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Watch: Minister McConalogue celebrates Europe Day

To celebrate Europe Day 2022 and the Fiftieth anniversary of Ireland joining the European Union, Minister Charlie McConalogue hosted His Excellency Mr Ildefonso Castro, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain for a day-long visit to Inishowen. At the ...

09 May 2022 at 13:33

Northern Ireland

Zero-emission commuter ferry service to run between Belfast and Bangor

A zero-emission ferry service is set to start running between Bangor and Belfast. Condor Ferries has joined the Belfast Maritime Consortium with plans to operate “the world’s most advanced zero-emission commuter ferry service”. The service, set ...

12 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Services suspended for days and protests expected against P&O Ferries

Services were suspended and a series of demonstrations were expected to take place against P&O’s “appalling” decision to sack 800 seafarers. Unions and politicians condemned the mass dismissal, blamed by the company on losses of £100 million ...

18 Mar 2022 at 06:55

Scotland

Finance Secretary denies Government rushed ferry plans for party conference

Scotland’s Finance Secretary said she “fundamentally disagreed” with the assertion that the announcement of two botched ferries was rushed so it could be made at the SNP conference. Jim McColl, the former boss of the Ferguson Marine ...

28 Mar 2022 at 10:55

P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over sackings

The chief executive of P&O Ferries is to be quizzed by MPs on Thursday over the controversial sacking of nearly 800 workers without notice amid continued protests over the dismissals. Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint ...

24 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Local News

Clipper yachts back at sea on way to Derry

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Alderman Graham Warke, has sent his best wishes to the crews of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race which has resumed in the Philippines. The yachts, all crewed by ...

28 Mar 2022 at 21:33

Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in missing person inquiry

A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after another man fell from a boat off the Dorset coast. David Haw, 24, went overboard from a rigid inflatable boat in Poole Harbour in the early hours on Monday. ...

03 May 2022 at 16:25

UK ports will be required to check seafarers’ pay after P&O sackings

UK ports will be required to check whether ferry crews are paid at least the national minimum wage following the P&O Ferries sackings, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. The Cabinet minister told MPs ...

27 Apr 2022 at 14:25

One of two ships cleared as P&O Ferries tries to resume normal operations

One of the two P&O Ferries vessels which was being held for inspection has been cleared to sail, as the company attempts to resume normal operations. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the Norbay has ...

22 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon: Ex-Ferguson Marine staff can speak to watchdog about ferries

Ferguson Marine employees can speak to a watchdog over the issues experienced at the yard, Nicola Sturgeon has said. A report by Audit Scotland released last month found that the ferries would be delivered at ...

28 Apr 2022 at 14:55

New P&O Ferries crew did not know how to use life-saving equipment – report

Cheaper agency workers hired by P&O Ferries to replace sacked seafarers did not know how to use life-saving appliances, according to a new report. A total of 23 failures on Spirit of Britain were found by ...

28 Apr 2022 at 14:25

P&O Ferries vessel cleared to sail again after breaking down in Irish Sea

A P&O Ferries vessel which went adrift in the Irish Sea has been cleared to sail again. European Causeway lost power for more than an hour while sailing from Cairnryan in southern Scotland to Larne, ...

28 Apr 2022 at 11:55

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