Report on ghost ships still not ready three years after MV Alta washed up in East Cork

Working group set up last year to examine 'the risks and potential costs to the State presented by derelict ships' entering Irish territorial waters and coming ashore

The MV Alta washed up off the East Cork coast in February 2020. Picture Denis Minihane

A report into what to do with ghost ships that enter Irish waters is still not complete, three years after an abandoned vessel washed up on the East Cork coast.

The Department of Transport said a working group, including the Irish Coast Guard, the Naval Service, Irish Lights, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and others, has concluded deliberations. However, it will do one more round of stakeholder engagement before presenting its findings.