Just checked AIS, she's not there now, pic must be old. Yes the view of these large cruise ships from ashore can look pretty ugly, but thankfully you don't get that view from on board. These days Cobh seems able to cope with 280-320m long cruise ships, but the pax are transported away to their day excursions primarily by fleets of buses. I doubt a few two car 2600 rattle cans could cope with 3000 disembarking passengers. In the port of Civitavecchia near Rome cruise ship operators use special pullman style trains to get the pax quickly into the city.
While I was on AIS I noticed this beauty arrived in Kinsale today. She left Cork city earlier. Can you imagine how busy a rail line might be to the likes of Kinsale, Courtmacsherry and Baltimore during the summer and shoulder season had parts of the west Cork railway survived.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/luxury-superyacht-lady-christineberthed-in-cork-could-be-yours--for-53m-456720.html
One of the reasons residents of Dun Laoghaire are opposed to planning permission for large cruise ships in the harbour is the arrival of 15 story floating tower blocks obscuring views of the sea and harbour.