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20% Boost for Shannon Ferry Crossings on Wild Atlantic Way
#BusyFerries – The Shannon Breeze and Shannon Dolphin operated by the Shannon Ferry Group has already had to extend its high-season crossings due to demand, writes The Examiner
The ferries which can take almost 120 cars between them, run between Tarbert, Co Kerry and Killimer in Clare from 7am to 9.30pm with crossings every 15 minutes.
Eugene Maher, chief executive of Shannon Ferry Group said: "Numbers have been fantastic, particularly over the past two years and this can be attributed to the promotion of the Wild Atlantic Way. "We had lost our focus in terms of promoting the west of Ireland and the Ireland outside of Dublin. As the capital city, Dublin is a dominant player and will continue as that. But the traditional Ireland around the country seemed to have disappeared as regard tourism numbers.
For more on this, the newspaper has the story here.
