Louth fishermen Treated Like Second-Class Citizens – ‘We Have Been Absolutely Screwed Since Brexit’ – 25/06/2025
Clogherhead fishermen are being treated like second class citizens by the EU and given small quotas compared to fishers in other European states.Prawns are their bread and butter, yet their prawn quota has dropped by 30 to 40pc inthe past five years.But they are also not allowed to fish for Squid around the lucrative Rockall fishery because of Brexit - and Royal Navy warships have been patrolling tokeep them out of the area.Niall Connolly whose family are synonymous with fishing in Clogherhead revealed: "We have been absolutely screwed since Brexit and the truth is we havebeen treated like…
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