Kowloon Bridge: Remembering the disaster that struck 30 years ago

30 years on from the Kowloon Bridge disaster, we look back at the how 900ft long ship had the south-west of Ireland in a grip of terror.
Kowloon Bridge: Remembering the disaster that struck 30 years ago

Many lessons still need to be learned from the disaster on the high seas

Eddie Cassidy, who was then West Cork correspondent for the ‘Cork Examiner’, recalls the fate of the Kowloon Bridge, which ran aground 30 years ago this week.

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