Irish PM says to fix law that prompted border trawler seizures

Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar promised on Friday to resolve a legal...

DUBLIN - Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar promised on Friday to resolve a legal “anomaly” that led to the seizure of two small fishing boats from Northern Ireland and drew angry denunciations from pro-British politicians.

Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, a close ally of British Prime Minister Theresa May, reacted angrily, with deputy leader Nigel Dodds on Thursday describing the incident as “outrageous... heavy-handed tactics”. Dodds also accused the Irish government of using it as a “bargaining chip on Brexit”, something the Irish government denied.

As a result Irish fishermen can legally fish along Northern Ireland’s coast but Northern Ireland fishermen are prohibited from fishing along the coast of the Republic of Ireland.

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