Inland Fisheries Ireland says it is in an “ongoing and uphill struggle” to win back the public trust as a result of the “aftershocks” of a series of damaging scandals. These include the fallout from an IFI vehicle crash that later emerged to involve an uninsured vehicle, as well as a string of failed prosecutions that were withdrawn when it was found the necessary powers had not been properly delegated. These issues, along with concerns raised through protected disclosures, led the then-environment minister Eamon Ryan to dissolve the IFI board entirely in February 2023. He later clarified that a report of that investigation had in fact been delivered to IFI in February 2025. He will add that Mr Ryan did not commission an investigation, but that the report in question had been “triggered by a protected disclosure”.

Source: Irish Examiner March 26, 2026 08:00 UTC