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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.
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.
Along the west coast, a small but promising experiment is under way that could change how we grow oysters. Early results from trials of the FlipFarm floating system point to faster growth, better shell shape and, crucially, far less physical labour.
Living between Ireland and the United States has made one thing plain: what counts as “news” depends very much on where you are standing.
If you’ve ever paid extra for “never frozen” salmon in an Irish supermarket, a recent EU court ruling suggests you may not be getting what you think.
A European court ruling last autumn on smoked salmon did not attract much attention outside regulatory circles.
