Just let's hope that no money will be taken from the budget of CIE in order to pay for this. It will be great if private money can be raised to restore and operate the Naomh Eanna in some form.
I'm a little ambivalent about preservation of old ships and just tieing them up as tourist attractions. A ship belongs at sea and it is a little sad to see them just sitting in a museum. I was very impressed on visiting the Asgard at Collins Barracks last year, but I couldn't help feeling that it would have been so much better to see her at sea.
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