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  • 2. The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen

    16:55||Season 1, Ep. 2
    The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen.” “The way the Irish fishing industry is treated about Bluefin Tuna is insane,” says John Shine, a leading figure for 20 years in the marketing and selling of Irish fish, highlighting that Irish fishermen are prevented from catching Bluefin Tuna in Irish waters, while other nations are allowed to do so.

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  • 1. Alone around the World

    13:58||Season 1, Ep. 1
    On this edition of the maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney,the Polish solo sailor who is Ireland’s only representative in what is being described as “a world first event, never attempted before …” explains why he intends to spend over a year sailing 26,000 miles alone around the world on a 19-foot plywood boat which he has built himself….. The Managing Director of a Valentia Island boatyard discusses how it has built the first Naval vessel in Ireland for forty years…. and a sailmaker explains why he built a maritime cannon ….