Joe Reader, chair of the Mull & Iona Ferry Committee, said there seemed to have been ‘blind’ decision-making on dual-fuel. ‘The outcome all these years later is hundreds of millions of ...

Services on CalMac's Iona to Fionnphort route were temporarily suspended after the ferry MV Loch Buie was diverted to assist in the rescue.

But Joe Reade, of Mull and Iona Ferry Committee, said islanders would prefer to see investment in their ferries. He said there was also a desire to see Mull's island status left intact.

In November, a group of islanders began looking at setting up their own ferry service. Mull and Iona Ferry Committee is considering a community-owned alternative to the services provided by the ...