Cobh welcomes its first cruise liner in two years 

2,000 passengers brought a buzz back to the harbour town that had been missing during the pandemic as the vital tourist trade was curtailed

Siona Joyce - Director of the Titanic Experience, Cobh, Jack Walsh - Manager The Heritage Centre, John Sweeney, Treasurer and Deputy President of Cobh & Harbour Chamber, Conor Mowlds, Chief Commercial Officer, the Port of Cork Company (PoCC),Cormac Mac Coitir - Proprietor The Keen House and Keen on Sport, Eoin Mc Carthy - The Mauritania bar and John Gately - Managing Director - The Commodore Hotel celebrating the return of the first cruise ship to Cork harbour.

An overcast morning couldn’t rain on Cobh’s parade on Friday, as the historic seaport town welcomed back its first liner in two years.

The Borealis docked at Cobh Cruise Terminal at 10am, bringing 2,000 passengers and an electric buzz to the town that has been starved of the vital cruise tourist trade, which was eliminated by the pandemic.