Tag Archives: Rosslare Europort

By Dan Walsh With the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner, Revenue officers seized approximately 5.5 kgs of cocaine with an estimated value of €385,000 at Rosslare Europort on Friday. The illicit drugs were discovered when a Polish-registered freight unit was stopped and searched, having arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk, France. A man inContinue reading “€389,000 cocaine and cash seized at Rosslare Europort”

By Dan Walsh Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., was in Rosslare Europort on Thursday to mark the commencement of works for the Terminal 7 and Enabling Works project that will see a new terminal built and a new Border Control Post set up. The Terminal 7Continue reading “€166m Border Control Post for Rosslare”

By Dan Walsh A €200m plus tender for significant upgrade works at Rosslare Europort has been approved by government. Cathaoirleach of the Rosslare Municipal District Cllr. Lisa McDonald has warmly welcomed the government’s agreement that will see major investment in Rosslare Europort.  These upgrade works are necessary to provide permanent Brexit infrastructure at Rosslare Europort to ensureContinue reading “€200m tender approved for Rosslare Europort”

By Dan Walsh ESB and Iarnród Éireann (Port Authority for Rosslare Europort) have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate on the organisations’ respective development plans to support offshore wind projects in the Celtic and Irish Seas. “Rosslare Europort is excited to work with ESB whose vision for the potential of offshore renewableContinue reading “Offshore wind projects for Rosslare”

By Dan Walsh Two large passenger ferries had to take evasive action to avoid a collision near the entrance to the port of Rosslare Harbour on the morning of March 16th, 2022. Details have been published in a report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) of what was described as a “close quarter incident”Continue reading “Two ships in port ‘incident’ at Rosslare”

By Dan Walsh A new passenger service between Ireland and France will be launched on Friday on the DFDS Rosslare-Dunkirk route when passenger travel will be introduced on a trial basis, as an addition to the existing freight service between the two ports. For the first time, DFDS will offer tourists a direct link betweenContinue reading “New service on Rosslare-Dunkirk route”

By Dan Walsh A new freight route between Rosslare Europort and Zeebrugge, Belgium, will commence on July 23rd launched by Finnlines, and will provide a new direct link between Ireland and Continental Europe, which also offers a new connection from Finland to Ireland. The route will be operated by the ro-ro vessel, Finnpulp, which hasContinue reading “New shipping route Rosslare to Zeebrugge”