Murphy Marine Services pushing the boat out in Valentia

Trish Dromey looks at a Valentia-based business making waves in the competitive world of boat building.

MANY things are made possible by the Internet — including the sale across Europe of fishing boats made by Murphy Marine Services on the small island of Valentia off the south-west coast of Ireland.

“Five minutes after we launch a boat we can put the photos on the Internet — it’s like having a shop window. We use Facebook and advertise on findafishingboat.com and probably get more business from online enquiries than anywhere else,’’ says founder and managing director Fionán Murphy.