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Tommy Greene

INSANE: Disappearing eels and the fight for a centuries old livelihood - The Real Truth

Gary McErlain, 49, is one of a number of lough fishermen who feels their concerns have been largely unheard by politicians and authorities [Neill O'Higgins/Al Jazeera]

On the boarding and the signposts
‘Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-operative’.
But ever on our lips and at the weir
‘The eelworks’.

— “Eelworks” by Seamus Heaney

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