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Caroline O Donoghue: My luck has turned so quickly I have whiplash

Amy O Connor 8 min read After suffering a double job loss, things turned around quickly for Cork writer Caroline O’Donoghue, as she landed a six-figure publishing deal for her tarot-focused YA novel, writes Amy O’Connor Caroline O’Donoghue is talking about her newfound love of tennis. The author recently enrolled in a beginner’s class at courts near her home in London, having long been obsessed with the sport. During one of her lessons, she recalls having something of an epiphany. She proceeds to tell me about it with the caveat that it might sound “really pretentious”. “I was playing and my teacher was saying to me, ‘Look, you go in for the ball too early and you’re going for it while it’s still too high in the air. You need to wait for it to come down and then you can bat it.’ I was like, ‘Okay.â�

Inshore Fishermen Urge Government to Expedite Liaison & Guidelines Between Offshore Wind Farms & Marine Industries

Inshore Fishermen Urge Government to Expedite Liaison & Guidelines Between Offshore Wind Farms & Marine Industries 10th May 2021 Formal liaison between the fishing industry and offshore renewable energy needed to be set up say the National Inshore Fishermen s Association Credit: NIFA The Government has been urged not to delay in establishing a formal liaison between marine users including fishermen and the offshore renewable energy industry. As The Times Ireland edition reports today, the Department of Housing – currently lead agency for marine planning - says it is “acutely aware” of communication issues between the fishing industry and offshore renewable energy. Draft terms of reference for forming a seafood/offshore renewable energy “working group” are still being worked on, it says.

Environmental Organisation Calls on Taoiseach to Separate SFPA from Department Control

Environmental Organisation Calls on Taoiseach to Separate SFPA from Department Control 4th May 2021 The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine said it was not accurate to suggest it undermined the SFPA s independence.   An environmental group has called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to separate the State’s Sea Fisheries Protection Agency from control by the Department of Agriculture and the Marine. As The Times Ireland edition reports today, the Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) believe EU penalties imposed on the Irish fishing sector are a consequence of the SFPA s lack of independence. The entire Irish fishing sector is now having to bear the burden of penalties arising from an EU audit of specific breaches which were not sufficiently addressed by Irish authorities, FIE says.

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