Ten Irish teenagers take to the sea on sail training vessel

A group of 10 teenagers will shortly embark on a maiden voyage of sorts as the country’s only sail training vessel sets off around the Cork coast.

The teenagers will include children from direct provision centres and disadvantaged communities in inner city Dublin, sailing for five days aboard the Spirit of Oysterhaven.

The voyage comes eight years after the sinking of the Asgard II, the Irish national sail training vessel lost in the Bay of Biscay in 2008.