Local Louth man loses fishing appeal and is ordered to pay costs of Inland Fisheries Ireland – Dundalk Democrat

Inland Fisheries Ireland has won a circuit court case against a man from Co. Louth who appealed a district court case for illegal salmon fishing

The appeal was heard and Mr Smith was ordered to pay two fines totalling e600 and costs of e2,369 to Inland Fisheries Ireland at Dundalk Circuit Court on Friday, May 11 last.

The court heard that Mr Smith was found to be illegally fishing in September 2010.  Fisheries officers Thomas Duffy, Dermot Wynne and Ronan O’Brien from the Dundalk district apprehended him with a fixed net at the shores of Annagassan, which is the tidal section of the Dee and Glyde rivers, and initiated court proceedings……Dundalk Democrat……23/05/12…..read full article…..

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