Following on last week’s announcement that the P&O ferry group will withdraw its ship on the Rosslare to Cherbourg route from December 19, the IFA Livestock chairman John Bryan said yesterday there is a real urgency for Minister Mary Coughlan and the Government to intervene and guarantee farmers and live exporters continued roll on roll off (ro/ro) ferry access to markets in continental Europe.

FERRY company P&O was yesterday studying the Supreme Court decision to lift a six-year temporary order which forced one of its shipping companies, Pandoro, to carry livestock from Ireland to the Continent.