This afternoon,
Blacksod Bay, County Mayo
Ministers Shane Ross and Boxer Moran speak to reporters on day two at the search scene for three missing members of the Irish Coast Guard – Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby and Ciaran Smith – whose helicopter crashed while on a rescue mission off County Mayo in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The cause of the crash of Rescue 116, which yesterday claimed the life of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, is not yet known.
Coast Guard crash: Loss of crew ‘unthinkable and unspeakable’ (Irish Times)
Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews
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great photo.
On the news this morning that the air-corps couldn’t provide the “Top Cover” that R116 had to provide because the call came through after 5pm and they didn’t have the staff available..
So they sent the coast guard, what’s your point?