The alleged drug trafficking ship at the centre of the largest cocaine ... ear sore” by locals where the ship has been berthed in Cork. Noise complaints had been made to the Port of Cork and ...

“It is easy to bring the drugs into West Cork. “The fact that drugs are so ... the Naval Service has only been able to put one ship out on sea patrols. One of the things puzzling locals ...

Eight men are set to be hit with heavy jail terms later this year over what was one of the biggest drugs seizures in Irish history ...

Three men and two women were arrested on Tuesday after searches at locations nationwide carried out by Gardaí from the Cork ...

The MV Matthew, the ship at the centre of the largest seizure of cocaine in the country's history, is to remain tied up in Cork Harbour until arrangements for its disposal have been completed.

He said that information was obtained about the purchase of a fishing vessel named The Castlemore in Castletownbere, Co. Cork ... be used in drug-trafficking as the “daughter ship” in an ...

The prosecution case against the two men was that they were directly involved in the physical possession of the drugs by the role they had played as ship’s officers. Saeid Hassani. File picture ...

The ship made 11 such interceptions during the two months it was stationed, resulting in the massive drug haul. The Coast Guard said in a news release that the cocaine had an estimated value of ...

The ship’s change of name, ownership and crewing “shortly before the transatlantic voyage” were all small parts of a “sophisticated, complex and highly professional international drug ...

Anti-drugs cops were aware of it and the ship was constantly monitored by Spanish ... The boat was impounded and an ARW operator sailed it into Cork Harbour, where Gardaí took control of it.