Clipper Race pontoon to berth leisure craft in city

ENGINEERS have installed massive piles into the bed of the river Lee to support a €250,000 pontoon which will allow leisure craft berth in the city centre.

The 100-metre long, 2.5 metre wide floating pontoon, which is being built off the Port of Cork’s South Custom House Quay, is expected to be completed in under three weeks – just in time for the arrival of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet.

The fleet, which is due to arrive in Kinsale in early July, is to sail in to Cork city centre and berth there as part of a major festival.