Expansion plan at Castletownbere to boost fishing sector

A massive expansion plan for the country’s premier whitefish port will have a significant economic impact on the fishing sector in the West Cork region, Deputy Noel Harrington believes.

The proposed €20 million spend at Dinish Wharf in Castletownbere will ensure facilities for the fishing industry, and the wider seafood sector, are on a par with the best in Europe, the Fine Gael TD for Cork South West said. The works, which involve a 200-metre pier extension, will double in size the existing facility. They also include dredging, a reconfiguration and upgrade of the boatyard, and replacement of the syncrolift with an improved mobile boat hoist.

Mr Harrington said: “This development will also help to secure jobs locally in the engineering and maintenance sector of the fishing industry.”