Probe is better late than never

THE Minister for Communications and the Marine, Dermot Ahern, has announced a full review of the funding of the Jeanie Johnston famine ship project, which has already cost over 12m euro.

Seán Cromien, a former Secretary General of the Department of Finance, will undertake the review on behalf of the Department of the Marine and Kerry County Council.

It is certainly a bit late for such a review, as the boat is already built and is certified as sea-worthy, but it is better late than never.