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SEÁN KELLY HAS called for greater monitoring of super trawlers off the Irish coast following the deaths of three dolphins.
The Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South recently wrote to the European Commission about the issue, after if was raised with him by constituents and dolphin and whale interest groups.
Speaking to EuroParlRadio, Kelly said he was pleasantly surprised when the commission responded, saying it was something he “didn’t expect”.
“Since 1991, the coast of Ireland has been a dolphin and whale sanctuary and, unfortunately, in July this year three dolphins were found dead and one of them had a rope around its tail.
“There are suspicions that the super trawlers are killing these dolphins and then throwing them back into the sea.”
Kelly said the commission is “obviously taking it seriously” because it has “proposed revised technical measures on how to deal with this issue and the monitoring of super trawlers”.
The only way to deal with an issue like this is to have onboard inspections, in particular, and then for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (which is based in Clonakilty, Co. Cork) to be given the opportunity and resources to continuously monitor what’s happening off the west coast of Ireland.
Kelly said the rules need to be enforced and people who break them should be “dealt with” and “[brought] to justice”.
In July, Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada called for an “effective ban” on super trawlers fishing on Irish waters.
Under the EU Common Fisheries Policy, vessels registered in the EU are allowed to fish in any EU waters.
At the time, Ní Riada said: “Super trawlers are seldom if ever boarded and seem to be immune from any form of inspection.
“Which stands in stark contrast to the treatment of Irish fishermen, who are subject to very regular oversight and who are routinely punished for even the slightest discrepancy in record keeping.”
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How the hell did it cost $1400 to build. You’d make that for 80 quid.
for 1400 he could have bought a mobile home or a serious tent/camper combo with gas cooker and electrics.
I’d say they journal forgot the decimal point.
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It should read $11.40
I hope so, otherwise that lad is a dope.
He used the same builder that put up the temporary housing units for €190,000 a pop……….
He could have used anything up to 8 sheets of marine plywood for this, add couple of tins of polish to give a good finish, it has timber internal framing too, given that hes an illustrator probably needed to buy a circular saw for couple of hundred, possibly had to buy his own bed and quilting. strip light could be 40-50 quid. Cost would add up easily enough.
A top of the range 12v leisure battery with trickle or automatic charger or even solar panels to keep his ‘lights’ on, a high end makita circular saw, the timber and ply if he replaced with oak, and if he polished it in gold dust (and that doesn;t look polished to me) wouldn’t cost him 1400
Sorry man, but that could be made for free. I think it’s an error in the article. If not, his rent is the least of his worries.
Just glanced at his blog and he did indeed pay 1300 to have it made. Talk about stupidity.
but how would you know how much things cost is SF ? Just asking.
I checked. It’s far cheaper than here. Googled the costs of materials. I also import tools and camping gear from the US regularly as it’s half the price of the UK.
Didn’t even get a lick of ronseal
Fair play – just asking. Maybe it includes land rent !!!
€1500 to live in a plywood crate? I have a barna shed he can have for a grand a month
He’s probably wondering why he hasn’t had any takers on his great idea. If he popped down to any industrial estate or any importers in SF, he would have got that for free. They would be more than happy for him to take it away.
He pays $400 to live there not 1500
And put it where Smeghead?
It’ll be some craic in the pod when he has kids.
What’s the point, other than to fulfill some need for attention on social media?
Shared a room a few times in university/J1 etc. One room, two beds… No big deal. Plenty of people I know who grew up in the 80′s/90′s shared a room with a sibling. No one ever saw the need to build a ridiculous crate to live in.
I really don’t know how to take the current generation of 20 somethings and the way they carry on.
That’s true Drew, some of the places I shared in my college years would make the 20+ generation toes curl, one room with two beds, kitchenette in a corner of the room, and one had a shared bathroom and loo down the hall. It’d been much cheaper for him to go and buy a damn bed, oh and in no way did that thing cost 1400.
Your comment shows what are ridiculous nation we’ve become that apparently it hasn’t been acceptable for siblings to share a room since the 90′s. Don’t think we need to look to the US for ridiculousness.
He may avoid the stout whilst living in that thing. One fart and he’s brown bread.
Wanna come back to my pod?
Nevermind him, can you imagine having that in your sitting room! No one take any notice of the man in the box. It would just be so awkward
Hope the landlords don’t see this article b giving them ideas
If my missus sees this, that’s me done for !
Wife jokes are so 90′s
This was supposed to be posted yesterday I take it…?
I was written shortly after it appeared on Reddit ;)
It blows all the irish building regulations out the windows and health and safety will probably get toffee nosed about pod living too.
Jaysus my dogs kennel is nearly that size
W**k box
That’s existing. Just. Don’t show Alan Kelly. He will have us all back to tenements in no time.
Looks cosy.
Looks like what dob and edna would dream up to solve the housing crisis at a substancial cost to the taxpayer of course
Sure does anyone remember some of the adverts online over here ? Someone was actually advertising a bed for rent under the stairs in a house .
It would be funny if his mate put the couch in front of the entrance…nice chest of drawers behind the couch as well to give him a bit of a challange
Sure makes moving out of the parents home look ‘great’!
He won’t get his hole in there
Um fire hazard?
I hope he doesn’t get an Irish roommate. There’d be a firelog and a shovel of coal in on top of him
80? With the bedding, the storage space, shelves/desk, the lights etc?
Yes. A saw, a measuring tape, and those are fairy lights operated by a simple battery most likely, the bedding you’d pick up in a second hand shop or second hand for peanuts. People dump stuff like that, nor a mind say sell it.
Tbh, it’s comical anyone would spend 1400 on a dog kennel. And a dog kennel would be better built than that yoke. I’d knock that together in 2-3 hours.
And I’d do it for free by picking up pallets.
Uhhhh yeah…
$20 for cheap used bedding… $800 to rid your apartment of bed bugs, or loose your security deposit.
Does he have a rest room in there ?
Where’s Dave? Ah, he moved in to the sideboard…
America, the greatest country on earth? You wouldn’t have people living like this in the third world.
The Japanese would just love that accommodation.
“Workaholics who live in rabbit warrens”.
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What a tool
This was written and published just to shake the housing market a bit more in ireland….. that would be the next option for landlords trying to get more money for an apt
Man in a box right there
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