Swansea ferry setback set to hit summer tourism in west Cork

HOPES of reactivating a Cork-Swansea ferry link received a significant setback last night, which makes it highly unlikely a service will be in place for the summer tourist season.

A consortium, lead by a Kerryman, has seen its plans of leasing a €16 million ferry from a Scandinavian company dashed.

The consortium had sought to buy the Colorline-owned Christian IV — which operates a ferry link between Norway and Denmark.