Keep drug yacht, say councillors

The Minister for Defence, Mr Barrett, was yesterday urged by a local authority not to sell the confiscated drugs yacht, the Brime…

The Minister for Defence, Mr Barrett, was yesterday urged by a local authority not to sell the confiscated drugs yacht, the Brime, but to make it available to the Naval Service as a training vessel.

Cork County Council backed a call by Cllr Alan Coleman to have funding made available to refurbish the 64 foot vessel.

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