Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Gerald Sharkey

1 report across 1 case, 5 Jul 2024 to 5 Jul 2024

Suspect: Gerald Sharkey, Irish man (judged from name)Gerald Sharkey

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Offences
Sea-fisheries offences (exceeding prawn catch quotas and under-reporting catch)
Where
Co. Louth
Reporting
1 report, 5 Jul 2024 to 5 Jul 2024
Outlets
irishmirror.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Louth man fined for overfishing prawns and under-reporting catch Sea-fisheries offences (exceeding prawn catch quotas and under-reporting catch) · Co. Louth

    Gerald Sharkey, a man from Clogherhead, County Louth, was the subject of Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority inspections of the boat Saint Catherine Laboure in May and June 2017 in regulated fishing grounds FU16. He pleaded guilty at Dundalk Circuit Court to sea-fisheries offences: fishing 200 per cent more high-value prawns than quotas allowed and under-reporting the catch. The court described the breach as a serious offence. In the week reported on 5 July 2024, Sharkey was fined €20,000 and ordered to forfeit €10,000 from the value of the catch, a total of €30,000.

    Sentenced, 5 Jul 2024Convicted · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Gerald Sharkey, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 5 Jul2024
    Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Louth man fined for overfishing prawns and under-reporting catch
    Louth man ordered to pay out €30,000 for overfishing high-value prawns
    convicted, Gerald Sharkey, male, named, irish (judged from name)Gerald Sharkey

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