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Long standing KFO Chief Executive to retire at end of the year

The chairman of the board of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has announced that long-serving CEO, Seán O’Donoghue is to retire at the end of the year "after more than two decades of tireless and unparalleled service to the industry". Ciarán ...

17 Oct 2023 at 20:35

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Brexit deal fails Donegal fishermen

The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has said the Brexit deal reached this evening has demonstrated the duplicitous nature of these protracted negotiations and expressed its dismay at how repeated guarantees given to Irish fishermen have, ...

24 Dec 2020 at 19:35

Local News

Warning that Brexit will have major impact on fisheries In Donegal

Moves to mitigate the serious obstacles that could damage Donegal's seafood sector have begun in earnest this week with agreement on all sides that action was needed to prevent a harmful fallout from the Brexit deal. When the deal was announced ...

30 Dec 2020 at 20:00

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KFO calls for immediate action on Russian trawlers

The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has called on the European Commission to act immediately on the presence of Russian trawlers in waters intended primarily for oil and gas exploration. A fleet of Russian midwater freezer trawlers ...

25 Apr 2022 at 19:00

Local News

Guilty until proven innocent, the lot of Irish fishermen - KFO

Fishermen are demanding sight of a control audit report which allegedly makes a range of damaging allegations against the sector but to which they have been denied access for more than three years. Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) ...

01 Dec 2021 at 08:44

Local News

Watch: Thousands of fishermen and families descend on Dublin to protest over long standing injustices within the fishing industry

Thousands of protesters, among them hundreds of Donegal fishermen, women and families descended on the capital today, Wednesday, as unrest and tension continues to rise among those within the industry, and those affiliated with it. Those ...

23 Jun 2021 at 14:20

Local News

'Britain can’t have its cake and eat it' says Donegal fishing chief

The complexity of moulding Britain’s future relationship with the EU is nowhere more evident than in fisheries where the UK cannot expect to retain the privileges of membership while blocking its erstwhile European colleagues from its ...

12 Oct 2020 at 11:45

Local News

Brexit: Fishermen demand immediate access to the 'fund that got away'

Fishermen often brag about the 'one that got away' but in the case of fishermen here in Donegal it's more a case of the 'fund that got away'. A European fund set up to compensate Irish fishermen adversely impacted by the permanent ...

28 Feb 2023 at 11:58

Business

Lukewarm response in Donegal to Fisheries Aid package

A €14million fisheries aid package, to be distributed in the event of a ‘No-deal’ Brexit, announced in Budget 2020 has been met with a lukewarm response from KFO CEO, Seán O’Donoghue. “While any funding directed into fisheries ...

10 Oct 2019 at 09:23

Local News

Anxious times for Donegal fishermen on eve of key annual meeting of the Council of Fisheries Ministers

The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has expressed its concern ahead of the annual meeting of the Council of Fisheries Ministers. It believes that an industry already in a state of heightened anxiety regarding Brexit ...

15 Dec 2019 at 10:06

Local News

Donegal representatives to the fore in fishery talks

A number of high-profile leaders in the Donegal fishing industry have held what they described as a ‘positive’ meeting with the EU Fisheries Commission in Brussels. In a joint statement issued after the meeting yesterday ...

12 Jan 2023 at 13:32

Local News

Minister must consult the industry on offshore wind farms says Donegal fishermen

The Donegal fishing industry says they have a right to be consulted about offshore wind farms because it affects their livelihoods. Chief executive of the Killybegs-based Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) Aodh ...

15 Oct 2022 at 12:30

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