inhabited only by seabirds, rockall is a big lump of granite miles from anywhere.and squid worth millions of pounds a year. it's access to this catch which the scottish government says it's defending. in a statement, they told us... we would not like to see conflict but in this case it's straight and clean, it's a matter of illegality under international law and we'd like it fixed. the uk claimed sovereignty in 1955 with royal marines hoisting the union flag. but the ownership of rockall has been disputed for decades and irish fishermen maintained they're working illegally. they're extremely worried and they are looking and we expect that if there is any detentions here, we will have the full backing of the irish government to defend ourselves against what we consider is an illegal act by the scottish authorities. the irish government says the jurisdiction remains disputed and the threat of action by the scottish government is unwarranted. it says it will pursue every legal avenue to defend its fishermen. laura maxwell, bbc news. when finn the police dog was stabbe

inhabited only by seabirds, rockall is a big lump of granite miles from anywhere. but the waters around it are rich fishing grounds for haddock, monkfish, and squid worth millions of pounds a year. it's access to this catch which the scottish government says it's defending. in a statement, they told us... we would not like to see conflict but in this case it's straight and clean, it's a matter of illegality under international law and we'd like it fixed. the uk claimed sovereignty in 1955 with royal marines hoisting the union flag. but the ownership of rockall has been disputed for decades and irish fishermen maintain they're working illegally. they're extremely worried and they are looking and we expect that if there is any detentions here, we will have the full backing of the irish government to defend ourselves against what we consider is an illegal act by the scottish authorities. the irish government says the jurisdiction remains disputed and the threat of action by the scottish government is unwarranted. it says it will pursue every legal avenue to defend its

inhabited only by seabirds, rockall is a big lump of granite miles from anywhere. but the waters around it are rich fishing grounds for haddock, monkfish, and squid worth millions of pounds a year. it's access to this catch which the scottish government says it's defending. in a statement, they told us... we would not like to see conflict but in this case it's straight and clean, it's a matter of illegality under international law and we'd like it fixed. the uk claimed sovereignty in 1955 with royal marines hoisting the union flag. but the ownership of rockall has been disputed for decades and irish fishermen maintain they're working illegally. they're extremely worried and they are looking and we expect that if there is any detentions here, we will have the full backing of the irish government to defend ourselves against what we consider is an illegal act by the scottish authorities. the irish government says the jurisdiction remains disputed and the threat of action by the scottish government is unwarranted. it says it will pursue every legal avenue to defend its