Donegal fishing community to benefit from latest funding allocation for Killybegs Harbour
A major funding announcement has been made for the local fishing industry in Donegal. Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre has been allocated over five million Euro in the latest funding announcement made by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. The Donegal facility is one…
Coastguard called to incident at Killybegs Harbour
A fisherman is recovering in hospital after sustaining an injury on board a vessel close to Killybegs yesterday. The Killybegs Coast Guard were tasked to the scene yesterday evening to meet a fishing vessel at Killybegs Harbour to assist the National Ambulance Service with the injured crewman. …
Killybegs Coast Guard attend incident close to local harbour
Killybegs Coast Guard were tasked to assist a vessel that had gotten into difficulty near the harbour yesterday. The alarm was raised at 9.40am with the team attending a 75 meter vessel which was taking water on board via the hull. The team went aboard the vessel with a…
Reduction of fishing fleet will lead to local job losses
A North West TD is warning that a decision taken at Cabinet level last night will be ‘devastating’ for the local fishing industry and could put a number of jobs in the processing of fish at risk in factories across the country. The Cabinet has agreed a 66 million…
Politicians clash over Killybegs harbour funding
There is ‘outrage’ in the Killybegs area amid fears that ten million euro worth of work at the local harbour may not go ahead as planned. Fianna Fail Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher says an extension and improvements to the centre were expected to start about now but he fears…
Concerns over site where silt is to be dumped in Donegal Bay
Fish-farmers in the south Donegal area say a new site must be found to dump silt as part work on the extension of the Harbour in Killybegs. The Department of Agriculture wants to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency for a licence to dump almost 100,000 tonnes of silt from…
Donegal TD hits out at new Killybegs Harbour restrictions
A Donegal Sinn Fein TD has hit out at Marine Minister Michael Creed following his decision to introduce new rules at Killlybegs Harbour restricting access hours to the port’s boat lifting system. Deputy Pearse Doherty has described the decision as “an insult” to those who depend on the Syncrolift boat…