A flotilla of vessels will gather at Roches Point off Cork Harbour today and steam in to the upper quays in the city as hundreds of fisherman stage a protest at what they warn is a "direct assault" on their incomes. Fishermen say their livelihoods have been decimated as a result of Brexit and fish quota cutbacks. Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation (ISWFPO) chairman Pat Murphy said fishermen and their families were now fighting forsurvival. "Fishermen operate in the most dangerous profession, in the most hazardous and challenging conditions. He claimed what is happening with Irish fish stocks ranks as the greatest plundering of a natural resource in history.

Source: Irish Independent May 26, 2021 06:21 UTC