Kanturk student Hannah Walsh will have plenty of stories to tell when she returns to Coláiste Treasa for her Leaving Cert year in the Autumn as she’s had an exciting Summer work experience with Ireland South Green MEP, Grace O’Sullivan.
Dunmore East’s fishing industry, in addition to the physical infrastructure of the harbour itself, needs urgent, game-changing attention, a meeting was told last week.
The fishing industry in Co Wexford has received the backing of MEP Grace O’Sullivan in its fight to gain higher quotas and cope with the planned influx of wind turbines in Irish waters. The Member of the European Parliament led a delegation of officials from Strasbourg which included fellow Irish MEPs Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, Billy Kelleher, and Colm Markey as they travelled to the Stella Maris Centre in Kilmore Quay to meet with members of the local fishing community.
The EPP Group denounces that European Commission initiatives such as the Nature Restoration Law and the Action Plan to Protect Marine Biodiversity are incompatible with the reality that the fisheries sector is facing today and the need for food.