Joint campaign to restore ferry service

THREE local authorities have agreed to work together to restore the Cork to Swansea ferry link.

The news emerged after a meeting yesterday between the mayors of Cork city, Cork county and Kerry along with the respective city and county managers and the South West Regional Authority’s director and chairman.

Mayor of Cork county Noel Harrington, Cork city’s mayor Brian Bermingham and mayor of Kerry Tom Fleming held talks on the issue in Cork County Hall with Cork’s county manager, Martin Riordan, Cork’s city manager Joe Gavin, Kerry county manager Tom Curran and the authority’s director, John McAleer and its chairman, Cllr Jim Corr.