VIDEO: Protesting fishers warn the next step could be blockading ports

They said that Brexit is costing individual fishermen and women between €5,000 and €20,000 in lost income

The flotilla of fishing boats passing Blackrock Castle on their way to the Port of Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Today’s protest by fishermen will be repeated in Dublin and could end up with ports being blockaded if fishermen and women don’t get what they are asking for, leading industry figures are warning.

Patrick Murphy, CEO of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, said: “What would you do if your livelihood was at stake? Would you just roll over?