Criminalisation of fishermen a burning issue

IT is perverse of ministers to insist that all issues have been identified in the so-called Lisbon guarantees.

The criminalisation of Irish fishermen remains a burning issue which will bear upon the prospects of a second referendum. The manifest unfairness of national policy towards Irish fishermen also has the potential more widely to colour citizens’ reactions.

This potential is likely to be pursued vigorously in the coming months.