The Progressive Democrats are using the survival of the salmon industry as a political football, an Oireachtas Committee claimed today.

Progressive Democrats Senator John Dardis has come out in favour of a total ban on drift-net salmon fishing along the Irish coast.

Fionnán Sheahan, Political Correspondent

THIS year will probably be best remembered for things like the introduction of the euro, and the first re-election of a coalition in the history of the State.