the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the irish vessels and the traditional fishing areas. on saturday, after accepting vladimir putin s surrender, patrick murphy said this: is enough families around here that have lost their loved ones to the sea. that s enough of a danger to be facing without going out facing a military exercise. now at the same time, they re forced to go out there because that s their fishing, it s their job. so they re going to be relieved. it s a simple as that. i m elated. we were questioned about it. everybody made a joke of it. they never expected the russians to move away. but they did and they have. no, they are not shrinking violence. we have more from ireland coming up next in an expansion of our house divided series
relocate the exercise by the russian navy planned for this week outside the irish exclusive economic zone, with the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the irish vessels in the traditional fishing areas. what that means, essentially, is that these russian boats will be doing these exercises further away from the irish coast. we were here, speaking with fisherman all day, and we were here when that news break late on saturday evening, here in ireland, and here was the reaction from one of the fisherman. shocked, really. we didn t think little old us in the irish south and west would have an impact on international diplomacy and make an impact like that. and so, as you can hear there, a real win for david in this david versus goliath story. obviously, also, the russian embassy pointing out that the irish goth had approached them
economic zone with the aim not to hinder activities by irish vessels in the traditional fishing areas. the fishermen got what they re asking for, russia is going to move further off the coast. we were speaking to fishermen preparing to go out there and as this news broke we were with patrick murphy who have negotiated with the russian ambassador and we asked him for this reaction. out of the blue a bit. yeah. jesus, that s a bit to take in. reporter: how do you feel? shocked really. like i didn t think that little old us in the irish south and west would have an impact on international diplomacy. reporter: it s a big win for you, right? for our boats and the lads here and the boats going out there, absolutely. look, all they want to do is go to fish and now they can do so peaceably. reporter: so a real sense of
salonpas. it s good medicine. russia is calling it a gesture of good will. russian navy drills planned off the coast of ireland are going to be relocated after protests by local fishermen. the fishermen were concerned about their safety since obviously the drills are expected to include rocket launches and naval artillery and they re concerned about the impact on traditional fishing areas as well. cnn correspondent donie o sullivan is with us from castletownbare, ireland. talk to us about the gdavid and goliath story you re seeing play out. reporter: absolutely. we are on really the western tip of europe on the south coast of
memorably, we are not moving. and now we can expect an irish fight song to be written about patrick murphy we are not moving, because on saturday, after patrick murphy stood his ground on msnbc friday night, vladimir putin surrendered to patrick murphy. on saturday, the russian ambassador to ireland announced that the russian navy would indeed stay far away from the irish fishing grounds, quote, as a gesture of goodwill with the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the irish vessels and the traditional fishing areas. on saturday, after accepting vladimir putin s surrender, patrick murphy said this: is enough families around here that have lost their loved ones to the sea. that s enough of a danger to be facing without going out facing