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Fishermen given ‘guarantee’ of no disruption during Russian military exercises off Irish coast

Russia has planned military exercises to take place 240km off the Irish coast next week.

LAST UPDATE | 27 Jan 2022

FISHERMEN HAVE BEEN given a guarantee by Russia’s ambassador to Ireland that their fishing grounds will not be affected by navy exercises.

Representatives of the fishing industry met with the Russian ambassador amid an ongoing row over planned military exercises off the Irish coast.

Speaking after talks with Yury Filatov at the embassy in Dublin, Brendan Byrne, chief executive of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association, said it was a very beneficial meeting.

The Russian artillery drills at the start of February will take place in international waters but in an area within Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone – which is patrolled by Irish Naval ships and Air Corps Casa aircraft.

It is located approximately 240 kilometres off the Irish coast. 

The Department of Transport has issued a marine notice that the Russian navy is set to carry out manoeuvres off the south-west coast of Ireland from next Thursday.

Byrne said he was “very surprised” by the wealth of knowledge of the ambassador about Irish fishing matters.

He said an agreement was reached that there will be a “buffer zone” between Russian vessels and fishing trawlers when military exercises are under way.

“We have now come to an accommodation where there is a pathway for coexistence for the naval exercises and for our fishing fleet,” Byrne added.

“The operation has to go back to Moscow.

“There was a great undertaking of the pressures the Irish fishing industry is under. There is an appreciation of the value of this fishing ground to the overall fishing industry.

“There was in-depth discussion in relation to the scale of the military exercises, and we have given an undertaking that we wouldn’t discuss those further.

“It has been a very good day for the Irish fishing industry.

“We explored our options – there was a map at the meeting. The options are clear and they are going back to Moscow.

“There is an acknowledgement that there is a valuable fishing ground there. It’s open on February 1 and there is a tradition that Irish fishing industry would fish those grounds.

“I was very impressed by the wealth of knowledge of the ambassador and the complexity of the situation. When you compare that to the lack of engagement of our own Government, a lot of questions needed to be asked.

“[Yury Filatov] was very frank as the regard of the scale of activity.”

Patrick Murphy, chief executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, said fishing trawlers will make the decision on whether they fish in the area next week.

“We will carry back the information today and the positivity we negotiated,” Murphy added.

“We gave an understanding that the information is sensitive and we are not going to escalate or undermine the good work that was done.

“We’ll be communicating with our vessels and I’m very happy we had this meeting and grateful the ambassador has given us details that allays our fears.

He has given us a very guaranteed assurance that he will take this back to Moscow and explain in clear detail the importance of this area to our fishermen.

“He has given us assurances that common sense will prevail and that some of the rhetoric is not correct.

“We are not here to challenge the Russian nation, all we are here to do is ensure our boats get to fish in their traditional fishing ground and do so in a safe and fair manner.”

Brendan Byrne said: “There’ll be a clear understanding of who’s going to be where, so that both parties know there’s going to be a buffer zone.

“This is the significant part. There’s an absolute guarantee that our traditional fishing grounds will not will not be impacted by the Russian naval exercises.”

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    Jul 9th 2025, 7:43 AM

    If they have the technology to prevent drones from interference at airports surely they can use it to prevent drones from flying into prisons etc..

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    Mute Gearoid MacEachaidh
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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:33 PM

    @James Leahy: depends on the location of the prison. Using signal blockers in residential areas can interfere with household or civilian gadgets. Many Irish prisons are in areas where they’re back to back with houses, whereas airports are large and well away from property.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:51 PM

    @Gearoid MacEachaidh: Jammers, like any other types or area of effect, can be tuned.
    Drones don’t need constant signals to complete a run. They can have basic inbuilt logic – go this far this way, do, return.
    That we still haven’t figured out how to block mobile service of phones within a prison, is almost hilarious.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 3:00 PM

    @James Leahy: the Vatican had some sort of jammer rifles that can target drones during popes funeral, why not use them?

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    Jul 9th 2025, 3:20 PM

    @Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson: why not indeed?

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:03 PM

    @ben wu: They need mobile communications in the prisons and that is the problem.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:40 PM

    @Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson: They have special drone angels the public don’t have access to. St Interferio the patron saint of signal jamming has them on speed dial ;)

    Seriously though, it’s insane how much more we get boxed in, with less and less privacy, as the years go by. Constant monitoring. This must be what it feels like to be religious.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:40 PM

    @Gary Kearney: The can have protected networks or communications, while blocking unauthorized ones.
    It’s not difficult.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 7:30 PM

    @Gary Kearney: Different frequencies!

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    Jul 9th 2025, 7:01 AM

    Absolutely appalled to read that our country is involved in the genocide of the Palestinian people by funding the IDF. This needs serious investigation to find out who gave permission for this and why. Add to this the shocking decision to halt the evacuation of seriously ill Palestinian children to Ireland for treatment. “Gaza children chosen for treatment in Ireland not expected to fly here until September – The Irish Times https://share.google/fQCOFMA7Maaa6yFGq
    We must never give in to Zionist psychopaths. Palestine must be free ❤

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    Jul 9th 2025, 7:34 AM

    @Anthony Curran: are you ok ? Never give in to Hamas psychopaths. Works both ways.
    Free Gaza from Hamas.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 8:22 AM

    @offside again: You need help

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    Jul 9th 2025, 1:13 PM

    @Anthony Curran: If you knew anything about radical Islam you’d sing a different song.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:13 PM

    @Nick Vasilakis: The existence of radical Islam does not justify a genocide except in the minds of barbarians.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:40 PM

    @Tarquin Donovan: Says you who has hundreds of personalities fighting for control of your mind, lol.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 3:41 PM

    @Anthony Curran: will it ever be free of the islamic zealous terrorists that control the area and syphon off billions of foreign aid every year

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:05 PM

    @Anthony Curran: Stopping genocide from both sides must be the aim.
    As both are guilty of it.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:48 PM

    @Tarquin Donovan: but they just laugh at you. Class clown lol

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    Jul 9th 2025, 6:13 PM

    @Anthony Curran: Your a sausage.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 9:58 PM

    @Nick Vasilakis: oh so Hamas are only motivated by “radical” religious reasons, yeah? Nothing to do with anything else? What makes Hamas “radical Islam” in your eyes? And can you demonstrate in any concrete way how Hamas are a danger to someone in Ireland?

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    Jul 9th 2025, 6:44 AM

    These drones will soon be able to lift people out of prison. They are a threat to national security.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 7:25 AM

    @Lance Taylor: before we realise it, the end of the world will happen. Then we’ll have a real problem to deal with.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 9:10 AM

    Good honest sky-fearing existential terror : )

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:32 PM

    @offside again: It’ll be a bitter day for this town the day the world ends.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:32 PM

    Delivering fast food to sofa bound lazy ars3s. Different story when they were delivering medical help, checking power lines, doing ground survey from the air etc.

    How bone idle lazy have some people become?

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:49 PM

    @Tarquin Donovan: the Journal has certainly made good use of you lol

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    Jul 10th 2025, 3:49 AM

    @DeBaldyMullet: food delivery has been around for a long time you know

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    Jul 9th 2025, 9:30 AM

    For those of us who fly a drone for non commercial reasons, the problem is not the people who are registered. Unfortunately a few eejits will ruin it for everyone and the legislation when it comes will be ham fisted and overreaching.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 10:19 AM

    @Gerry Canning: Isn’t that always the case,the few ruin it for the many.Plenty of examples out there of very restrictive laws that we don’t like all because some people can’t behave themselves.Its virtually impossible to introduce new laws to make something safer without treading on the toes of people who do use it safely.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 10:50 AM

    @Gerry Canning: Yup, all across society overly stimulated zealots legislate the majority on the basis of a tiny amount of people. Sad really.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:36 PM

    @Gerry Canning: my issue wouldn’t be the drone itself. I often use one when I visit family who live in a rural area. But they have no place low flying around residential areas. Not only for noise reasons but also privacy

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:07 PM

    @Thesaltyurchin: The minority are usually not that tiny and cause considerable problems for everybody!

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:34 PM

    @Gerry Canning: can you explain to me, I always thought I couldn’t fly my drone in a housing estate, but these drones are obviously able to? Confused!

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:50 PM

    @Gerry Canning: are you referring to these so called “auditors” that like to push boundaries just because it’s not illegal?

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    Jul 10th 2025, 8:32 AM

    @Gary Kearney: Sorry Gary, I will require some convincing here?

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    Mute Unridden Ana
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    Jul 9th 2025, 3:08 PM

    Noise is the least of the problem! A propeller blade came off and struck an innocent member of the public in Balbriggan. Look at the Air Accident Investigation Unit website report published in November 2024

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    Jul 9th 2025, 3:15 PM

    @Unridden Ana: And a Boeing Dreamliner fell out of the sky killing 270 people

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:50 PM

    @BadBob: logic not your strong point obviously

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    Mute Unridden Ana
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    Jul 9th 2025, 6:56 PM

    @BadBob: people need to move about. Lattes and Big Macs don’t need to be airdropped

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    Mute Gary Kearney
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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:10 PM

    Any drones fly around were I live will be considered targets and they local youths, will spend many hours taking them out of the sky by whatever means they can find.
    I mean delivery cyclists are seen as targets, but they can fight back, drones cannot. Follow it, until it gets close to the delivery and bang another drone bites the dust!

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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:54 PM

    @Gary Kearney: sounds good to me. If you order deliveroo fair enough. Apart from reckless cyclists no harm done. But the noise from drones does impinge on people lives. Also, who would have any idea what a drone passing over is actually doing. Or whether it is licensed. Or whether it is safe. I’d say this won’t happen at all or will be some time coming

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    Mute William Tallon
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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:56 PM

    A sudden and ever increasing amount of food delivery drones, eh? It’s clear that AI, aka Skynet, has become self-aware and is contemplating what other types of payloads they might be able to carry. Drones of mass destruction! It’s hard to believe that the extinction of the human race all began with pizza delivery…

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    Jul 9th 2025, 2:37 PM

    Great way to deliver drugs?

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    Jul 9th 2025, 8:27 AM

    Some flex

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    Mute You Cant Be Serious
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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:41 PM

    To have “Manna” drones of all names flying food of all things while Israel denies food to the Palestinians is strange. At least come up
    With a different name

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    Jul 9th 2025, 5:42 PM

    If they are a noise nuisance in your area. Take them out?

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    Mute Alan
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    Jul 9th 2025, 10:03 PM

    @Billy Carroll: is it possible to interfere with frequencies so that they cannot pass,over your house?

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    Mute John O'Neill
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    Jul 9th 2025, 10:38 PM

    @Alan: I think k a Temu catapult and a bag of ball bearings vould have the desired effect.

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    Mute Suzanne Phelan
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    Jul 9th 2025, 6:34 PM

    Living in D15 I hate the drones and the noise. Surely fast food can be delivered another way.

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    Mute Gerry Lamont
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    Jul 9th 2025, 7:23 PM

    Will people stop complaining about everything. They fly over my house all day and they are quieter than the cars out on the road.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 11:11 PM

    Ban them. Simple!

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    Mute Padraig O'Brien
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    Jul 9th 2025, 4:18 PM

    So the noise of drones is not that bad
    A certain airline owner says the same about airplane.noise – he lives miles away from an airport.
    Where do the DAA bosses live? I think we should be told!

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    Mute Wolfgang Bonow
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    Jul 9th 2025, 5:03 PM

    @Padraig O’Brien: I have drones passing over my house daily and they’re definitely not louder than the cars on road 30-40 meter away.
    I’m sure it’s different when they’re landing at the neighbours near by,
    but I don’t know.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 9:12 AM

    Like it Prof Dooley, complete sense. Bound to be ignored by the fearful.

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    Jul 9th 2025, 5:47 PM

    Oh good a new target for my slingshot.

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