Author: Brendan Lally
Landmark achievement with 3000 metres of nursery stream enhancements for recruitment of wild brown trout and salmon
Working in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Cairde an Chláir welcomed representatives from organisations involved in the group success of attaining a landmark achievement year, to a photo opportunity to celebrate the completion of 3000 metres of nursery stream habitat enhanced for the recruitment of wild brown trout and salmon in the Clare river…
The Finaway Restoration Project
In late September I walked a development in the Sheelin catchment, a tributary of the Mount Nugent river, the Finaway. Brenda Montgomery, Assistant Inspector, Inland Fishery Ireland (IFI) and Thomas Lynch, secretary Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association (LSTPA), kindly invited me to walk this development with them and to show me the work which they…
Changes planned to the protection, management of rivers
Article from Colman O’Sullivan – RTE – 5 Sep 2024 The Government has set a target of bringing 300 water bodies to a “good” status by 2027. The latest action plan on water, launched today, outlines changes to how rivers are managed and protected. Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcom Noonan…
Chairman’s letter to IFI July 2024 regarding Connacht Tribune “Angry Anglers”
The Chairman Inland Fisheries Ireland 18th July 2024 Dear Chairman With reference to the recent article by Dara Bradley which appeared in the Connacht Tribune; Anglers angry after catch limits reduced by half. It is disappointing that this poorly informed article has been printed by the Connacht Tribune. The people influencing this publication are sadly…