All aboard but Coveney misses the boat...
So there were some red faces at the start of a major naval festival yesterday as a ship carrying Minister for Defence Alan Shatter and other dignitaries pulled out of the deep water quay in Cobh without Mr Coveney.
He had been attending the launch of a new type of lifejacket in the nearby heritage centre and arrived at the quay just as the LÉ Eithne slipped her moorings on the way out to take a salute from other Irish naval vessels and warships from Britain, France, Belgium, and Russia.
