Cobh's Heartbreak Pier gets new lease of life

A famed pier where 123 passenger boarded the ill-fated Titanic has been saved from collapsing into the sea, and plans are being drawn up to fully restore it as an interactive viewing platform.

Emergency stabilisation works have just been completed on the historic structure at the White Star Line building in Cobh, Co Cork.

Known locally as Heartbreak Pier, the iconic landmark was the last point of land contact for passengers who boarded Titanic, from the port then known as Queenstown. However, the pier’s historic importance runs far deeper. Originally constructed in the mid-19th century, it has been estimated that in excess of one million people used the pier as their departure point to emigration ships.