Revenue officers have announced a seizure of almost 22kgs of cocaine in Rosslare Europort.

Following routine profiling, Revenue officers stopped and searched a vehicle that had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg, France.

The Government has again been called on to commit to solutions that allow people to safely and legally escape persecution - after another group of migrants was found trying to enter Ireland in a cargo ship.

Security at each of Ireland’s ports should be tightened following the discovery of 16 migrants onboard a truck on a ferry bound for Rosslare.

Ireland will see more cases of people risking their lives to come here unless the Government commits to solutions that allow people to safely and legally escape persecution.

A man in his 20s has died in a workplace accident in Co Wexford.

€545,000 worth of drugs have been seized and a man has been arrested at Rosslare Europort.

Cash, beer and cigarettes have been seized in two separate Revenue searches yesterday.

Alcohol and cigarettes worth almost €7,000 have been seized at two locations over the weekend.

Cigarettes worth more than €15,000 have been seized at Rosslare Europort.

The alcohol had an estimated retail value of €107,000, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €55,000.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

A man has appeared in court in Wexford in connection with the seizure of cigarettes at Rosslare Europort.

In 2015, 16.5% of all cigarettes consumed here arrived through the black market.

Revenue’s Customs Service seized five million cigarettes with a retail value of almost €2.4m at Rosslare Europort, it emerged today.

Following routine profiling, officers from Revenue's Customs Service in Rosslare Europort, seized €38,370 when they stopped and searched a male passenger, in his thirties, who disembarked a French ferry today.

Seven people have been arrested after three separate drugs hauls, with a combined total of over €6.8m.

Herbal cannabis worth an estimated €90,000 has been seized by the Revenue Customs service at Rosslare Europort.

Customs officers have recovered more than €300,000 worth of cannabis in two separate seizures at Rosslare Europort and Limerick.

Over €5m worth of drugs have been confiscated in separate seizures over the Bank Holiday weekend.

There have been three major drugs seizures across the country, worth a total of more than €5m.

Two men in their 20s with addresses in Northern Ireland have been arrested by Gardaí following a seizure of drugs at Rosslare Europort.

Officers from Revenue’s Customs Division, today seized 10.26kgs of heroin with a street value of around €1.54m at Rosslare Europort.

Officers from Revenue's Customs Service have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €190,000 at Rosslare Europort.

A man has been held overnight by gardaí in Wexford after customs officers seized drugs worth over €500,000 at Rosslare Europort last night.

A man in his sixties has been arrested after customs officers seized drugs worth over €500,000 at Rosslare Europort.

Customs officers have seized cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €86,400 after searching a car at Rosslare Europort.

Customs officers have seized 3.5 million cigarettes at Rosslare Europort.

A Spanish man has been arrested following the seizure of 59kg of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €355,000 at Rosslare Europort today.

Chambers Ireland has said that, while the Government’s priority in Budget 2012 must be to return the public finances to a sound position, capital investment must be prioritised as a means of unblocking bottlenecks and enhancing productivity.

Bus Éireann is to enhance its services in Wexford and Waterford, it has been announced today.

More than €180,000 worth of cannabis has been seized at Rosslare Europort today.

WITH this island’s utter dependence on external connectivity never having been more clearly exposed, we might do well to look at how our internal surface transport system feeds into our international linkages.

A Polish man was being questioned today after customs officers seized 6.2 kilos (13.7lb) of cannabis in a car.

Customs sniffer dogs stopped almost €20m worth of drugs being smuggled by sea, air and post into Ireland last year, it was revealed today.

Almost €2.5bn has been recovered from tax cheats through the Revenue’s special investigations since they began eight years ago, it was revealed today.

CUSTOMS dog Dillon dealt another massive blow to drug traffickers when he sniffed out 1.4 tonnes of cannabis at Rosslare Europort.

Two men were being questioned today after Customs seized 83kgs of cannabis resin – the second time this week their sniffer dog has found drugs at Rosslare Europort.

Customs officers today seized cannabis worth €60,000 in Rosslare Europort.

MORE than three million contraband cigarettes were seized at Dublin Port yesterday following a huge surveillance operation.

Contraband cigarettes worth over €1m were seized in Rosslare Europort after arriving on a ferry from France, it emerged today.