Spike Island exhibition for Aud crew

A new, permanent exhibition will open at the end of this month on Spike Island to commemorate the crew of the gun-running ship, the Aud.

The botched 1916 plot by the Germans to ship guns into Ireland to be used in an insurrection against the British will form part of the ever-expanding exhibitions being housed on the island.

Cork County Council, which runs the island’s exhibitions centre, has drawn up plans for a further €6.5m investment there.