Maritime festival finds safe harbour in Cork for 2019

Ireland’s national maritime festival is upping anchor and charting a course for Cork —and bringing tens of thousands of visitors and a major economic boost with it.

SeaFest, which attracted more than 100,000 visitors to its events in Galway each of the last two years, will moor in the southern capital from 2019 to 2021, it was announced yesterday. It is expected to provide a major boost for the local economy.