Cruises and Cruise Liner Visits to Ireland
Cruise Tourism Growth as First Minister of Wales Celebrates Holyhead Ship Visit
11th July 2026 Cruise Liners
The First Minister of Wales has hailed cruise tourism as a key driver of the Welsh visitor economy, reports BreakingTravelNews. Rhun ap Iorwerth made his comment during a first official engagement with the cruise industry since taking office, signaling continued…
Dunmore East Harbour's €12m Cruise-Berth Considered in 2019 – Nothing Happened Since
8th July 2026 Cruise Liners
Documents obtained by Sinn Féin TD for Waterford David Cullinane, through the Freedom of Information Act, have revealed that in 2019, the Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Marine paid RPS, an engineering and consulting firm, to carry out a feasibility…
Belfast Harbour has reported another year of strong financial performance and major investment, according to its 2025 Annual Report. Turnover increased by 10.2% to £97.1 million, while underlying profit before tax rose 21% year-on-year to £44.4 million. The Trust Port…
"Oceanwide Were Fantastic" - Irish Hantavirus Survivor Ann Lane On Her Ordeal
28th June 2026 News Update
Ann Lane, one of two Irish passengers on the MV Hondius ship hit with hantavirus, says she would go to sea again with the same company. “Oceanwide Expeditions were fantastic,” Lane told The Sunday Independent. “We all got a letter from the captain,…
Oceania Cruises' Vista alongside at the Deepwater Berth in Cobh this week is a reminder of the scale of the cruise liner business now being handled across Cork Harbour. The Port of Cork has confirmed that 93 cruise ship calls…
The largest cruise ship ever to visit Lough Foyle has made a landmark call to the North West, bringing a record number of visitors to the region. Record Breaker: The 300-metre Nieuw Statendam, carrying almost 3,700 passengers and crew, became…
Well, why not? In an era when multi-squillionaires are rivalling each other in a “mine’s bigger than yours” competition to send the largest and most powerful privately-funded rockets into increasingly cluttered space, the entrepreneurial notion of a super-cruise-liner a mile…
Cork County Council Managed Harbours to Welcome Almost 2,000 Cruise Passengers
17th May 2026 Cruise Liners
According to Cork County Council, an early cruise ships season to Kinsale and Youghal has established a "vibrant year of luxury cruise tourism" across the county, reports EchoLive.ie It is expected that this year’s cruise season is to welcome 1,840 passengers…
Two Irish women have been repatriated from a cruise liner at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak. According to RTÉ News, the women were flown back to Ireland on Sunday (10 May) on an Air Corps aircraft after disembarking the…
Ann Lane, one of two Irish people on board the cruise ship MV Hondius cruise ship anchored off Cape Verde, has spoken of the shock on board when the first people died. As The Irish Independent reports, Ms Lane recounted…
Two Irish Citizens Confirmed Aboard Atlantic Cruise Liner Struck by Hantavirus Outbreak
4th May 2026 Cruise Liners
Two Irish citizens are among the 149 passengers on a cruise liner struck by a hantavirus outbreak in the South Atlantic, as The Journal reports. Three deaths in recent weeks — of a German and two Dutch nationals — have…
Foyle Port has opened its 2026 cruise season with an inaugural visit from Ponant Exploration. The expedition vessel Le Lapérouse anchored at Greencastle on 16 April, marking the earliest cruise call recorded at the port. The visit signals the start…
The National Geographic Endurance, named to honour Irish-born explorer Ernest Shackleton and his legendary Transantarctic Expedition, made a visit to Dublin Port at the weekend, writes Jehan Ashmore. The first new polar cruise ship built for operator Lindblad Expeditions' 50-year…
The 2026 cruise season at Bantry Bay opened on Sunday with the arrival of Le Lapérouse, the first of 12 vessels scheduled to visit West Cork. The Ponant-operated expedition ship, launched in 2018, carried up to 184 guests and 110…
French cruise ship operator Ponant Cruises visited Carlingford Lough, as one of their ‘Explorer’ class sleek megayacht-like vessels arrived at Warrenpoint Port at the weekend. A warm welcome was given to the 184-guest-capacity Wallis and Fortuna-flagged cruise ship Le Lapérouse,…
The ‘cruise ship season’ began at Cork Port today with the arrival of AIDAluna on its maiden call to Cork harbour. With 2,000 guests and over 600 crew aboard, it is the first of six vessels which will make maiden…
