A CO-OP of “ordinary people” who purchased a €7.8 million passenger ferry that will travel between Cork and Swansea has dubbed it the “People’s Ship” and predicted it will support 1,000 new jobs.

THE IRISH Medicines Board has confirmed it will investigate claims stem cell treatment was being offered on ferries between Cork and Wales in an attempt to avoid EU law which regulates stem cell usage.

The docked Swansea-Cork ferry City of Cork is due to make its first crossing in five days at 8pm tomorrow.