The master of a German-registered super trawler has appeared in court charged with seven breaches of fishing regulations ...

A man has been detained and inspections are ongoing after a German-registered factory supertrawler was detained off the south ...

The court heard messages told the ship to set a course for Africa at full speed and burn the cocaine if intercepted ...

The German-registered, 117m long Helen Mary has been involved in multiple alleged fisheries breaches internationally and was ...

Counsel said that at one point, it was suggested “engulfing the lifeboat in flames” to burn the cargo of drugs, with the ...

Judge Dorgan released the master of the German-registered vessel, Willem Van Der Boon, on his own bond of €10,000 with no ...

Two men have gone on trial at the Special Criminal Court, where they deny having the 2.2 tonnes of cocaine for sale or supply ...

The vessel had been on a 14-day prawn fishing trip on the Porcupine Bank some 200 km west of Ireland and steamed for port immediately, arriving into Castletownbere early on Wednesday. Tragically, Mr ...

“Two Indonesian nationals working on Irish fishing vessels illegally were referred in October [2024] to the Irish police’s Human Trafficking Investigation and Coordination Unit (HTICU) for protection, ...

Speaking at the European Parliament’s PECH (Fisheries) Committee this evening, Fianna Fáil MEP for Midlands North-West, Barry Cowen, called on the European Commission to take stronger measures against ...

EFCA officials are currently conducting an inspection with the assistance of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) ...

A MAYO man who stole a fishing vessel from Westport Quay with the intention of sailing it to America was sentenced to one and ...