Wednesday 15th April 2015, Dublin:.The Sovereigns Cup 2015 was launched on board the Naval Service flagship LE Eithne in Dublin by Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence (centre right) pictured with: (L/R) Commander Pearse O'Donnell, LE Eithne, Commodore Hugh Tully, Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service, Mike Walsh, Regatta Director Kinsale YC, Ensign Ben Crumplin, Cllr. Alan Coleman, Mayor Cork County and Rear Admiral Mark Mellett, Deputy Chief of Staff, Defence Forces Ireland..Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport