Pádraig MacLachlan

I would agree with Stefan, too, that we really need to do better in connecting small fishermen and their catch and to try and, I suppose, educate our own people on the variety of fish, from shellfish to finfish right through, and how it connects to the waters closest to it.

So there's definitely work to be done, and we have a Department of Marine team

You know, and BIM, that can do so much more.

But the core issue is that we don't have enough fish.

The core issue is that the common fisheries policy has failed us badly.

It is a profound injustice.

And as a people, collectively, we have to stand up against this and we have to say this is wrong.

It actually goes against the broader principles of the European Union around climate change, around, you know, communities benefiting from the resources closest to them.

So we just have to fight, you know, within the European Union so much harder than we have.

Well, in terms of both constituencies, like we put in our teams, I've seen it at first hand, put in a huge effort.

In Dublin Central, we got a strong vote, but I do congratulate the Social Democrats and Daniel Ennis.

It was their day in Dublin Central.

By-elections have their own dynamics.

Similarly in Galway West, we know that...

You know, if you look at Fine Gael, we'd have a strong presence in Galway West.

It would be maybe a more conservative constituency than most.

We were always up against it over there.

So it's disappointing, of course.

It's true that there was division.

It was a very close convention.