Trawler owners, their families and fishing representative organizations from across the country have taken part in a protest in Dublin city over quota cuts, the impact of Brexit and the European Union Common Fisheries Policy. A flotilla of 55 trawlers from all around the coast gathered at the entrance to Dublin Port before dawn and traveled up the River Liffey in convoy through the East Link Toll Bridge to Sir John Rodgerson’s Quay. It is the second such protest in recent weeks. In May, a flotilla of trawlers from the south, southwest and southeast of the country traveled to Cork...
