A Spanish registered fishing vessel has been detained by the Naval Service within Irish waters.
The detention by the LÉ William Butler Yeats was in relation to "alleged breaches of fishing regulations", the Defence Forces press office said.
It did not give the position of the detention, other than stating it was "within the Irish exclusive economic zone". It said it would be escorted to port and handed over to the Garda.
This is the seventh vessel detained to date this year by the Naval Service, which conducts inspections at sea in line with a service level agreement with the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority.
Earlier, this month a French registered fishing vessel was detained by the Naval Service off Mizen Head.