Search Results for 'Blockades'

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said fuel protestors had “genuine concerns” last month but confirmed local gardaí were wary of seeking support from contracted tow trucks to move machinery blockading the Port of Galway.

The American Civil War (1861-1865) offered rich pickings to qualified seamen and shipowners looking for quick profits. The Union blockade of southern ports was beginning to have an effect on Confederate trade. But any ship which steamed safely through the blockade could command high prices for its cargo. On the homeward journey, if you were lucky, large profits could be made on a cargo of cotton which was in big demand in Britain.