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"Fishermen have had to come up the Liffey to be heard." #Flotilla

A flotilla of over 50 fishing trawlers steamed up the Liffey at dawn from Irish coastal villages ...

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16.48 23 Jun 2021


"Fishermen have had to come up the Liffey to be heard." #Flotilla


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16.48 23 Jun 2021


A flotilla of over 50 fishing trawlers steamed up the Liffey at dawn from Irish coastal villages across Ireland. The fishermen and women are angry over quotas cut by 15% in a Brexit deal. The Irish Fishing Industry employs 16,000 people and is worth up to €1 billion.
Henry McKean met fishermen and women and took to a boat on the Liffey and sent us this report.

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