"However, post the withdrawal of 'duty-free' shopping, passenger and cars volumes declined dramatically and by 2014, less than 200,000 ferry passengers travelled through
Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Dun Laoghaire: Less than eight minutes separated the top three MOD70 trimarans as they crossed the finish line in
Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, after a nail-biting finish at the end of the second leg of the 2013 Route des Princes, which left Oman Air Musandam in third place.
Return travel options - from Dublin Port at 9.15pm the same day, from Dublin Port the next day at 8.20am, or from
Dun Laoghaire the next day at 1.15pm.
The HSS Stena Explorer is operating one round trip per day with a 10am sailing from Holyhead and a 1.15pm sailing from
Dun Laoghaire. Prices start from as little as pounds 109 single for a car plus driver and only pounds 25 for additional adults and pounds 15 for children with infants under three-years-old travelling free.
Stena Line's Communication Manager Eamonn Hewitt said: "We look forward to welcoming the HSS Stena Explorer back on the Holyhead to
Dun Laoghaire route which will provide customers with even more reason to cross the Irish Sea during the summer months.
The
Dun Laoghaire store will reportedly cover 12,000 square feet and it will stock 150,000 titles.
But campaigners say that the development will obstruct the view between Sandycove and
Dun Laoghaire and cloak a large part of the shore from the public.
Dun Laoghaire RNLI cox Mark McGibney said: "In this incident, the skipper of the 31ft yacht had no choice but to call for assistance."
Meanwhile, a 41-year-old man was seriously injured at around 11.30pm in
Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in a separate stabbing incident.
WITH the return last Friday of the Stena HSS fastcraft on the Holyhead to
Dun Laoghaire route, there is now more reasons to visit the Emerald Isle, according to leading ferry company Stena Line.
Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead in Wales will come together to commemorate the controversial sinking of the mail boat Leinster by a German U-boat within weeks of the end of the First World War.
Its counterpart port in Ireland, formerly known by the English name Kingstown, has borne the Irish name
Dun Laoghaire for more than 80 years and generations have grown up knowing it by no other.
The Fine Gael deputy for
Dun Laoghaire served in the Seanad and Dail for 15 years between 1982 and 2000.
The decision by Stena Line to cancel a series of scheduled services between Holyhead and
Dun Laoghaire by the high speed ferry HSS Stena Explorer has cast further doubt over Stena Line's future in
Dun Laoghaire.
