Tag: Ireland
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Cocaine Worth €1.5m Seized At Rosslare Port From Car Travelling From Cherbourg
March 09: Cocaine with an estimated street value of more than €1.5 million has been seized by customs officers at Rosslare Europort, Co Wexford, Ireland. Two men in their 20s were arrested by […]
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8 Stowaways Found Aboard Cargo Ship Arriving From Saint Nazaire, France in Waterford, Ireland
December 04: 8 stowaways were found on board of a general cargo ship, unconfirmed but likely the FLEX EMDEN (IMO #9184823), berthed at Belview port, Waterford, southeast Ireland, on Dec […]
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Sixteen People Found in Lorry on Ferry to Rosslare, Ireland
November 21: Sixteen people have been discovered in a lorry on a ferry travelling from France to the Irish port of Rosslare. They were found in a “sealed trailer” on […]
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Stowaways Discovered In Engine Room of Cargo Ship En Route From Rouen France to Ireland via Cherbourg
September 28: EEMS DART, a general cargo ship, was sailing from Rouen France to Dogheda Ireland, and turn to Cherbourg, when the crew exposed eight Albanian illegal migrants in the […]
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Cocaine Worth €2.5m Found in Horsebox that Came Off Ferry in Rosslare, Ireland
July 19: Customs officers seized over 35kgs of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than €2.5 million, attempted to be smuggled through Rosslare Port in a horsebox. The seizure […]
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Dublin Port Seeks to Take Back Leased Land Post-Brexit For Border Checks
The Dublin Port Company (DPC) has told the Commercial Court it fears a standstill of truck traffic in the immediate aftermath of Brexit if its plans to take back land […]
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Port hacking threat
Data protection event hears organisations must be ready for new EU rules in 2018 Hacking attacks on ports among new security threats, conference told Elaine Edwards There has been an […]
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CG boss heads to Somalia
Will help create an effective Somali Coast Guard. Coast Guard Boss to Head EU Mission in Somalia The Director of the Irish Coast Guard is set to leave his post […]
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Italy rescues 4,400 migrants
Italian Navy, CG, border police, Norwegian and Irish navies assist migrants. Italian navy rescues a record 4,400 migrants off Libya Italy’s coast guard says it coordinated the rescue of some […]
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Ireland: Navy gifts ship to Malta
Ship to help with migrant crisis. Ireland: Navy gifts ship to Malta The Government is to gift one of its Naval Service ships to the Maltese to help them cope […]