THE now seasonal green seas are almost upon us in the bays of west Cork.

IT is imperative the Government acts on scientific recommendations to ban drift-net fishing and curtail other activities to ensure the survival of wild Atlantic salmon.

SENATOR Mary O’Rourke’s unintentional gaffe about “working like blacks” might be attributed to a Yorkshire coalminer’s sweat by her apologists, but even if its roots are in slavery, I’m sure she wasn’t thinking of this.