The MV Matthew moored in Cork following its seizure in 2023. Photograph: PA
Ongoing maintenance of the MV Matthew, the vessel seized as part of the largest ever cocaine smuggling operation in Ireland, is costing the State €110,000 per week and has been labelled a “considerable” environmental and ecological risk by the Revenue Commissioners.
Chairman Niall Cody has told the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that costs incurred in relation to berthing and maintaining the vessel since it was detained two years ago were now cl
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