New mayor to press for revival of ferry

THE newly elected mayor of Ireland’s largest local authority says his priority for his year in office will be to get the Cork- Swansea ferry link re-established.

The mayor, Councillor Noel Harrington, said the axing of the ferry link had cost the south-west region more than €35 million per annum in lost tourism revenue.

He said he would be seeking to get a programme set up between local authorities in Cork and Kerry and their counterparts in Wales in the hope of financing a new service.