For a man not renowned as having ‘sea legs’, it would be a lot easier to book a flight to take a trip from Cork to his home town in north Germany.

WATERFORD is good at choral collaborations.

The Graham Dwyer murder trial has heard that his alleged victim told her father the married Foxrock architect she was seeing had refused her request to kill her.

A jury has heard Elaine O'Hara was in extremely good form and looking forward to volunteering at the Tall Ships festival on the day of her death.

Mobile phone records are to be examined by Gardaí investigating the discovery of the remains of Elaine O'Hara.

Dublin hotel rooms had the second highest growth in revenue per available room in a survey of 19 European cities last year, according to PwC.

Almost 30 million passenger journeys were made on the Luas last year, figures show.

In Dublin, the Railway Procurement Agency has reported that 2012 has been the most successful year to date in terms of Luas passenger numbers.

Dublin Bay looked like the setting for a remake of the popular BBC series from the 1970s, The Onedin Line, yesterday as it hosted the ceremony to mark the closing spectacle of the Tall Ships Festival.

Over 200.000 people lined the quayside in Dublin earlier today to bid farewell to the Tall Ships.

A severe weather alert is preventing almost 50 ships docked in Dublin Port from leaving the country.

GAA supporters heading to the All-Ireland semi-final clash between Cork and Donegal tomorrow should give the East Link Bridge in Dublin a wide berth.

A dispute over the ownership of a replica model of the Titanic — on display as part of Tall Ships Festival — has come before the High Court.

A teenager has been rescued from the water in the Dublin docklands as preparations are being made for the Tall Ships festival.

THREE children’s charities are to receive a cash windfall as a result of the roaring success of last weekend’s Tall Ships festival in Waterford.

TOLL charges will not be suspended during Waterford’s hosting of the Tall Ships Races in three weeks’ time.

QUEUES are expected this Saturday in Waterford’s city centre for the release of more tickets for free concerts taking place during the Tall Ships festival.

MUSIC fans have snapped up over 3,000 free tickets for a concert by Bryan Ferry due to take place during the forthcoming Tall Ships festival in Waterford.

A NEW live music trail which will serve up free concerts during the forthcoming Tall Ships Race was launched last night in Waterford.

FREE tickets for the headline music acts for the Tall Ships festival in Waterford are to be made available later this month.

CIVIC and business leaders in the south-east have called for “fair pricing” during Waterford’s hosting of the Tall Ships this summer.

BUDDING artists and young creative writers are being given the chance to become a lasting part of this year’s Tall Ships Festival in Waterford.

ORGANISERS of this summer’s Tall Ships Races in Waterford have confirmed veteran pop artist Bryan Ferry as the headline act for the opening night.

A vote for hope over fear was how the woman who toppled Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson in East Belfast described her triumph.

Tall ships from across the world are due to begin arriving in Belfast today at the end of their transatlantic race.

Belfast was gearing up today for a week of celebrations today as the Tall Ships arrive.

THE number of helicopters registered in Ireland has doubled in the last five years, it emerged yesterday.

HOW can the Government possibly justify Transport Minister Martin Cullen’s hand-out of E375,000 in taxpayer’s money for free park and ride facilities during the Tall Ships festival in Waterford ?

THOUSANDS of revellers wandered along the pedestrianised quays in Waterford from early yesterday as the Tall Ships festival got underway.

A major transport and security plan kicks into action today as thousands of people pour into Waterford for the start of the world-renowned Tall Ships festival.

Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent