Fisherman Michael Cavanagh has no doubts about the potential for violence on the high seas in the event of a no-deal Brexit at the end of the month. And it wasn’t Boris Johnson who did it.”Was it UK fishermen? O’Donoghue says the Irish fishing industry “will fall off a cliff” if there is a no deal Brexit. Irish fishermen, just like the French, will not be happy if they are barred from areas they have fished for generations, he stressed. “And it will escalate quickly to Northern ports like Rotterdam.”Cavanagh says if things go badly, Irish fishermen will not hesitate to block Irish ports.

Source: The Irish Times October 14, 2019 18:56 UTC