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#VOR - Organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race have announced that the Brazilian state of Pernambuco will enter a team in the next edition of the round-the-world offshore challenge in 2014-15.  In addition, its capital city of Recife will be…

#VOR - The Volvo Ocean Race has launched its search for a team of onboard reporters for the 2014-2015 edition of the epic round-the-world challenge. For the third consecutive edition, each team taking part in sailing's biggest offshore race will…

#VOR - The Galway City Tribune reports that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has sanctioned a bailout for outstanding debts owed by the organisers of this summer's Volvo Ocean Race finale in Galway. Minister for Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar had previously…

#vor – A new report from the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics at NUI Galway reveals that the Volvo Ocean Race Finale (VOR) which took place in Galway city earlier this year, having hosted a stopover for the…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - In the latest video update following the construction of the VOR 65, Volvo Ocean Race’s Rick Deppe visits USA, Italy and France for an all-round catch-up on the progress of the new one-design. In Annapolis, Maryland,…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - Fans of the Volvo Ocean Race should expect a "very forward thinking" design for the new 65-foot one-design planned for the next two editions of the round-the-world challenge. "The overwhelming impression will be of a top-level…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - Cardiff in Wales is submitting a bid to host the 2017-2018 edition of Volvo Ocean Race, as yourCardiff reports. The city's council has signed off on £3 million (€3.7 million) plans to host a stopover on…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - The organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race finale in Galway have hit out at media reports that the city will not put in a bid to host a stopover for a third time in 2014-2015. According…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - Minister for Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar has ruled out any Government bailout to cover the €400,000 in debts owed by organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race finale in Galway, as the Galway City Tribune reports.…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - The organisers of this summer's Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway are set to hold meetings with stakeholders in what Galway Bay FM calls a 'last ditch' effort to make a third bid to host the…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - The official film of the latest edition of the Volvo Ocean Race - which had its finale in Galway last month - has been posted on YouTube. Originally broadcast in late July on TG4, the documentary…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - The next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race will feature an all-woman crew for the first time since 2002, the Galway Advertiser reports. The first team to declare for the race - which kicks off in…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - Organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway have questioned the will at political level for support of any future hosting of the event, as the Galway Independent reports. Let’s Do It Global CEO Micheline…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - Galway's application to host a third stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race now looks "unlikely" after Galway City Council announced it is not in a position to underwrite the bid. As Galway Bay FM reports, event…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - It has been revealed that a new coastal radar system developed at NUI Galway was instrumental to the success of the PUMA team in the in-port races at the recent Volvo Ocean Race finale. The radar…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - Sailing runs in the blood of Dun Laoghaire native Pierce Purcell, following a family tradition that goes back for generations. The new director of the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) has called Galway his home since leaving school…