“I am devoutly of the view that letting me loose on this [case] will annoy somebody,” said Justice David Holland during the High Court hearing on Friday, before taking a half-hour break to “allow the parties to consider sensible solutions”. “I haven’t made up my mind,” he warned, “I’m finding it difficult, this case.” It was the second break of the day. Half an hour turned into an hour and a half, and then extended over lunch, before EirGrid and the last Dublin Bay fisher standing, Peter Ryan, came to an agreement. The dispute first came to the High Court…

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