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2019 Climate Protestors Call On Government Christian Brothers Pay $7.57m
Debt To Victims’ Organization
11th, To End Over-Fishing Of Irish Waters C

carbon, and thus help slow
European
ctivists from the
“The
December ARebellion group Council’s Common down global warming. President & Founding
E x t i n c t i o n
Fisheries Policy (CFP) was
“Ireland has continu-
Publisher
ters to end the practice
law to force member states
among the worst nations
| have called on minis- revised in 2013 to include a ously been identified as Paddy McCarthy
Editor
to eliminate over-fishing
of over-fishing in Irish
for negotiating fish catches
EXAMINER waters. by the start of next year. above scientific advice on Christian Brothers has paid its out- Associate Publisher
Grahame Curtis
sustainable limits.”
About 50 demonstrators
“Yet, on the eve of this
Marc-Yves Tumin
The group said inaction
the
Irish
gathered outside Leinster
deadline,
News Editor
David Carter
IRISH House on Monday. Government appears to to ensure sustainable fish- standing debt of $7.57m (€6.8m) to a Arts & Entertainment Editor
ing levels to date has creat-
The protest is the latest
have no plans to end busi-
redress organization, it has been con-
in a series of “direct
ness as usual when it
ed a situation where signif-
action” demonstrations by comes to over-fishing. icant cuts in fish quotas firmed. Brad Balfour
The Department of Education
the environmental group, “Over-fishing at current and even closure of fish- and Skills revealed on Monday that Sales Director
which held a week-long levels takes a terrible toll eries must now be consid- the Congregation of Christian John O’Rourke
campaign of “civil disobe- on fish populations, ered to meet the EU’s
dience” in October. marine life and on the binding 2020 deadline to Brothers fulfilled its voluntary pledge Classified Advertising
John O’Rourke
Institutions
Residential
to
the
Two of the demonstra- ocean’s ability to sequester end over-fishing. C Statutory Fund (RISF).
tors were dressed as mer- Art Director
maids with costumes The religious organization’s con- Heidi Gross Kelley
made of seashells, recycled tribution was completed through a Contributors
Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
items and fishing nets series of monthly cash transfers O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
while others dressed as between September and December Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
fishermen. this year. Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
Extinction Rebellion Since September a total of $7.57m Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
called on the government (€6.8m) has been paid by the Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
to uphold the law and end Congregation of Christian Brothers, Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
Daly, Jim McKeon
over-fishing. bringing to $9.8m (€8.8m) the
In a statement, the amount contributed in 2019 and Contributing Photographers
group said ending over- $33.4m (€30m) contributed since Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
Wong
fishing by January 1 2020 is 2013.
a legal requirement for Caranua, a state body, was set up Circulation
John Philip, Manager
members of the European to deal with a $122.5m (€110m) North East - Paul Hamrock
Union. redress scheme to help improve vic- West Coast - Jim Clement
tims’ lives through housing, health Historian
O’Dwyer & Bernstien, LLP and education for people who suf- Events Consultant
Joseph Walsh
fered abuse as children.
The independent body was set up
Attorneys-at-Law to help people who, as children, Timothy Murphy
experienced abuse in residential insti- Subscriptions
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Concentrating in:
Construction Accidents • Scaffolding Accidents • Automobile Accidents The contributions made by the Business Development
Congregation over the last few Tom DeSantis
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been paid into the RISF, with the Lisa L. Johnston
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