Skippers say €48m West Cork wharf expansion will not benefit Irish trawlers

Dinish Wharf expansion at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre is of little use to Irish fishers given the EU quota deal, they say

Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister, Charlie McConalogue, with Cork County Mayor Frank O’Flynn, local TDs, councillors, and MEPs officially opening the €48m Dinish Wharf expansion at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre. Picture:  John Allen

A €48m expansion project at one of Ireland’s main fishing ports has been slammed by fishing industry representatives as little more than a “glorified parking lot” for trawlers.

They also say the Dinish Wharf expansion at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre, which was opened on Thursday, will be of more use to large foreign vessels than Irish trawlers.