New Cork to Spain ferry completes its first sailing

The service is the first Spanish-bound sailing of the new Cork to Santander route, which will operate two sailings per week from each port, leaving the Spanish port on Thursdays and Sundays and Cork on Wednesdays and Fridays.

There were fewer Munster accents than might have been hoped for — the province losing out to Racing 92 in the Champions Cup semi-final — however many of the passengers using the new route were Leinster fans using the new route as a way of getting to Bilbao to cheer on Leinster in Saturday’s Champions Cup final against Racing.