The Department of Tourism, Transport and Sport has issued marine notice #20 of 2012 – advising of cable laying operations off the Rush coast as part of the East-West Interconnector project. These operations will begin on 22nd April 2012 and continue for a period of approximately 18 days.

During this time, the vessel AMC Connector will deploy cable and ROVs which will restrict the vessel’s ability to move. All vessels, particularly those engaged in fishing are advised to give AMC Connector a wide berth.

The full text of the marine notice and a map of the cable laying route is available from the Department’s website.

Further details of the vessel AMC Connector, are available from the marinetraffic.com website