Niall O’Connor

@nialljournal.bsky.social

News correspondent @thejournal.ie - long time hack, ex-garda (Irish cop) also ex pro-cycling PR. I cover mostly national security, defence and crime.

The MV Matthew, a cargo ship at the centre of Ireland's biggest-ever cocaine seizure, is due to leave Cork this evening after almost three years tied up at the port. The carrier was sold to a Dutch scrappage company, sources have confirmed to The Journal. jrnl.ie/7103901

The drug-smuggling ship MV Matthew is finally leaving Cork today and heading for a Dutch scrapyard

The cargo vessel at the centre of Ireland’s largest-ever cocaine seizure has remained berthed in Cork Harbour since September 2023.

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