Donegal fishing community to benefit from latest funding allocation for Killybegs Harbour
A major funding announcement has been made for the local fishing industry in Donegal. Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre has been allocated over five million Euro in the latest funding announcement made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. The Donegal facility is one…
Donegal TD describes Killybegs funding announcement as ‘nonsensical’
An Independent Donegal TD has described a government funding announcement for Killybegs as ‘nonsensical’. €9 million has been awarded to Killybegs under the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme announced this morning by Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue. However, Deputy Thomas Pringle believes that the majority of the money sanctioned…
Call for legal protection for marine conservation areas
Marine Protected Areas should be created in Irish law, according to the Irish Wildlife Trust. The body says it doesn’t oppose the construction of off-shore wind turbines, but insists it should be balanced with protections in certain areas for marine conservation. Campaign Manager with the IWT, Padraig Fogarty, says there…