Flotilla arrives in Dublin to deliver 'symbolic' warning to Taoiseach

Protest signs on a fishing vessel docked on the Liffey in Dublin early Wednesday ahead of a demonstration. 

A flotilla of some 70 fishing vessels from around the Irish coast has steamed up the River Liffey to the National Convention Centre to highlight problems in the fishing industry.

Boats began arriving from 10.30pm last night with the Tom Clarke Bridge by the East Link raised to let them up as far as Samuel Beckett Bridge.