12 patrols were cancelled from January 1 to January 26, with the Irish Navy blaming staff shortages and bad weather
The Irish Navy had to cancel patrols almost every second day last month as more staff members quit the service.But it now only has four ships to patrol the biggest sea area in the EU after two more vessels, the LE Niamh and the LE Roisin were taken out of service and put into storage, one of them for a refit. It had nine ships 18 months ago.The number of staff in the Navy has also dropped by 294 members from 1,094 down to 800.
"The Navy has been left with just four vessels to patrol one of the largest maritime areas in Europe. He accused the Government of failing to implement the recommendations of the recently published Report by the Commission into the Future of the Defence Forces.
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