Maritime festival kicks off bumper bank holiday weekend fun

One of Ireland’s largest maritime festivals kicks off in Cork tonight marking the start of a bumper bank holiday weekend of water and land-based activity.

But while the weather forecast is good until tomorrow, the message from Met Éireann is to make the most of it — rain is forecast on Sunday and Monday.

Up to 400 rowers from all over Europe have gathered in the southern capital ahead of tomorrow’s massive Rás Mór – the centrepiece of this year’s week-long Ocean to City Maritime Festival.