State Papers: Irish officials raised concerns about Christy Moore's questioning by UK officials in 2004

His questioning came amid a rise of similar complaints relating to Britain's anti-terrorism measures

Christy Moore said at the time it was saddening to think that this kind of treatment of Irish people travelling to the UK was not a thing of the past. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Irish officials queried the decision of British port authorities to question folk singer Christy Moore in 2004, amid a rise of similar complaints relating to anti-terrorism measures.

The singer-songwriter said he was stopped by officers and detained for more than two hours after he got off a ferry from Dublin in the Welsh port of Holyhead in October of that year.