State faces €3.5m bill after fishermen win ‘mussel seed’ case
Four risked financial ruin by fighting their case
A group of fishermen have won an epic legal battle over mussel fishing rights which is set to cost the state at least €3.5 million.
Gerard Kelly and three other mussel fishermen risked financial ruin by fighting their case in both the High Court and Supreme Court.
They had argued that their €16 million investment in the purchase of new mussel dredging boats had been ruined by “aggressive” mussel seed fishing by Northern ...
