A new ferry service has been started between Liverpool and Dublin. The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company crossing will take six and a half hours on a conventional ferry between Liverpool and Dublin Ferryport. Daily sailings will leave Liverpool at 8.30 a.m. On Wednesdays a faster service will leave Liverpool at 11 a.m. on a four hour 15 minute crossing and return from Dublin at 4.30 p.m.