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BREAKING: Fishermen angry at ‘incident’ with foreign trawler off south coast this morning

Fishermen are furious after an incident off the south west coast early this morning that saw an Irish fishing trawler alleging it was threatened by a foreign-registered vessel inside the 12-mile Irish fishing limit. The incident was filmed by the crew of the Irish trawler and shows the other vessel coming dangerously close to the Irish boat. The Irish skipper can be heard radio-ing the other vessel and telling them to ‘stay away from us’,,, The incident comes just two days after southern fishermen held a peaceful rally in Cork city about the plight of the industry. >click to read< 10:05