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The Hotel School at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is holding what the school says will be one of the best Titanic commemorative events this year, an 11-course black tie dinner replicating the meal served to guests in the first class dining room on the RMS Titanic. Tickets are already sold out for the event, which takes place on Wednesday 21 March in aid of the Galway RNLI Lifeboat.

The sinking of the Titanic continues make to headlines as though the world is still coming to terms with it. With the 100th anniversary of one of the world’s worst maritime disasters just six months away it seems many stories that has disappeared into the mists of times are slowly been recovered.

An American deep-ocean shipwreck exploration company is in for a major windfall after making the historic discovery of more than $200 million worth of silver which went down aboard a World War II British cargo steamer torpedoed by a German U-boat as it headed for the safety of Galway harbour to refuel.

While Galway was caring for some of the survivors of the SS Athenia, torpedoed off the Donegal coast on September 3 1939, America, Britain and Canada unleashed a vitriolic attack on Germany for sinking a passenger ship. Included among her 1,418 passengers and crew were more than 300 Americans. A total of 117 people were killed, some unfortunately as they were being lifted from the sea by the rescue boats including the Knute Nelson (which had brought 430 survivors into Galway), and three British warships, the HMS Electra, HMS Fame and the HMS Escort, which had rushed to the scene. Among the dead were 28 American citizens.

One idea for those looking for a short break this autumn is an Irish Ferries’ wine shopping trip to France with prices from as low as €130 return per person for four adults and a car.

Good news for families taking their car on a motoring holiday to Britain this summer is the announcement by Irish Ferries that children under 16 go free.

Electric and hybrid car travel between Ireland, Britain and France has come closer to being an everyday occurrence thanks to an initiative by Irish Ferries and ESB ecars, which has seen battery charging points being installed on two of its vessels.

During the last week of May a GMIT student and his kayaking buddy will be departing Howth to paddle around Ireland by sea kayak (1,600km). The expedition is being carried out in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation, a charity working to improve end of life care in Irish hospitals. During the trip they will be carrying all their camping, cooking, and safety equipment, and a week’s worth of food at a time in their kayaks. They hope to be finished the trip in five to six weeks while paddling for six to 10 hours a day.

Free Wi-Fi access has been added to the list of features being offered by Irish Ferries to passengers who avail of club class facilities on its Irish Sea services.