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#News: Welcome To Dover Irish Ferries!


As you know I’m a ferry obsessive so I’ve been following with interest Irish Ferries plans to offer a Dover - Calais service, along with all the new services and boats on direct Ireland - France routes.

If anyone can pull this off it’s Irish Ferries. They REALLY know their business and thinking about it don’t really make mistakes. My prediction- they’ll succeed. I think the most likely scenario is just DFDS & Irish Ferries on this route eventually, few years maybe, P&O  is on its arse and being squeezed by two of the best ferry companies in the world* will probably finish them off, despite their new pooling arrangement with DFDS.

So good luck Irish Ferries. Fly the Irish flag high! (And the Welsh* flag, Pembroke Dock was her 2nd home of course)

Service starts on 29th June

Pics from Dover Ferry Photos on Facebook, hope they don’t mind!

*Not to mention Cyprus 😂

One of the Spirits berthing next to Irish Ferries
Good solid reliable machine is Isle of Inishmore. Not flashy but very good 
After most of her life on Pembroke Dock to Rosslare she finds herself here

*Yes I know Irish Ferries registered their vessels in Cyprus to take advantage of lower staff costs which was controversial at time but look at this way- would they be here now if not? An independent Irish ferry company? We don’t have a single U.K. owned ferry company in comparison. 




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