Fundraisers expect to reach €3m target for ferry service restart

IT’S full steam ahead for fundraisers aiming to collect the €3 million required to refloat the Cork-Swansea car and passenger ferry.

“We will make our target,” was the upbeat prediction from West Cork Tourism chairman Conor Buckley, whose organisation is the driving force behind the mammoth fundraising effort.

A Finnish bank, which has agreed to provide a sizeable loan to purchase a new ferry, has given Irish fundraisers until tomorrow to come up with their side of the financial commitment.