Michael Creed

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For inshore fishermen, sprat are now seen as an alternative catch to the lost abundance of skate, ray, plaice and other inshore species. Drawing by Michael Viney
Another Life: Humble sprat key to safeguarding inshore ecosystem

A torrent of little silvery sprats was spilling in panic out of the sea, chased ashore by mackerel, and people were scooping them up with buckets, gle(...)

James O’Connor said he will wait to see what happens in the meeting before making any decision on whether or not to quit the Fianna Fáil whip. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins
James O’Connor to meet Martin as FF future on knife-edge

Cork East TD James O’Connor’s future as a member of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party hinges on a meeting on Thursday with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.(...)

People will soon be able to eat indoors as Government last night passed legislation allowing indoor dining for the vaccinated. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Indoor dining law passed in Dáil, Donnelly rejects discrimination claims

The Government has defended its indoor dining legislation against allegations of discrimination, saying the European Union already differentiates betw(...)

The Dáil was told that the debate should not be seen as a ‘binary choice between meat on the one hand and vegetables or plant-based diets on the other’. File photograph: Getty
Dáil hears of 7,000,000-strong national herd’s importance

If the entire national herd of seven million cattle was sacrificed “on the altar of climate change” there would be no net benefit because Ireland is “(...)

Fine Gael TD Michael Creed said it was ‘entirely unacceptable’ that the most senior official in the Department of Health contacted RTÉ about the programme. File photograph: Tom Honan
TD accuses official of trying to ‘gag’ RTÉ over documentary

A former government minister has accused secretary general of the Department of Health Robert Watt of a “gross abuse of position” in attempting to “ga(...)

Liadh Ni Riada was the unanimous choice of party members in the three-seat constituency. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire.
Sinn Féin selects Liadh Ní Riada to run in Cork North-West in next general election

Former Ireland South MEP and unsuccessful Presidential candidate Liadh Ní Riada has been selected by Sinn Féin to run for the party in the Cork North-(...)

Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae declared 16 letting properties in a Dáil register of members’ interests. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Michael Healy-Rae is Dáil’s biggest landlord and declares NYT shares

One-quarter of TDs are property investors or landowners, the latest register of Dáil members’ interests shows, a drop from the previous Dáil, in which(...)

Sarah Jane Bennett works at the Irish Embassy in Singapore
‘It’s fantastic living here – in the gateway to Asia’
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  • October 16, 2020, 05:15

Singapore wasn’t on Sarah Jane Bennett’s original itinerary when she embarked on her global travels over a decade ago, but she found a good life in th(...)

The directive from the department had banned trawlers over 18m from fishing within the six-mile limit. File photograph: Donall Farmer/The Irish Times
Marine body welcomes end of ban on 18m boats fishing inside six-mile limit

A leading fishing organisation has welcomed a High Court ruling which has effectively led to a Department of the Marine ban of vessels over 18 metres (...)

Road bowling is still played regularly, particularly in the summer evenings. Photograph: iStock
Road bowlers asked to suspend crowded matches after large meeting

Traditional road bowlers in Cork have been asked to suspend crowded competitions following a reported gathering of about 100 people over the weekend. (...)

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