THE Taoiseach is resisting pressure from within his own party to hold three outstanding by-elections, saying they are “more likely next year than this”.

MASTERS of unsafe boats will face two years in prison, Junior Marine Minister Pat The Cope Gallagher said yesterday.

MORE than 4,000 anglers from all over the country delivered a strong message to the Government at the weekend - end drift netting for salmon now.

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

A review of scallop fishing fleets was announced tonight in a bid to prevent further blockades of ports by protesting fishermen.