Youghal Fishermen's Strike Hits Dungarvan Event
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MARIO'S MOTOR FACTORS MARY ST., DUNGARVAN HORNIBROOKS Spares for- Dungarvan Deader COOKERS, KETTLES, FRIDGES TWIN TUBS, AUTOMATICS, mmr and SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT FOR VACUUM CLEANERS AND TUMBLE DRYERT Circulating throughout the County and City of Waterford, South Tipperary and South-East Cork TEL. 058/42417, anytime Vol. 50. No. 2566. FRIDAY, JUNE 3. 1988 REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL TOYOTA , ' POST OFFICE AS A NEWSPAPER PRICE 25p (inc. VAT) No Preferential Grant Aid SEA ANGLING For West Waterford Deputy Austin Deasy asked Social Council In September, the Minister for industry and 1'985 which recommended ob- Youghal Fishermen's Strike Commerce the reason the West jective criteria for determining Waterford and portlaw areas the areas to be designated. •were not included in the list of These criteria are based on, A TIME BOMB ON premises at Lower Main Street areas he announced for prefer- labour market imbalance, ential grant aid. for industry which Is a broadly defined WHEELS whan it was discovered that a when the unemployment levels measure of unemployment. The safety valve was leaking. The In a recent interview, the iin these areas are high; and if Economic and Social Research Hits Dungarvan Event substance expands at sucih an he H1 make a statement on Institute was commiissioned to Chief Fire Officer of Cork City, W enormous rate that a little can the matter. determine the actual areas Tony McCarthy expressed hiis In addition to the bitter five The fishermen have alleged on the local sea angling clubs concerning money alleged to be cause a major explosion when In the written answer on which merited designation growing concern at the freedom Wednesday, May 26. the Minis- under the NiESC formula. The months old rod licence dispute that southern angling clubs does not. make any sense. At a paid to the Fisheries Board by it mixes with the oxygen in the which has decimated tourism, were providing a sum of £30 000 With which trucks carrying ter, Mr. Albert Reynolds stated: EI9RI analysis has determined timP when we should be doing sea angling clubs were utter air. The Dungarvan Fire Bri- especially in the West of Ire- to the Fisheries Board to fund everything to boost our tour- rubbish. "What they do when dangerous chemicals axe able to The basis for .the recent Gov- that the following non-desig- land., a new fisheries row flareda fresh campaign to stamp out gade and the Gardai were ernment decision agreeing to nated counties merit the high- ist attractions and amenities they go out fishing ls none of move through tihe city. Prior to last Thursday night after a the use of the illegal nets for such senseless boycotts almost our business, our concern is just alerted and the area was the designation of certaPn est priority for designation, i.e. heated confrontation between salmon fishing along the south moving to Cork, Mr. McCarthy counties for the higher rate of Louth. Wexford, Wicklow and amount to a kiss of death. to get On with our own compe- cordoned off while t'he tanker fishermen in the East cork area coast. The confrontation took titions," he said was the Ohiief Fire Officer here fixed asset grant was a report Offaly. It is on this basis that driver, displaying great courage. and Southern Fisheries Board place at Youghal pier and RUBBISH entitled "Designation of Areas the Government decided to Officers over the seizure of ille- gardai had to be called as more Should th( dispute not be re- in Waterford with headquarters mto, hfs ^ab and drove tihe for Industrial Policy'' produced accord these counties designa- gal monofilament, nets in Youg- than 200 locals prevented Fish- Dungarvan sea Angling Club soived before Sunday. the com- in Dungarvan where he was|Vehide (he youghal Road •by the National Economic anid tion status. hal. ery Officers from landing a boat petition will be serviced by local are to stage one of their major boatmen in Dungarvan and' Ab- W an d containing nets which had been annual fixtures next Sunday, r, ( M^ ^ 'and on to open ground at seized. The Officers were as a beyside but because the num- Chief McCarthy s worries a re Kitossera away from any houses the King and Queen of the Sea ber Of boats may. accordingly, result, forced to go back out competition, and the Club centred on the transportation of !and ,e Thankfully the and find an alternative landing be limited the competitors can point. P.R.O.. Damien Dillon told the only be accommodated or a first dangerous substances .around bkm was resolved without "Leader" that, Irrespective of rv^iintrtr \A; l-ie-r'o Ihp c i til at mn r come, first served basis. It is to t'he country where the situation any dire consequences but we any intimidation that, might be be hoped, however, that wiser Later on Thursday night expected, the competition will at present exists that a truck have been told on the very best about 150 fishermen based in counsels will have prevailed be- can leave any point at any time go ahead He said that the fore then. authority that for a sihort priod Youghal decided to refuse to claims made by the fishermen bring anglers out in their boats carrying fih.e most potentially the whole lower end of the C.B.S. Munster Schools Cup dangerous substances without because, as they claimed the town, in the vicinity of Lower anglers had financed thP new notifying the relevant authori- Main Street and Church Street clampdown mounted by the ties which in such cases are the was in danger of going up in a Fisheries Board. A spokesman Fire Departments and the for the fishermen warned that puff of sm'oke. Tennis Team they would prevent private boat Gardai. owners from taking out anglers, This is really a very frighten- However, virtually every sub- even if it meant using physical DUNGARVAN ing thought and it sihows how force. stance with hazardous proper- very relevant the remarks of In the meantime the Fisher- ties is covered in some respects Chief Officer McCarthy and ies Board has strongly refuted in major new legislation intro- the allegations that, they were SEA ANGLING duced in January of last year. indeed those of all our other mounting a new campaign of Chief Officer McCarthy points Fire Officers are in .regard to net seizures or that they had NOTES out that there are two main the handling of all these received any monies from ang- GLUB dangerous substances. It is ling associations for such a categories involved in the campaign. carriage of these dangerous indeed time to stand back and substances. These are the oil, take a long, hard luck at this DUNGARVAN EVENT HIT chemical and gas companies very serious problem before a It was with regret that last Next Sunday's competition is The Youghal row spread to week's inter-firms competition the King and Queen of the who transport such substances major catastrophe does occur. Helvick on Saturday last when Seas. Get the entries in early on a regular basis and were local fishermen decided to sup- had to be cancelled: sorry for port their Youghal colleagues any inconvenience caused to as we may have to operate a "reasonably safety conscious" NEW AGRICULTURE and to refuse tn take anglers our members and othe^ r poten- "first come first served" basts, and the small operators who I ACT out in their boats. Spokesman tial competitors. I m'.ght tell Den't say you were not were the cause- for most tor the Helvick fishermen. you that H was as difficult to The Kng is:sponsored by On Monday of last week the Richie Tobin. informed the Dun- dteman.tte the outing as.it was SLo ' Smsmri by concern. He said 'that garvan Sea Ansllng Club of this to airranige. Anyway, the sood Q^een i6. sponsored (o,, Mk'inbcrs of the former ('nun 1 y docdsioii on Saturday. As a. rc- [lews is til,1L 111,' lniter-ftrm-s will We are thankful to both. t tAcn i n dependen t. erford Committee of Asri- Kl the Dungarvan Club was i>,, tishetl at a date v-et to be 'j-'.-.have beet* no reports enced truckers carried dan ire. or "ar least most ot j forced, at. short notice, to can- arranged. of "sightings of 'Sydney the serous goods through cities them, held a meeting a' the cel their Important Inter-Firms The other good news is that Conger' as yet - he hasn't and towns without even know- ACO'l Office in Dungarvan to Competition scheduled for Sun- there are a few congers out turned up in either a net or a day. in excess of 70 entries had there—we had a few hours out- lobster pet as yet. See you Sun- ing what t'hey were carrying. which the four TDs for the been received for this and club ing on Sunday. There are day. Sydney! These "blind" and potentially Constituency were invited, i he officials then had to make con- mackerel out there too, one of — PRO deadly consignments were, he meeting was called to lobby the tact with these to inform th°m the lads caught one! of thp last, minute cancellation. said, being transported around TD's to make representations In view of the strong denial thc. country every day usually to Minister for Agriculture issued by the Regional Fisheries destined for agriculture and Michael O'Kennedy to include E'oard that angling clubs had a section in tihe new Agriculture contributed no monies for the small businesses where people alleged net seizure campaign taking delivery were not (Research.