At 1.32pm on Tuesday September 26, 2023, soldiers from the elite Army Ranger Wing of the Irish Defence Force prepared to board a rogue bulk carrier in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Navy had been tracking the Panama-flagged MV Matthew freighter for three days as it made suspiciously slow progress through the Celtic Sea, even at one point dropping anchor in the busy shipping lane for 12 hours off the coast of Waterford. Authorities suspected the 190-metre-long ship, which had set sail from the Caribbean island of Curacao, may be attempting to drop a payload of drugs near the shore to be
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