Maiden voyage cruise ship takes on 250 Irish boarders

CHRISTENED by screen legend Sophia Loren at the weekend, an elegant cruise ship made her first stop in Cobh yesterday on her maiden voyage.

Up to 250 passengers from all over Ireland, including 12 from Cobh, boarded the luxurious MSC Poesia for its onward cruise to Lisbon, and its final destination of Venice.

It was the largest boarding of passengers on to a cruise ship at Cobh in the Port of Cork’s history.