Up to a million people are expected in Dublin this weekend for the end of the prestigious Tall Ships Race.

CELTIC Mist, the yacht once sailed by former taoiseach Charles Haughey, has arrived at its new home in Co Clare after the vessel was donated to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG).

THE country’s newest research vessel Celtic Mist will arrive at Kilrush Creek Marina on 16 July.

WATERFORD was overrun by pirates of all ages yesterday morning but trainee sailors regained control of the city’s streets in the afternoon as a crew parade resulted in large splashes of colour in the Tall Ships Races 2011 festival.

MORE than half a million people are expected to flock to Waterford over the next four days for the Tall Ships Race 2011, which kicks off today.

WATERFORD is to be presented with an Irish hand-crafted mosaic of a ship which will remain as part of the cultural heritage of the Tall Ships Race 2011 visit.

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

THE Tall Ships are coming again – and the spectacular event due to be staged in 2011 received a major boost last night with the announcement of €450,000 in sponsorship funding.

IN his column (Examiner County, April 20), Peter Levy wrote about the restriction that the ESB’s cross river pylons were having on the Tall Ships entering Cork’s upper harbour and how this was impacting on the possibility of the Tall Ships race returning to Cork.

HALF a million people are expected in Waterford for the return of the Tall Ships Race giving the city a €35 million boost next year, it emerged yesterday.

Half a million people are expected in Waterford for the return of the Tall Ships Race giving the city a €35m boost next year, it emerged today.

CORK is in line for a maritime extravaganza set to rival the Tall Ships race that enthralled the community in 1991.

A €400 MILLION development planned for an iconic location in Waterford will create more than 3,000 jobs for the city when completed, backers said yesterday.

Thousands of jobs will be created in Waterford City if plans for a massive retail and residential development get the go-ahead, it was announced today.

Tommy Barker visits a stylish dormer with a great view.

THE crew of a futuristic “green” powerboat announced plans in Cork yesterday to break an elusive world record.

A FATAL helicopter accident which resulted in the death of two Galway businessmen last year was probably caused by the pilot becoming disoriented due to poor visibility, an official investigation has concluded.

CORK city is about to go head-to-head with Waterford in a bid to host the Tall Ships Race in 2011.

WATERFORD is today officially launching its bid to get a multi-million euro festival back to the city in five years' time.

A TOURISM body which has done Trojan work to promote Waterford and the South-East for the past 40 years, particularly during last year’s Tall Ships Race, is no more.

A KEY riverside site in Waterford which Bord Gáis is currently cleaning up is to be sold, it has emerged.

MUNSTER’S top tourist hotspots are to pool their pulling power in a new drive to boost visitor numbers.

THE ORGANISERS of the phenomenally successful Tall Ships Race in Waterford have been commended with a major award for their work.

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen gave €375,000 of taxpayers' money to his home constituency of Waterford city last week for the provision of free park and ride buses during the Tall Ships Race.

The Tall Ships Race provided a major boost of over €30m for the Waterford economy, it emerged today.

Eoin English

AS FESTIVAL starts go, it doesn’t get much better, louder or more spectacular. Fog horns sounded, captain’s bells rang aloud and thousands of confetti-like blue and white shards of light plastic were catapulted into the air as Waterford marked a six-year wait for the official launch of the Tall Ships Race 2005.

Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent

WATERFORD’S rich maritime and river heritage is captured in a joint exhibition of photographs and memorabilia which opened last night, just yards away from where the magnificent tall ships are berthing.

Scallop fishermen in the south east have said they're not ruling out the possibility of causing disruption to the Tall Ships Race in protest at EU fishing restrictions.

A LARGE, steel crane has become such a permanent fixture in Waterford city’s skyline that there are moves to have it listed as a protected structure.

WATERFORD’S very own price watchdog said she will be keeping a close eye on publicans and restaurateurs ensuring nobody tries to rip anyone off during the Tall Ships Race.

A REDEVELOPMENT project in the heart of Waterford city centre is running weeks behind, leaving traders in the midst of a building site just days before the Tall Ships Race.

A REPLICA Famine ship which yesterday began its sea trials ahead of the Tall Ships Race in Waterford next week has experienced technical difficulties.

A WATERFORD city centre landmark targeted by vandals on numerous occasions is getting a major revamp and will be open in time for the Tall Ships Race, city officials have promised.

A MAMMOTH garda operation, twice the size of the one mounted in Dublin for U2’s Croke Park gigs, kicks into action in Waterford next week as the Tall Ships Race arrives into the city.

PUBLICANS in Waterford are standing behind the city’s hosting of the Tall Ships Race, donating €40,000 towards the cost of the event.

THE ORGANISERS of the Tall Ships race have appealed to the business people of Waterford not to hike up their prices as the countdown to the event continues.

THE CABIN Fever Diva is back on the high seas and she’s looking for shipmates.

A PHOTOGRAPHER who took the nation by storm with his striking Seven Shades of Black exhibition is putting the finishing touches to a new show ahead of the Tall Ships Race in his native Waterford.

WHO better to hold his first solo exhibition ahead of the arrival of the Tall Ships into Waterford next month than a man who lives by the sea and works on it every week.