Watch: Protesters call for action to protect Irish seas

Flossie Donnelly (centre), from ‘Flossie and the beach cleaners’ protesting outside the Dáil today

Climate activists have staged a protest outside the Dáil calling for action to protect Irish seas.

The group of protestors, which included members of Extinction Rebellion and the Irish Wildlife Trust, say only around 2% of Irish coastal waters and seas are nominally protected, despite a Government commitment to protect 10% of the Irish marine region by 2020.