Former ferry workers of P&O have blocked an entrance to Larne Port in a ramping up of protest action.

Protests have been ongoing reports Belfast Telegraph, at the port since P&O’s decision in March to sack almost 800 workers without notice and replace them with cheaper agency staff.

At around 2pm on Friday, protesters took part in a blockade at an entrance to Larne Port. The action lasted around an hour-and-a-half.

Similar action was taken at Cairnryan Port in southern Scotland.

It comes after an incident on Tuesday in which the P&O ferry European Causeway lost power in the Irish Sea.

The ferry was adrift five miles off the coast of Larne for more than an hour.