Crew of Merchant Brilliant barricade themselves inside ship

The crew of a ship that was detained at Dublin Port have barricaded themselves inside the vessel, three miles off the coast of England.

The workers on the Merchant Brilliant claim they are owed €150,000 in pay by Russian company ADG shipping.

The vessel was arrested at Dublin Port in December until the firm agreed to pay the crew.

Inspectors from the Irish Transport Federation have now found they are still owed money and they have barricaded themselves inside the ship.