TAOISEACH EXPECTED TO ATTEND OCEAN RACE OPENING CEREMONY

Date Published: 24-May-2009

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen is expected to be guest of honour at tonights volvo ocean race village opening ceremony in the city.The official opening will begin on the Topaz main stage in the Race village tonight at ten o' clock.This afternoon, minister for arts, sport and tourism Martin Cullen will be at the main stage to present the winner of the HP build a boat competition. Yesterday, an estimated 50 thousand people visited the race village between 9 and 6pm, and today thousands more are visiting.In the early hours of this morning, thousands of people were on standby to welcome the volvo ocean race boats into Galway.