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The Sea They Gave Away
In December 2025, Ireland lost 57,000 tonnes of fishing quota in a single Brussels negotiation. The dockside value: €94 million. The real cost is measured in harbour towns where the boats sit longer at the pier and the young have one less reason to stay.
The Holdfast
On Ireland's west coast, families have cut seaweed by hand for generations. Now a Canadian-owned company wants harvesting licences across five of their bays. Three hundred harvesters gathered in Ros Muc to push back. They earn €100 a tonne. The global industry is heading for €22 billion.
The Sticker on the Door
Across the Southeast, a flood of foreign imports, two-day fishing seasons, and a climate-driven disease nobody saw coming are unravelling an industry that has defined these coasts for generations. The people who work the water are still here. The question is for how long.