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Ferry service set for 2010 relaunch
Plans for the relaunch of the Swansea-Cork ferry service between South Wales and Ireland after a four-year absence have been put back until 1 March 2010.
The co-operative behind the proposals said that negotiations to acquire a new ship for the route had taken longer than expected, which has resulted in the service losing a large part of the summer booking season. Conor Buckley, chair of the West Cork Tourism-led co-operative, said: "We would have liked to have the service resumed for this summer but, despite the enormous amount of work we have already put into the formation of the co-op, we feel that there is an overpowering economic case to not proceed this summer.
"No one would thank us for rushing into service now and sustaining huge losses. It would undermine everything we have worked for and would be a potentially huge loss of shareholders money." The service was withdrawn in 2006, despite being worth more than 50m euro (£45.9m) to the West Cork region, according to 2007 figures.
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