Fishermen fury as €6m boat held at pier

AN unlicensed €6 million showpiece trawler is to remain tied up in one of the country’s top fishing ports.

The new 35-metre Sarah David sailed into its home port of Castletownbere in West Cork yesterday amid an EU fleet-management controversy.

The boat’s father-and-son partnership have been told by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources that a licence cannot be issued for the vessel due to European Commission demands for a scaling down of the fleet.