Row over proposed new fishing laws intensifies

ANGRY TDs moved to delay controversial new fishing laws being “jackbooted” through the Oireachtas yesterday as a row intensified over legal advice given to ministers.

The Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Committee abandoned their scheduled examination of the proposed legislation until the dispute was resolved.

Cork Fine Gael TD Jim O’Keeffe called for the suspension in order to stop the Fisheries and Marine Jurisdiction Bill being “jackbooted through with unseemly haste”.