Taoiseach Enda Kenny addresses the thousands who flocked to The Quay for the official opening of the 2011 Tall Ships Race in Waterford.	                                                                                                                                             | Photo: Noel Browne

Taoiseach Enda Kenny addresses the thousands who flocked to The Quay for the official opening of the 2011 Tall Ships Race in Waterford. | Photo: Noel Browne


Taoiseach Enda Kenny has saluted the tremendous voluntary spirit that drove the organisation of the Tall Ships Festival in Waterford, predicting a better and more prosperous future for Ireland’s oldest city.
Officially opening the festival on Thursday last, Mr Kenny said he hoped that the people of Waterford would recall the event “as the beginning of a time when the city renewed itself and looked to the future with a new confidence”.