Dept of Marine refuses Cabin Fever licence

The Dept of the Marine has said that no licence for an alternative vessel to Cabin Fever I will be issued until a full investigation on how the ship sank is completed.

The RTE TV survival show Cabin Fever turned to reality yesterday when the ship carrying nine contestants ran aground on rocks off Co Donegal.

Cabin Fever – billed by producers as the biggest series of the summer - was washed up near Tory Island after less than a week on air.

All nine contestants and two crew members were helped to shore as the 27m long vessel broke up.

Producers vowed that the reality television show would still go to air this weekend.

The Dept of the Marine had done two surveys on the vessel and the crew had undergone sea survival training.