Representatives of Irish hauliers will meet Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe next week to seek his help in demanding the French government compensate them for disruption caused by the French ferry workers strike in Calais.

The Irish Road Haulage Association is calling on the Government to take action, following yesterday's chaos at Calais port in France.

An Irish Ferries vessel with more than a thousand people on board has finally docked at Cherbourg.

Routine checks at the French port of Cherbourg last night uncovered a group of foreign nationals.