Ken Whelan
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Angling Notes: Algae bloom on Lough Sheelin a worry for anglers
- Other Sports
- September 28, 2020, 00:00
Brenda Montgomery’s weekly bulletin on Lough Sheelin always makes for interesting reading. In her latest report, she highlights the lakes eutrophicati(...)

Angling Notes: specimen fish hunters enjoy awards presentation
- Other Sports
- March 2, 2020, 00:00
The Irish Specimen Fish Committee (ISFC) awards presentation for 2019 took place recently in the Clayton Hotel near Dublin Airport. The day represents(...)

Angling Notes: Bluefin tuna catch and release scheme to run in 2020
- Other Sports
- February 17, 2020, 08:00
Bluefin pilot programme Building on the success of last year’s bluefin tuna pilot programme, a catch and release fishery for the species in Ireland w(...)

Balancing the scales: Can the legal profession open itself up to greater diversity?
- Education
- February 4, 2020, 00:00
Since secondary school, Sinéad Nic Ambróis dreamed of becoming a solicitor. The young Donegal woman studied law at Letterkenny Institute of Technolog(...)

Merchants of Bordeaux: DIY diplomats shake hands with ‘Wine Geese’ ghosts
- Music
- November 26, 2019, 05:00
The boat cuts along the swirling Garonne towards the Cité du Vin. En route: the Bourse as a badge of a bourgeois town. Invisible from the quayside is (...)

Scale force: citizen scientists reel in data on salmon and sea trout
- Other Sports
- April 15, 2019, 06:00
The Minister of State with responsibility for inland fisheries, Seán Canney, is seeking assistance from anglers to become citizen scientists for the N(...)

Dick Warner obituary: Champion of the natural world
- People
- June 24, 2017, 01:54
Richard (Dick) Warner Born: July 19th, 1946 Died: June 16th, 2017 The broadcaster Derek Mooney remembers spending hours in Donadea Forest Park, in Co(...)

Report on licensing for aquaculture delivered to Marine Minister
- Other Sports
- June 19, 2017, 00:00
The Minister for the Marine, Michael Creed, has received a report from the independent Aquaculture Licensing Review Group which examines the process o(...)

Angling Notes: Bandon anglers take scouts for big day out on Blackwater
- Other Sports
- May 15, 2017, 00:00
Bandon scouts in Co Cork attended a fishing tuition day at the River Blackwater organised by the local angling club and supported by Inland Fisheries (...)

Driftnet ban fails to save Atlantic wild salmon
- Irish News
- February 19, 2017, 12:06
Ten years after Ireland banned driftnetting for salmon at sea, the controversial measure has proved to be a failure. The Atlantic wild salmon is in a(...)