THE Latvian ship, Defender, the owners of which owe its nine Russian and Ukrainian crew more than e80,000 in unpaid wages, has been detained by Port State Control in Cork harbour over manning irregularities.

UP to 33 fisherman were lucky not to die in the space of just four days off the Irish coast after their vessels sank due to major safety faults.

CREW members of a Latvian-registered ship have refused to move from the quay wall of Greenore harbour until they are paid the salaries which have been withheld from them for the past four months.

The crew of a ship that was detained at Dublin Port have barricaded themselves inside the vessel, three miles off the coast of England.

GALLEY slave-like conditions on board a ferry that serves Dublin Port will be highlighted today in talks between SIPTU and the company chartering the vessel.