Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the Irish Government was informed last September about Scotland’s intentions to enforce its claim to the territorial waters around Rockall. “We don’t recognise the Scottish claim on Rockall,” he told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show on Monday. Mr Coveney said it was hard to know what the motivation for Scotland was and that “it must be political”. Mike Park, CEO of the Scottish White Fish Producers organisation said that since 2014 Scotland had the right to impose a 12-mile limit around Rockall. “Scotland told the Irish government to make sure Irish vessels were aware of this, but they have ignored for years.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2019 10:27 UTC