Ireland's fishing crisis: ‘Fishermen don’t want free money, they want to be able to survive’

Bosco Mac Gearailt says his industry is at a turning point

Skipper Bosco Mac Gearailt, from Dingle, aboard the gillnetter Menscoedec that he co-owns, watching fishing nets being hauled in with the catch during a recent trip to the Atlantic. Picture: Neil Michael

Bosco Mac Gearailt stares into the darkness through an open side window of the Menscoedec.

Her diesel engines gently chug as he clears Dingle Harbour’s East Basin, steering the 19m boat towards the narrow channel that will eventually take him out to the open sea.