Lynn O'K
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Galway Gardener, garden design and maintenance. Lefty environmentalist, love good public parks, and biodiversity.
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The SFPA are due to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tuesday. Expect a lot of performative anger directed at them from populist politicians who will ignore a. the reason why regulation needed to be beefed up & b. that the SFPA operates under legislation passed by the Dáil itself.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The SFPA are due to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tuesday. Expect a lot of performative anger directed at them from populist politicians who will ignore a. the reason why regulation needed to be beefed up & b. that the SFPA operates under legislation passed by the Dáil itself.
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The industry doesn't like the inspection and enforcement regime, but this is in place for a very good reason. Not long ago, the EU did not trust Ireland to weigh fish amid massive overfishing and tampering with scales.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40...
Ireland faces sanctions over fishy goings-on with quotas
EU is losing patience with apparent lawbreaking — and it could cost Ireland millions of euro in cash and quotas
www.irishexaminer.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The industry doesn't like the inspection and enforcement regime, but this is in place for a very good reason. Not long ago, the EU did not trust Ireland to weigh fish amid massive overfishing and tampering with scales.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40...
Galway Co co only has 5 properties registered as derelict, so handing it over to revenue is useless. We need to register the properties first! Or there's no tax to levy.
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Galway Co co only has 5 properties registered as derelict, so handing it over to revenue is useless. We need to register the properties first! Or there's no tax to levy.
This is really important.
And it comes back to the basic premise, believe victims, until proven otherwise.
Believe the victims.
And it comes back to the basic premise, believe victims, until proven otherwise.
Believe the victims.
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is really important.
And it comes back to the basic premise, believe victims, until proven otherwise.
Believe the victims.
And it comes back to the basic premise, believe victims, until proven otherwise.
Believe the victims.