Ireland

Is the glass half full or half empty? That is the question facing those who debate, and will sup from, the future of the Irish fishing industry. Pieter Tesch reports. - According to Irish Fisheries’ Minister “Pat the Cope” Gallagher, the glass is full to the brim. But some industry leaders fear that the minister’s own, new, sea-fisheries legislation will undo what has been achieved over recent decades when it is added to the decisions of all EU ministers at their December 2005 fisheries’ Council meeting.