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Galway eel fishermen to receive compensation

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Galway eel fishermen to receive compensation

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Up to two dozen eel fishermen in Galway will receive compensation from this month.

A ban on eel fishing was introduced in 2009.

Lobbying has taken place in the intervening years and a protest took place last summer outside Leinster House calling for a compensation scheme.

The government agreed to fund a scheme to a maximum of 3 million euro.

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Sinn Féin city councillor, Mark Lohan Councillor Lohan says it's been a long battle to secure the compensation.

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