Cork believed to have lost out on floating museum to Dublin Port

The LÉ Eithne got a blue light send-off at the Port of Cork as operation Fortitude — part of Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic — comes to the end and the ship returns to the naval base at Haulbowline. Picture: Dan Linehan

Cork looks to have lost out on getting the navy’s former flagship as a floating museum as the Department of Defence has said it is in talks with Dublin Port which wants the vessel for the same purpose.

Cork County Council had sought to get hold of ex-flagship, LÉ Eithne, after she was decommissioned some months ago.