Government seeks clarity on Irish Box uncertainty

SENIOR civil servants are due to travel to Brussels next week for a meeting with European Commission officials in a bid to resolve the current legal uncertainty surrounding fishing in the Irish Box.

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Dermot Ahern told representatives of the four main fishing organisations yesterday that the Government was seeking clarity on the issue from EU Fisheries Commissioner Franz Fischler.

He rejected any suggestions that the question of access to the Irish Box was one that should be resolved on a bilateral basis between Ireland and Spain as suggested by some EU officials.