Live exports resume from Rosslare
Live animal exports have resumed from Rosslare Port following a local family's decision to set up a new ferry service.
Last year, P&O Ferries cancelled its route between Rosslare and the French city of Cherbourg, which had been the only service carrying live animals from the Wexford port.
However, a local fishing family purchased the ferry used on the route and resumed services between Rosslare and Cherbourg last night.
The ferry carried 17 cattle trucks, as well as passengers and freight.
Farming organisations had expressed concern that the loss of the Rosslare service would damage the live export trade, believed to be worth €150m annually.
