Irish boat detained for fishing in Irish waters. why not detain a few Spanish and French vessels? oh yes i forgot we gave away our fishing rights to the EU. Sorry Irish fishermen no jobs for you!!

something fishy going on there

The ratio is due to more Irish vessels in Irish waters,I was on the LE Aisling for 2 years and we boarded more Irish vessels but detained more foreign vessels for illegal activities,we boarded huge Norwegian factory ships and small ones alike…..it’s not the navel services fault when it comes to quotas,
the cannot turn a bling eye just cause your an Irish vessel,and another thing just cause its an registered Irish vessel that does not mean its owned by an Irish person….

ahhh are ye codding me !!! lol

“roight lads, I’d be no expert here…..but here’s your problem….this (holding up a pack of Bird’s Eye Fish Fingers) is FISH…..what you guys seem to have on board is large boxes of cocaine and bunches of poor people…..both trying to get out of Oirland……..now, either bring them back or you’re in trouble!”

as an ex member of the Irish Naval Service i agree that there are limited resources. But a good job is laughable, from experience i can tell you that there it is about 6 to 1 the rate of Irish to foreign bordings and that’s just the EU members. the Japanese for example have free reign in our waters. you sound like a current member and if you are i honestly commend you as its a tough job. But our own fishermen are victimized by the state who fear the wrath of the EU fines for quota breaches!

David i couldn’t agree more.