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THE GROUP CAMPAIGNING to save former CIE vessel the Naomh Éanna from being scrapped is now making progress in its bid to turn the former Aran Islands ferry into a plush floating hostel.
Businessman Sam Field Corbett, whose firm also restored Dublin landmark the ‘The Boat’, confirmed that his Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Company had acquired the craft, which has been berthed in the Grand Canal Dock since the 1980s.
It follows a long dispute involving the campaigners, Waterways Ireland (which manages the docks), the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and NAMA. (It’s a long story: more here).
Built in the Liffey Dock in 1956 and once used to carry passengers and supplies between Galway and the islands, the ferry has fallen into disrepair in recent decades.
Waterways Ireland had been planning to scrap the vessel; safety concerns were raised in a hull inspection, and the ship couldn’t be moved from the waterway under her own power.
Campaigners had asked for the plan to scrap the vessel to be delayed — but such a move seemed unlikely, until then-Minister Jimmy Deenihan announced a last-minute stay of execution earlier this year.
The group then planned to carry out a survey of the ship’s hull at the NAMA-controlled ‘Graving Dock’ where she’s currently moored, but ran into a number of obstacles.
The planned revamp… [Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Company]
Field Corbett now hopes to make progress, saying yesterday that the Naomh Éanna, had effectively been secured for the next 3 months.
“IS&BF will complete the in depth survey required to calculate the cost of repairing the hull and machinery to compliment the calculations for her refit as a boutique hostel, restaurant, cafe and museum,” he said in an email.
The final part of the negotiations in facilitating this next step lies with NAMA who seem close to issuing the three month lease on the site which will allow surveyors to access the ship and determine her condition.
He said his company was “intent on approaching a number of venture capitalists to invest in the project”.
How the business plan is received by potential investors will ultimately decide her fate.
He added:
We hope to be able to invite all our supporters to visit the ship when she is being restored and look forward to meeting everyone then.
If the repairs go ahead, it’s hoped the Naomh Éanna will be sailed to Galway under her own steam for the remainder of the work to be completed there.
It’s planned 45 people would be employed aboard the new business.
The name Erwin Schrodinger will forever remind me of Leonard and Penny’s first date on The Big Bang Theory
Did he live, or is it just more likely that he lived here than didn’t
He was Jewish so I’d imagine from 1938 onwards Vienna wasn’t a very safe place for him.
He wasn’t Jewish, by origin or belief. His personal life was colourful, shall we say. A bit of a lad.
We’d claim anything.
His son got an All Ireland hand ball medal
Erwin O’ Schrödinger he was great craic
First thing that came to mind was The Big Bang Theory :)
I had a cat named after him, was always worried coming home , was always 50/50
Yes we did actually,
Albert Folen (yes the one who make the books) was a Belgian Nazi & he came here
I know Dev loved the Nazi’s but I didn’t think he imported them
That’s just silly.
It’s Monday, Monday’s are my silly days
I’d say you have a silly day most days
People need a bit more silliness.
That is true. Is that why you call yourself right wing?
I find myself to be more stage-right wing these days
Do receptionists believe you when you check into hotels with that name?
Schroedinger was Jewish!!
You must be getting old Steve they say you become more right wing as you get older. No I never usually give my real name when checking into hotels I usually use Jones for my second name. ;)
Has everybody tried “Gizoggle”? Google it and have fun with all websites.
Brilliant
Ahh…..I was actually wondering today what the doodle was about. Thanks for info Journal !
Thats the national inferority complex soothed again for this week.
Wonder did he meet Alosis Hitler and Bridget Dowling when he was here ??Yup Hitlers half brother worked for four years in the Gresham hotel and shacked up with and eloped with a good Dublin girl to Liverpool where he dumped her and went home to Germany.She had a son by him William Patrick Hitler,who was a bit of a lad,and didnt impress uncle Adolf at all. So william emigrated to the USA,and joined the US navy and the Yanks made great value of young William fighting against his uncle.
Wonder why we never claim the good witrh the bad??
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