There has been outrage, after an organisation that represents island communities in Ireland posted a picture showing “Donegal Catch” fish that was caught a bit further away from Killybegs than you might expect.
The image was posted by the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (IIMRO) on X (formerly Twitter), showing a pack of Donegal Catch fish fillets that were caught thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean – and then packaged and sold in Ireland.
The Donegal Catch brand is owned by Green Isle Foods, based in County Galway – but users were left asking why an Irish company would be selling pollock caught on the other side of the world, when Ireland is renowned worldwide for its quality and quantity of fish it produces.
“Produced in Ireland? From the North East and North West Pacific! Ireland’s geographic boundaries have exploded!,” one X user wrote.
Another simply commented, “a load of pollocks.”
File that one in a filing cabinet.