EchoLive.ie: Maritime Cork: Ireland without EU fisheries committee representation

This is a particularly important committee on which to have representation, because it will be dealing with the review and planned reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

How did this happen?

At a particularly difficult time for the national fishing industry, with very low quotas causing serious problems for coastal communities economically dependent on it, the 14 newly elected Irish MEPs have failed to get representation for Ireland on the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries

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