16 people have been found alive on board a ship on its way to Rosslare Port in Co Wexford.

Transport Minister Shane Ross is to seek a meeting with his British counterpart over the "peculiar" ownership structure of Rosslare Port as soon as new government is formed in Britain.

Britain will control what happens to Rosslare Port after Brexit unless the Government immediately acts, a Fianna Fáil TD has warned.

Ferry companies have been accused of exploiting Ireland's vulnerability to Brexit to get the consumer rules they want.

From action and adventure to idyllic villages, North Wales is a revelation – and it’s just a short ferry journey away, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

Whether zipping through the air at 160kph, bouncing in a speedboat at 40 knots, or exploring the dream-like Italianate village of Portmeirion, North Wales is a revelation, and just a short ferry trip away.

One Twitter user also reported a woman handing out Tayto crisps at Dublin airport to people at the arrival gates.

Three adults and five children discovered in a container in Rosslare, Co Wexford, were lucky to have survived such an arduous journey, the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) said yesterday.

There is further disruption to some ferry services on the Irish Sea as a weather warning remains in place.

Be prepared, is the warning for all coastal counties as a status-orange weather alert today could bring winds of up to 75km per hour and gusts up to 120k/h on high ground.

Ferry sailings tomorrow from the UK have been cancelled and flights from three London airports were hit by delays after fog shrouded the UK capital this morning.

Wind and rain will continue to blight parts of Britain threatening further travel chaos after torrential downpours caused flash-flooding and disruption across most of the country.

Update: 11.50am 87 Stena passengers have finally landed at Fishguard in Wales, after 26 hours at sea.

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* It could be one of the ultimate spooky experiences of this Halloween when two evenings of tours take place in the 800-year-old Hook Lighthouse.

The Irish Defence Forces are well ahead of their French counterparts when it comes to planning against terrorist hijacking of passenger ferries.

Tens of thousands of Irish fans have voted. — they are ‘remaining in Europe’. The rest of us are figuring out how to get there.

The ‘Euro Exodus’ is under way as tens of thousands of Irish football fans make their way by air and sea to France for the European Championships.

Tourism chiefs are co-ordinating a sales offensive to attract more visitors from China, with the operators of Ireland’s top tourism draws and travel companies, including the Guinness Storehouse and Titanic Belfast.

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The Irish mother organising a massive aid convoy for refugees stranded in Calais has urged those moved by the images of a drowned Syrian child to channel their outrage in a practical way.

The Government is expected to extend the Irish Naval Service humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean today as donations flood in for an aid convoy bound for Calais.

Stena Line have launched a €6 per person return day trip to Wales, travelling every Tuesday from Dublin Port.

Cargo volumes passing through Dublin Port in the opening quarter of the year grew to record levels as the demand for imports grew in line with the economy’s recent resurgence.

Debris found at the scene of a hit and run in which a cyclist died, came from a vehicle driven by a 22-year-old man on trial in connection with the incident.

Strength in numbers appears a policy paying dividend for a growing alliance of golf clubs, resorts and hotels in Ireland’s east and south-east, whose unified cause is attracting increasing numbers of British golfers to their part of the world.

The Transport Minster Paschal Donohoe has said he shares the disappointment of Dun Laoghaire after Stena Line ended ferry services at the South Dublin port.

It is been confirmed that Stena Line will no longer operate its Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead route.

After the recent cancellation of Stena Line's Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead service over the Christmas period, it is now thought that the ferry operator could be considering completely pulling out of the harbour.

SuperValu has resumed its leisure breaks scheme with the company that lost the personal details of more than 60,000 of its customers.

Irish suppliers to ferry company Celtic Link have had their contracts terminated following the acquisition of the company by Stena Line.

Stena Line has acquired the Irish-owned Celtic Link ferry service which operates from Rosslare to Cherbourg.

As a result of the exceptionally stormy conditions, some flights have been diverted, delayed or cancelled as a result of severe gusty winds at Dublin Airport.

Motorists are being urged to take extreme care on the roads this morning, due to very stormy conditions.

Motorists are being urged to take extreme care on the roads this morning, due to very stormy conditions.

Met Eireann have issued a Status Red weather warning for parts of the country from this evening.

Battling the rising tide of cyber crime demands a local, national and global response, but above all common sense, writes Kyran FitzGerald.

A leading expert in cyber crime says criminal organisations could breach most security systems, no matter how sophisticated they are.

Six more firms have been added to the list of businesses whose customers’ credit card and personal details were stolen in a hacking attack on web-based company, Loyaltybuild, bringing the total revealed so far to 10.

The hacking of the customer database of the Clare-based business Loyaltybuild poses serious questions that seem to be growing hourly. The hacking occurred during October, but there has been a distinct delay in relaying the gravity of the situation to the public.