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Ferry sailings cancelled due to technical trouble

Irish Ferries have cancelled all services between Holyhead and Dublin on the 'Epsilon' after journeys were taking twice as long to complete due to operational issues with the fast rescue boat so she had to stay within a certain distance of land. Crossings from Holyhead to Dublin and vice versa have been taking around five hours to complete over the past few days onboard the vessel. This resulted in a number of delays and cancellations with the journey normally taking between two and 2,5 hours in total. Now the company has cancelled all of the ship's remaining journeys between the two ports, which means that only two of the company's vessels - the 'Ulysses' and 'Swift' - will be making the crossing on the weekend Aug 21/22, 2021. The lengthier journeys onboard the 'Epsilon' were due to the significant detours the ship was forced to take. Eight services have been cancelled in total over the weekend.

Medevac off Cap de la Hague

On Dec 20, 2019 at 1:56 p.m., the CROSS Jobourg was alerted by the 'Epsilon' after a 55-year-old Irish woman aboard aboard the ferry suffered from chest pain. The ship was five miles north of Cap de La Hague After a medical consultation with the Maritime Medical Consultation Center (CCMM) in Toulouse and the Maritime Medical Coordination Service (SCMM) in Le Havre, a medevac was decided. A Cayman helicopter of the French Navy base in Maupertus with a medical team from the Querqueville army medical center on board was deployed to carry out the evacuation. At 2:34 p.m., the medical team was hoisted aboard the 'Epsilon' where they carried out a first medical check-up. The patient was hoisted at 3:06 p.m. and taken to Cherbourg where she was taken care of at 3:09 p.m. by the fire and rescue center CODIS 50 and the SAMU 50 and transferred to the CHU Cherbourg.

Two migrants found in refrigerated trailer

Two Afghan migrants were evacuated from the "Epsilon" by helicopter on Sep 24, 2017 after being found in hypothermic state in a refrigerated trailer on the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin. They were discovered hidden in a refrigerated trailer, 20 miles off the coast of Devon, after 13 hours. The stowaways had managed to evade numerous checks at the French port and had hidden themselves in a refrigerated trailer on the freight deck. One of the crew was alerted by one of the men trying to attract attention by banging the inside of the trailer. He thankfully managed to get the trailer open. A Coast Guard helicopter took them to the Plymouth hospital where they were admitted to the emergency room at around 7:30 p.m. They were then transferred to the Boarder Police.