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Tom MacSweeney's THIS ISLAND NATION
Well, that was the view of Siobhan Faulkner from Clogherhead on the latest edition of my radio programme, THIS ISLAND NATION.
Her family are strongly involved in the fishing industry, her husband and herself trawler owners and so is her son and that means that she is also “strongly involved” and believes passionately in the future of the fishing industry.
She was on the programme, being one of the ladies who took part in the Bord Iascaigh Mhara Podcast recordings which followed women in the seafood industry.
I have broadcast a few of these Podcasts already. Siobhan made quite a big impact with listeners in the strong manner in which she put her views – and the case for more women to be involved in the fishing industry.
You can hear her on the Podcast of THIS ISLAND NATION here and one other point I’d like to raise about this edition of the programme is the destruction of public lifebuoys, a very dangerous practice, which is worst in cities and towns around the nation.
I have no hesitation in saying that I detest those who vandalise public lifebuoys. Prosecuting and convicting such people, because their actions endanger life is, without question, absolutely necessary, but new legislation to make it easier for Gardai to do so and which would provide for a five-year jail sentence for those convicted, has been held up in the Dáil for two years. Hard to understand why at a time when local authorities have to spend €50,000 a year to replace an estimated 1,500 ringbuoys that are stolen or vandalised.
“A stolen ringbuoy can be a stolen Life.”
More about this on the programme also. We are always on the look out for photos and news from around the coast and from all our harbours so please do send them on to us via email to editor@marinetimes.ie
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Segmentation of Fleet Capacity
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Joefy checking images and of his 'younger days' in the September issue of the Marine Times in Power's Centra in Dunmore East - Photo courtesy William Power
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