Two Munster fishermen win appeal over trawling ban

The Irish Wildlife Trust has described the judgment as “dreadful news for marine life in coastal waters as the courts once again overturn a ban on trawling due to a technicality”

The Court of Appeal found that the failure of the minister and the department to notify Britain and the EU of conservation and management measures that would affect non-Irish vessels rendered the policy directive as invalid. File Picture: PA

Two Munster-based fishermen have won an appeal over a ban on trawling inside the Irish six-mile limit.

A Court of Appeal judgment has ruled that the Government policy directive introducing a ban on trawling inside the six nautical-mile limit is invalid, and of no legal effect.