Members of the Irish fishing industry have said they had had a positive meeting with the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator over their concerns for the sector once Britain leaves the EU.

Brexit challenges facing food and drink exporters will be top of the agenda for Tara McCarthy when she takes up her new post as Bord Bia chief executive in January.

Assurances given by a state body over risks to wild salmon have not eased coastal communities’ fears over fish farms.

JUST two employees at Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) have expressed an interest in moving to the new €20m office complex in Clonakilty under the government’s decentralisation plan.

I AM afraid that the normally high standards of journalism maintained by the Irish Examiner were dragged down to an unfortunate level on Friday, July 1, when a letter from Roderick O’Sullivan was published entitled ‘Is farmed salmon a flying pig?’