Fishing trawlers take over River Liffey
A flotilla of fishing trawlers is taking over Dublin's River Liffey today, as fishermen are protesting over the change in EU quotas as a result of Brexit.
It follows a similar protest in Cork last month to highlight a new deal that only allows Irish fishermen to catch 15% of the stock in Irish waters.
The Irish South and West Fish Producers' Organisation is warning the change could result in the loss of around 4,000 jobs in the sector.
Castletownbere fisherman Patrick Murphy is one of the organisers of today's demonstration - he says the position they've been put in is unbearable.
"We've been robbed, and there's no other way of describing what's after happening.
"We have the European Union that have decided that 20% of the fish that our fishermen depend on has been taken away from us, and has been used as a bargaining chip for Europe to satisfy the TCA Agreement.
"That 20% that we've lost is just unbearable."
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