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Bring back the Swansea Cork Ferry
- The e-petition page

Please use this form to tell us how you feel about the continued suspension of the
Swansea-Cork ferry and how it is affecting you.
It doesn’t matter where you are from.. we thank you for your support!
You can see the latest entries on the e-petition on this page - just below the form.

After a long, hard campaign, we’re now expecting the Cork-Swansea ferry to be running from March 1st 2001 - but don’t let that stop you from adding your comments via this
e-petition

Over the weeks you’ve sent us some cracking entries - see some of the best in our e-petition Hall of Fame

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Guestbook

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Name: Andrew Fisher
City: Kerry Country: Ireland
Sent: 29/06/2009 16:30:25

For those who don't fly (and I know quite a few) this is the only way to travel to the UK. Living in Kerry, this used to be the most conveinient to visit the UK by car. A hearty meal, a good kip and your there by morn.

'You know it makes sense'!!!!

Name: mike carroll
City: limerick Country: ireland
Sent: 29/06/2009 16:45:50

we fully support your efforts to
bring back the ferry,
for easier access to wales from west of ireland etc...

regards mike carroll

Name: Jim Maggs
City: Port Talbot Country: Wales
Sent: 29/06/2009 7:37:59

I fully support the efforts to recommence this service to
benefit the Welsh and Irish economies and local tourist trade
and to further improve the friendship between people in
our two great Celtic nations.

It was a sad day when the service ended in 2006 and I feel that the
efforts to find a new ship should have commenced much sooner.
It's seems totally crazy, letting an established business, cease
operations only to start a new after nearly 4 years!

It's going be be hard work re establishing the service and
especially in the current economic climate. It's a good and quite
sensible to delay this until the 1st March 2010.

I do believe that the service will re establish itself and will be
successfull for many years to come but I'm concerned about the age of the Ferry!

Best Wishes,

Jim Maggs.

Name: Miranda Sturgess
City: Bristol Sent: 24/06/2009 10:45:27

We'd like to book a family holiday to Ireland, but will only want to go if we can get a ferry from Swansea.
Bring back the ferry - PLEASE!

Name: Simon Congiu-Shurey
City: Chard Country: UK
Sent: 22/06/2009 21:51:28

I used the Swansea - Cork ferry often to viit my mother in Macroom. Now I am not ble to visit so often as the costs are now prohibitve not too mention the extra fuel costs driving to Fishguard from Chard and from Rosslare to Macroom!

Name: Philip Hughes
City: Bandon Country: Ireland
Sent: 20/06/2009 16:13:39

Didn't realise this service had been withdrawn until I went to look at the ferry times. Disaster, Can't wait til this is up and running again.

Name: Jo Heydon
HomePage: BBC News City: Cornwall Country: UK
Sent: 20/06/2009 11:15:03

Desperate for the service to be restored so we can visit my son and his family who live near Cork without expensive hotels to and from as the journey is otherwise too long and my husband doesn't fly, but we could bring our motorhome over to Ireland and take long breaks - and would do this regularly if the service was restored. Keep at it - you are much needed.

Name: D. MacCARTHY
City: London Country: UK
Sent: 19/06/2009 14:41:44

Brilliant grass-roots initiative - well done thus far to all involved on progress to date.

Name: dave jones
City: swansea Country: wales
Sent: 18/06/2009 21:16:50

Look forward tp being a passenger with our motorbikes - it,s a long way from Rosslare to Cork!

Name: Mark
City: West Cork Country: Ireland
Sent: 17/06/2009 19:23:26

I wish you "the luck o' the Irish" with this new venture, and I will definitely be a passenger! Looking forward to your service. Getting so tired of driving to Rosslare !!!!

Name: Niamh Bryan
City: Lichfield Country: uk
Sent: 16/06/2009 19:48:40

I have two small boys and have been taking them to Courtmacsherry for the last 3 years. The first year I took the boys I was booked on the Swansea Cork Ferry but there was a bad crash on the M4 and we missed it. They gave me a voucher for another journey and then promptly sold the boat!

Its a fantastic place to take kids and we really love it there but each year I say I won't go back because its such a long journey for us. You really need to go for 2 weeks to recover from the grueling journey.

I really hoped the ferry would be back this year - it would make life so much easier.

Name: Jason Pickering
City: Bristol Country: United Kingdom
Sent: 15/06/2009 12:52:15

Its stupid without the ferry, many miles out of the way, why sell it without having a back up plan!

Name: Pippa Rush
City: Cork Country: ireland
Sent: 11/06/2009 20:22:48

PLEASE PLEASE bring back the service.

Name: FRED CARR
HomePage: N/A City: CRAWLEY Country: SUSSEX
Sent: 11/06/2009 19:48:59

FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO USE THE SWANSEA-CORK FERRY. NAY
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY GOB WAS SMACKED TO READ THAT THE SERVICE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED, AND AM VERY DISAPOINTED.

Name: robert tring
City: london Country: UK
Sent: 11/06/2009 0:31:05

another year when I cannot face the long road journey .I suppose I will have have a shorter stay and go by plane.
Bring back the FERRY please

Name: maxine hanley
City: birmingham Country: uk
Sent: 10/06/2009 14:59:30

Have 2 small children age 4 and 1....try to visit their great uncle on bere Island each year but horrendous journey as we have to go either from Holyhead - Dublin or Fishguard--Rosslare. This means total of 10 hours + actual car time ( counting both sides )with the only rest being a 3 hour boat journey.
Swansea to Cork ferry would mean we would only have 6 hours car time but 10 jours rest time !! Fabulous and ideal for holidayers visiting relatives on the S/W coast line....can't wait for the new service...hurray !

Name: Jan klimas
City: cork Country: Ireland
Sent: 10/06/2009 14:10:48

Hi, bring back the swansea-cork ferry asap. Thank you.

Name: stephen atkinson
City: bristol Country: avon
Sent: 05/06/2009 16:54:46

very disappointed, was hoping to use the service this year, as rosslair is a long way down to west cork. its a shame you couldnt get it running this year, cant wait for it to come online. many thanks

Name: Mark Auchincloss
HomePage: www.auchin.tk City: CORK Country: IRELAND
Sent: 05/06/2009 14:48:06

Hi Sinead McManus im going there too come september, maybe ill see you on the ferry when its back.
if u on face book find me. im the only one of myself on it.

Name: sylvia da silva
City: middelsex Country: england
Sent: 04/06/2009 19:21:31

we used to go to cork twice a year on the ferry from swansea to cork but have not been since it stopped running as it is a long drive from roslare to cork i think a lot of revinue is lost by taking the ship out of that crossing so hope you can bring it back sooner than latter thank you

Name: Elizabeth McSweeney
City: Welwyn Garden City Country: UK
Sent: 04/06/2009 9:49:20

I love this ferry service and miss it a lot. I go to Cork every year and with 2 children the ferry and car is a great way to travel for the summer break. The Swansea-Cork ferry that is. Going from Pembroke to Rosslare is a long drive for us all. I am both sorry and delighted to hear that the Swansea-Cork ferry service will be back in 2010. Sorry that it's not 2009!! Looks like a Pembroke-Rosslare drive again this year!!! Thank you to all involved in the campaign. I will be sailing with you in 2010.

Name: Sinead McManus
City: Cavan Country: Ireland
Sent: 03/06/2009 12:47:44

Hi, Bring back the ferry, its more environmentally sound than flying, I am starting uni in Swansea in Sept will be over and back at least 3 times in the year and the ferry would be soooooo much handier. How else are people gonna be encouraged to visit Cork????

Name: Lisa
Country: Germany
Sent: 01/06/2009 18:49:04

I hope there is a first class restaurant too

Name: Adrian
HomePage: www.bringbacktheswanseacorkferry.com City: Ballydehob Country: Ireland
Sent: 31/05/2009 17:34:39

I couldn't resist adding the 4,000'th entry on this e-petition - if only to say an enormous THANK YOU! to everybody who has been involved with and supported the Campaign since April 2008.

Thanks to your amazing help, encouragement, kind wishes and financial support you have made our dream of restoring this vital ferry service into a reality -
and we all look forward to the ferry sailing again in March 2010.

Thanks again - and please keep up the support - we couldn't have done this without you!

Adrian - Campaign co-organiser

Name: Bill Wild
Country: UK
Sent: 31/05/2009 13:10:25

Having just endured the journey to west Cork via Rosslare I have come to the conclusion that Moses had it easy leading the Israelites out of Egypt. He never had to go back the same way!

The sooner you can get the ferry resored tha happier thousands of people will be.

Name: Timothy Bush
City: Watford Country: United Kingdom
Sent: 29/05/2009 15:45:53

Due to the closure of the Swansea-Cork ferry, it has made going on holiday difficult

Name: Mike Davis IXR Systems ltd
City: Lichfield Country: UK
Sent: 27/05/2009 15:49:26

I used the old ferry once , average , cheaper by plane , but food good
Now all has changed only one Airline flys to Cork from Midlands Uk Aer Lingus , 4 Flights only a week, Ryanair& BMI have given up
So now is the time for a good ferry with really good food and accomodation
We are moving company to cork so we will travel weekly and need this service
Go make it happen quick , Please
Mike Davis Director IXRS

Name: sarah o'mahony
City: bristol Country: england
Sent: 26/05/2009 18:11:06

I have been travelling to see my family in Ireland since I was 11 yrs old by ferry. The fact that I now have to fly means I can only afford 1 trip or less per year and I am struggling to keep up with all the new family additions. I would also like to introduce more family and friends to glorious Killarney, but we can't afford to get there! You really need to take your car to see it all properly as the hire cars really bump up the cost of the trip. I am delighted to see the ferry may be resuming next yearn - please God!. Sarah 34yrs

Name: Eoin Mooney
City: Cardiff Country: Wales
Sent: 22/05/2009 22:16:43

I think it is a shame that the Swansea-Cork Ferry Company was shut down. I really hope it gets set up again and I can travel with ease to and from South Wales and Southern Ireland with the car. It is a nightmare getting to Ireland to those of us Irish immigrants living in South East Wales. Please please bring Swansea Cork Ferries back and blow the competitors out of the water ! Excuse the pun !

Name: Richard Carey
City: limerick Country: Ireland
Sent: 21/05/2009 21:17:05

The service shouldn't have closed in the first place. The sooner it is restored the better.

Name: Alan Jones
HomePage: alanindyfed.blogspot.com City: Cork Country: Ireland
Sent: 21/05/2009 19:35:34

I will soon live in West Cork and need to travel to wales and back at certain times during the year.

Name: Mary Lynch
City: Isle of Mull Sent: 21/05/2009 11:47:19

Wonderful news and well done everyone concerned, the ferry was badly missed. Tis a long way to Cork from the Isle of Mull but the possibility to have a good sleep on an overnight crossing makes the trip much easier. Wish you all the best!

Name: Robert Whitehead
City: Cardiff Country: Wales
Sent: 21/05/2009 2:03:35

I have friends in Cork, Myrtleville and Dublin, the lack of ferry service from Swansea as it used to be results in less frequent visits to friends in Ireland. It just seems stupid that links to south wales in this day and age are being put back decades and depriving both south wales and southern ireland of much loved (and needed) tourism. This is effecting the small business earner more than anyone else....i.e the people that really matter!

Name: jeff prior
City: Sneem Kerry Country: ireland
Sent: 18/05/2009 22:07:19

The need to travel the extra hours from
Kerry to ferry port this year with my father passing just added to a sad trip

Name: Jenny Payne
City: London Country: UK
Sent: 18/05/2009 17:31:10

the exhaustion of the round trip to Cork and Kerry via Wales and Rosslare makes a grueling mission of it all. Oh the joys of waking up, having breakfast, seeing Roches Point loom up and then rolling off ready to hit the road!! We have gone abroad by plane since the demise of the ferry but bring the ferry backand we'll be first in line this June.

Name: P J Woolley
City: birmingham Country: United Kingdom
Sent: 17/05/2009 22:14:07

Cork & Kerry are losing out finanically because the ferries withdrawal

Name: Guus van den Berg
HomePage: Waterbergseweg 27 City: Arnhem Country: Netherlands
Sent: 17/05/2009 18:17:12

We are waiting for it.
Please do it quick we like to have our holiday's in Kerry normaly

Name: Marion Wild
City: Bath Country: UK
Sent: 17/05/2009 16:36:56

It's apalling that this ferry has not run since 2006, we have a property in South West Cork and now have to get the Pembroke/Rosslare ferry to visit - a long drive on both sides.
What's wrong with the Irish Government and the Tourist Board, do they want tourism? Clearly not or they wouldn't be expecting we, the people, to set up campaigns and make donations, to reinstate something as fundamental as the Swansea/Cork ferry.

Name: Jo Meyer
City: Caerphilly Country: Wales
Sent: 13/05/2009 16:33:51

I agree with Tricia. I'm very disappointed that we won't be able to use the Swansea Cork Ferry this year but will definitely be one of the first on when it starts running again! Thanks very much to the people who have contributed to bringing the service back.

Name: Laura
City: Abingdon Country: UK
Sent: 13/05/2009 12:50:57

Now travelling with 3 young children, we desperately need the ferry to get us to Kerry!

Name: Catherine Miller
City: Poole Country: England
Sent: 13/05/2009 10:18:55

this was a useful and valuable link crossing (although not my favourite in rough seas!) Cork landing, as opposed to the east coast of Ireland is much more convenient for so many. The sooner it is back the better not just for passengers but for employment and tourism .

Name: Caroline Morris
City: Brighton Country: United Kingdom
Sent: 12/05/2009 17:11:35

I havent' used the service yet, but was planning to this year and was very disappointed to learn the service has been suspended..bring it back!

Name: Sally Oliver
City: Molong Country: Australia
Sent: 12/05/2009 7:16:19

I feel it is wrong to shut down services such as this one, which fills an obvious need. Bring it back!

Name: Tricia Rawlingson Plant
City: Bruton Country: United Kingdom
Sent: 11/05/2009 15:26:58

So sad the ferry wont be running now till March 2010 but quite understand the reasoning. Thanks to all who have worked so hard to bring back the swansea cork ferry.
We go to West Cork about 5 times a year & dont fly as we have the dog and lots of bits to take to our house near Bantry. Oh dear - we're going to have to summon up the courage to do that ghastly drive to Pembroke and then on from Rosslare again at the end of May! It is so tiring it takes about 2 days to recover! However the prospect of eventually going via Swansea to Cork will keep us going this year!! Good luck with all the plans and we'll be on the first boat over!

Name: john walsh
City: Amsterdam Country: The Netherlands
Sent: 11/05/2009 12:01:34

Hi..

Lots of interest in the Dutch market in the restoration of the ferry - especially amongst anglers.

Best of luck with the campaign - we look forward to working with you as soon as she is up and sailing :-)

Name: Veronica Barry
City: Oxford Country: Engalnd
Sent: 11/05/2009 11:39:18

West Cork businesses, holiday makers, farmers and B&Bs all have suffered from the loss of the ferry; the journey to the west of ireland via Rosslare makes what is an easy journey via Swansea-Cork into a sometimes two day hike. So many livelihoods, and the Irish economy need the ferry, its essential it is brought back as soon as possible.

Name: Gavin
City: Cork Country: Ireland
Sent: 11/05/2009 11:12:35

Cork badly needs it's ferry connection to the UK. I wish the government would do more to help.

Name: M Heslin
City: London Country: UK
Sent: 08/05/2009 20:57:49

This ferry was fantastic for getting to Cork! We want it back!!!!

Name: Louise O'Shea
City: London Country: England
Sent: 07/05/2009 23:01:56

Im disappointed that the Swansea /Cork Ferry wont be back for Summer 2009 service.

I love Kerry but the prospect of taking the Fishguard Roslare crossing to access Kerry is just not one I am willing to do again. I will reconsider Ireland for my holiday in 2010 if/when the Swansea /Cork crossing is back.

If Im changing my holiday plans how many others will pass up the Ring of Kerry as a holiday destination.

WIth people holidaying close to home with the credit crunch Ireland is going to miss out on a valuable tourism opportunity.

Name: Mark
City: Bristol Country: UK
Sent: 07/05/2009 15:39:12

I'm a native of the Cork Harbour area and as a graduate engineer I have recently moved to the UK. I usually travel home by air via Aer Arann to Cork or the various Ryanair connections to Shannon or Dublin but the travel costs are usally quite high. I do sometimes take the car and make a trip from Pembroke or Fishguard, but the time spent driving takes it's toll and makes only long holidays home worth it.
The re-introduction of the Cork/Swansea link is an exciting prospect for me even for those short breaks. The simplicity of driving to Swansea down the M4, hopping on the ferry with or without the car and being landed 20 or so minutes from Cork city is a no brainer. It is worth noting that it is a popular point of discussion of other munster people I have met who reside here in Bristol, students and professionals alike.


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