6th May 2009
Cllr. Dominick Donnelly, Green Party member of Passage West Town Council and candidate for Cork County Council, has expressed regret that the new Cork to Swansea ferry service, which has been backed by a Cork based co-operative, will not now start its service until 2010.
Cllr. Dominick Donnelly, who is an investor in the co-operative backing the ferry, said: “It is a great pity that the operators were not able to get this service up and running this year. However they were always going to be up against the wire time-wise, and the delays in sorting out the purchase of the ferry Julia in Finland have made it impossible to get up and running in time for the main season this year. I wish to congratulate all of those who have put in enormous work to try to get this going this year, and we must all now be patient, and wait till next year to see this vital service up and running.”
“With the airline industry in an inevitable long slow decline due to climate change and rising oil prices, it is vital that our ferry and shipping links are developed. We are an island, and shipping will be absolutely essential for trade and tourism in the years and decades to come. Those behind the resumption of the Cork Swansea ferry service will be seen to be visionaries in the future. It is the only form of international transport which the planet can sustain,” Cllr. Donnelly concluded.
Dominick Donnelly 
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