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A group of MEPs have written a letter to Taoiseach Michael Martin to clarify why the Irish government has failed to offer compensation to an Arklow fisherman.
In January 2008 CJ Gaffney found a number of his trawlers, including the Mary Kate were classified as seriously unstable.
MEP Sean Kelly says the matter needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.