Ó Catháin fish factory in Dingle gets a new lease of life – with an ocean theme
Ó Catháin Iasc Teoranta’s processing plant, which was once at the centre of the fishing industry in Dingle, began a new life at the weekend when the doors were opened on WAVE – the Wild Atlantic Virtual Experience that now occupies much of the former factory floor. After three generations in the fish processing and export business, the Keane family felt that, with so much uncertainty in the fishing industry, a move into tourism promised the most viable future for the processing plant and the jobs that remain there. The result is WAVE, which takes visitors on a virtual undersea jo...