Marine facility to make waves when it opens

These are the first images of Ireland’s largest wave tanks housed inside a vast €15m marine energy research facility which will open in Cork this weekend.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be in Ringaskiddy on Saturday to open UCC’s Beaufort Building, a national research lab expected to position Ireland at the forefront of global maritime and energy research.

The State has ploughed €15.2m into the project, which has also secured private investment, to construct the 4,700sq m five-storey facility next to the National Maritime College of Ireland.