Virgin Media Wholesale Ltd v Owners and All Persons Claiming and Interest in the "Lida Suzanna" [2025] IEHC 493, High Court of the Republic of Ireland (Mr Justice Denis McDonald) - 18 September 2025

Admiralty - Liability of fishing vessel for damage to undersea cable - Ownership of cable - Whether vessel responsible for damage - Amount of damages

The claimant asserted that it was the owner of a subsea telecommunications cable, Sirius South, which ran from Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, to Portmarnock, County Dublin. It was 218,693 km long, and contained 48 optical fibre strands used for the transmission of data. Along with a second cable, Sirius South carried all of the claimant's internet data, television and telephone traffic between the United Kingdom and Ireland.