Titanic - new TV mini-series

Here's a picture taken of today's Irish Examiner. The snap features our own staff member, Sharon O'Shea, and Cobh Tourism's Jim O'Rourke outside the hotel on the red carpet for the Titanic première. Yes, the red carpet!!!

The Commodore Hotel was lucky enough to host the première of the new TV mini-series Titanic which airs on TV3 over the next four weeks on the lead up to the centenary of the Titanic sinking. Many thanks to Marc Anderson and the Titanic 100 crew who secured this event and chose the Commodore as their location. They did sterling work over the days leading up to the première to get the venue just right and recreate a real red carpet event....and boy did they succeed!!!

The Commodore Hotel was almost like a glitz Hollywood location for the night and the guests were blown away on their arrival. The Expose crew from TV3 were on hand to film and interview the guests as they arrived on the red carpet. Many of the them had gone to great lengths to dress in period costume and the local vintage car club had supplied a fleet of cars from the era to add that extra touch.

The Irish Examiner were also on hand to photograph the event and many of their photographs can be seen here.

For more details on the events that Titanic 100 have planned for the centenary year have a look at their website Titanic 100.