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  • 04-04-2011 8:19am
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    Lapin
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    Why do Met Éireann reports often conclude with the term, "On all Irish coastal waters and on the Irish Sea"?

    Isn't the Irish sea a coastal water too? Why is it singled out?


    From a curious Lapin. :confused:


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    Min
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    I suspect it is because the Irish sea is not fully Irish as in the UK has coastal waters on the Irish sea too and shipping companies/ferries/fishermen and women have to be warned about the extent of the warning.

    I am probably wrong, just guessing.


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    Su Campu
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    Coastal waters only extend to I think 12 miles offshore, so anything further out than that is not included.


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