Sail programme runs aground

The flagship boat for a €150,000-a-year Youthreach project has been locked in a boatyard since 2007, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

Sail programme runs aground
Tue, 07 Feb, 2012 - 00:00
Conor Ryan, Investigative Correspondent

A SAILING boat that is supposed to be anchoring an Asgard-type training programme for Youthreach students in Cork has spent the last four-and-a-half years out of the water.

The eye-catching Omar B schooner had been the headline vessel in a sail training operation run out of Bantry for unemployed early school leavers.

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