensat
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson s hopes of securing a post-Brexit free trade agreement with the US could be dashed as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House. The Democrat has long been a critic of the UK s decision to leave the EU, warning in 2016 that US interest in Britain could diminish as a result of Brexit. Mr Biden has also spoken of his Irish ancestry, signalling that a new special relationship could emerge across the Atlantic.