Several nations have made competing claims to the lucrative waters around Rockall An age-old international dispute over a small uninhabited island in the North Atlantic Ocean has flared up, and this ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said that reaching an agreement on issues relating to fishing access around Rockall is a "priority" for the Government. A spokesperson from the Department said ...

It’s barely visible above the waves — a jagged outcrop in the middle of the North Atlantic. Yet Rockall Bank has sparked a ...

Rockall, hundreds of miles from Iceland, Ireland and the UK in the North Atlantic Ocean, is the only point of an elevated area of continental shelf that appears permanently above sea level. The ...

The first Irish skipper to return from Rockall since a fishing dispute erupted has said it is a "political stunt" by the Scottish National Party (SNP). Frank McClenaghan also said he would not be ...

THE Government is still trying to resolve a diplomatic row over Rockall that’s a large scale issue for Irish fishermen. The uninhabited island — just 25m wide and 31m long — is 400km from Donegal and ...

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Irish fishermen are to stage a major protest in Dublin city centre to highlight the threat to incomes from Brexit and EU fish quota cuts. The demonstration will take place on Wednesday, and will ...

The first Irish skipper to return from Rockall since a fishing row erupted has said he does not believe it will be resolved without an arrest. Frank McClenaghan also said warnings of arrest were a ...

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Simon Coveney recently held a meeting with his Scottish counterparts in a bid to thrash out the Rockall dispute, it has emerged. The tiny island - just 25m wide and 31m long - ...

Asked to clarify the commission's stance on ownership of the 12-mile sea, she replied: "According to EU law, there is equal access to [European] Union waters and resources and, in the absence of ...

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