The Interpol team will have a base of operations in the Garda Organised and Serious Crime headquarters in Walter Scott House in Dublin

Fifty-year-old Soheil Jelveh, an Iranian national of no fixed abode, appeared before Wexford District Court on Monday morning

The seizure was the largest in the history of the state

The arrest follows the discovery of more than €150m worth of cocaine on the MV Matthew earlier this week.

The 2.25 tonnes of cocaine seized inside a 'mothership' container vessel is the biggest haul of the drug in Ireland, exceeding the 1.5 tonne seizures in 2007 and 2008

The MV Matthew cocaine bust off Ireland's south coast illustrates the sophisticated logistics and vast sums of cash involved in drug trafficking, writes Ann Murphy

Two readers respond to a column about SF in government, while others write about topics including housing, political boycotts, and the recent cocaine seizure off the south coast

The pair are set to appear at Wexford District Court via videolink on Monday.

The two men, one a UK national and one from Ukraine, are due before Waterford District Court today

Although welcome, the seizure of a record haul of cocaine off Ireland's south coast will have little effect on the drugs menace unless drug users change their behaviour

Spanish and French authorities seized 3,400 kilos of cocaine from smaller vessels that were likely stocked from the MV Matthew

Divers will inspect the vessel externally for any possible attachments that could be torpedoed or dropped to the sea floor for later collection

The former Navy Commander said the Naval Service was lucky Tuesday's operation went well as the navy could command just one ship

A total of 2,253kg of cocaine was found on the Panamanian-registered vessel after an elite Irish army unit stormed it by abseiling from a helicopter

How can drug smuggling be stopped when the Naval Service is operating with limited resources?

It is understood the gang's intention was to load the consignment, using a crane on the MV Matthew, onto a trawler and land it in Ireland

More than 2.2 tonnes of cocaine was recovered  on the Panamanian cargo ship MV Matthew

The over two tonnes of cocaine could have a final street value of around €470m

International organised crime gangs are torpedoing cocaine in parcels the size of bathtubs from boats undetected along the Irish coast, former Navy Commander Eugene Ryan has said.

Castletownbere fisherman said the men were 'tripping over ropes' and did not seem to know 'where to even put their feet'

Simon Harris says there has been a 'growing acceptance' in society in relation to what some people might call 'social drugs'

Gardaí say over 2.2 tonnes of cocaine worth around €157m have been recovered from a cargo ship seized in a military operation off the Cork coast

Sources say there could be potentially billions of euro of cocaine on the seized container ship

Events in Castletownbere highlight once again, the scale of the cocaine trade traversing the Atlantic

After the MV Matthew was seized, whispers rang around the coast that the ship's rumoured cargo — bales of cocaine worth millions of euro — had been dumped in the sea

The action was taken after shots were fired by the LÉ William Butler Yeats across the bow of the bulk container

It is believed that the trawler travelled out to sea to meet up with a 'mother ship', thought to have travelled across the Atlantic with a cargo of cocaine on board

Use of Ireland’s vast coastline, particularly along the south and west, is something which has been happening since at least the early 1990s

It is believed the boat was carrying a large consignment of cocaine and that it had left Castletownbere port before getting into difficulty