People have crowded onto trains, buses and ferries in a bid to carry out their travel plans - and cab companies say they are being paid thousands of dollars to ferry people across Europe by car.

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Unusually for a car ferry, this ship would use three, massive computer-controlled sails to harness the maximum wind energy.

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The car ferry, which was sailing from Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway to Larne in County Antrim, sank in treacherous weather conditions.

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Some demonstrators tried to block the canal by untying speedboats and setting them adrift while others sought to interrupt car ferry traffic.

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