Person: Aidan Barry

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Ballymartle strike 1-5 lead over Milford

Ballymartle struck a deadly 1-5 without reply in the closing minutes of this Cork IHC first round to pull away from a dogged Milford at Coachford today.

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Kerry boat owner fined after passengers became ill

Let’s nurture the salmon – not destroy it

Any move to reopen fishery would be a breach of our EU obligations

‘Sustainable yield’ theory has a fishy ring to it

Saving our salmon: pilot project aims to take a balanced approach

Gravel removal from rivers causing ‘serious damage’ to fisheries

CONTINUING removal of gravel and other materials from riverbeds in Cork and Kerry is causing serious damage to fisheries, the South Western Regional Fisheries Board has claimed.

Fri, 26 Mar, 2010

In search of the elusive brown trout

FEW people forget the primal thrill of landing their first fish.

Mon, 14 Dec, 2009

Invasive weed finally meets its match

A SPECIALLY designed weed-cutting machine, which has been introduced to Lough Corrib to tackle an invasive plant, may yet be seen in other parts of the country.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2009

50-year plan to restore Lee salmon

Donal Hickey hears ambitious plan has its detractors.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2008

Fifty years later, salmon smolts still can’t find the dam ‘door’

I WAS instantly drawn to the headline ‘Natural salmon habitat to be established in upper River Lee’ (February 11).

Mon, 25 Feb, 2008

Umera Wood cuts rivals down to size

UMERA WOOD, without a win since last April, bounced back to his best when taking heat 2 in the opening round of the Tyrur Ted Stakes at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.

Mon, 30 Jul, 2007

DPP decides not to act over huge seizure of untagged salmon

THE DPP has decided not to bring charges in a case arising from one of the biggest seizures of untagged salmon, it was confirmed yesterday.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2007

Fixed net kills shark

THE basking shark found on a beach near Castlegregory, Co Kerry, earlier this week, above, died in a fixed net, the SWRFB said yesterday.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2007

Basking shark may have been strangled by illegal salmon fishing net

THE discovery of a dead basking shark, suffocated in a monofilament net, on a beach in south Kerry led to claims yesterday that such nets are still being used for salmon fishing.

Tue, 10 Jul, 2007

Farmers threaten to kill eagles to protect livestock

FARMERS have threatened to shoot the white-tailed eagle if it attacks livestock after its re-introduction to Kerry in May.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2007

Fisheries board seizes untagged salmon

BETWEEN 500 and 600 untagged salmon, worth up to €50,000, have been seized from a Kerry commercial fish premises, the South Western Regional Fisheries Board confirmed yesterday.

Thu, 07 Sep, 2006

Fisheries chief at odds with anglers, scientists

I READ a report (Irish Examiner, April 14) that Aidan Barry, chief executive of the South-Western Regional Fisheries Board, is effectively accusing RTÉ of broadcasting misinformation.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2005

Poachers expose salmon defences

ON RTÉ’s Prime Time programme of Tuesday, February 8, which dealt with our dangerously low wild salmon stocks, South Western Regional Fisheries Board CEO Aidan Barry told the nation that the salmon policing system in his area had been transformed.

Wed, 16 Feb, 2005

Riddle of the salmon harvest and the anglers who couldn’t find it

THE chief executive of the South Western Regional Fisheries Board (SWRFB), Aidan Barry, guessed that the anglers in his Cork/Kerry area caught 5,000 salmon last season (Irish Examiner, Dec 17).

Tue, 23 Dec, 2003