Tag Archives: Irish fishing trawler
State Papers: Royal Navy submarine dragged Irish fishing trawler backwards for 1.6km before breaking free
Britain attempted to claim State immunity in an attempt to recover a valuable towed sonar array from a Royal Navy attack submarine which detached after snagging in the nets of an Irish fishing trawler. The fishing boat was subsequently dragged backwards for 1.6km before breaking free. Confidential Department of Foreign Affairs documents revealed that civil servants felt an agreed settlement between the British Embassy and the trawler skipper involved was preferable to the matters coming before the Irish courts. The incident occurred 40km east of Skerries, Co Dublin at 7.20pm on September 12, 1989 when an Irish trawler, MV Contestor, alerted the Shannon-based Marine Rescue Centre. >click to read< 08:05
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
