Titanic task for tiler gets ready for launch

VISITORS to Cobh for this year’s Titanic centenary may be in for a small surprise in the waters off the giant ship’s last port of call, in more ways than one.

In an era where every type of technology appears to be shrinking in size, to the point where just finding your phone can prove difficult, the massive Titanic has been turned into a five-metre replica.

Zoltan Panka, a 38-year-old Hungarian living in Dillon’s Cross, Cork city, with his partner, Cork woman Carmel McGrath, said he was inspired to build the impressive, soon-to-be-fully-working boat by the iconic stories surrounding the vessel.