Dublin city chiefs won't be bidding to host one of Europe's biggest festivals because they say it costs too much.
Almost 1.3 million visitors came to Dublin for the four-day Tall Ships festival when it last docked here in 2012.
In a pitch to businesses in 2012, DCC boasted that the maritime event would attract at least 3,000 crew members on board as many as 100 ships from all around the globe.
But City bosses have confirmed they're not going to try and host the 2019 event, because of its 3 million euro price tag.
Organisers of the event, Sail Training International, expressed their disappointment when the "bid did not arrive" and they said it is "a missed opportunity".
