The Irish Times

Rose Hynes confirms calling Varadkar after hearing Shannon news

Incoming IAA chair had learned she wasn’t being reappointed to head Shannon board

Wed Nov 24 2021 - 17:46

Concerns raised about warning system years before Rescue 116 crash

Manufacturer told ‘a few islands and lighthouses’ not mapped on system’s database

Sat Nov 06 2021 - 01:00

Rescue 116: From responding to a call about a minor fishing accident to utter devastation

Report outlines factors which likely prevented the crew detecting Blackrock Island

Sat Nov 06 2021 - 01:00

Rescue 116 crew ‘badly let down’, says family of Capt Dara Fitzpatrick

Family calls for reforms to be ‘urgently’ implemented following report into 2017 crash

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 14:57

Rescue 116 report criticises navigational issues that contributed to crash

Crew were ‘unaware’ helicopter was headed for land before crash in March 2017

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 12:40

Rescue 116: Widow of pilot Mark Duffy welcomes pending report

Hermione Duffy says there have been ‘many long and lonely days and nights without Mark’

Thu Nov 04 2021 - 22:44

Eamon Ryan says his department will cover legal costs of R116 crash families

Minister for Transport says he regrets implication that review costs may not be covered

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 19:40

My sister Dara Fitzpatrick ‘was more than a pilot and more than her death’

Niamh Fitzpatrick, psychologist and sister of the late helicopter pilot, on grief and loss

Sun Oct 04 2020 - 06:00

Special aerial tribute paid to crew of Rescue 116 who died three years ago

Replacement Rescue 116 helicopter draws a special heart sign in the square

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 13:06

Rescue 116: Crash report findings to be re-examined

Review board to be established for investigation after application by interested party

Wed Mar 11 2020 - 20:46

Rescue 116 crash could happen again unless there is reform – pilots warn

Factors leading to fatal helicopter crash off Mayo coast in 2017 still exist – IALPA

Mon Dec 30 2019 - 13:23

Put Aviation Authority in charge of search and rescue - report

Minister for Transport Shane Ross says he ‘accepts in full’ all 12 recommendations

Fri Sept 21 2018 - 13:36

Minister Ross vows action over rescue agencies review

Independent report identifies ‘confusion’ in relation to oversight of air-sea search and rescue

Sat Aug 25 2018 - 05:00

Rescue 116 inquest: ‘Everything that could be done was done’

Death certificates issued for all four air crew, including the two missing winch crew

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 20:30

New stamp to commemorate Rescue 116 crew

Organ donation, Liffey Swim and first sitting of the Dáil will also be marked

Tue Mar 20 2018 - 20:21

Inquiry highlights State failure in oversight of search for Rescue 116

Interim report into fatal crash identifies weaknesses in flight safety systems

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00

Rescue 116: Timeline of a tragedy

How four Coast Guard crew lost their lives off the Mayo coast and what happened since

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 15:04

Priest urges Catholics not to attend Holy Thursday Mass

Misogyny very strong in the Church despite the PR words involved, says Fr Kevin Hegarty

Thu Mar 15 2018 - 20:05

Remembering R116: Wreaths cast on to turbulent Atlantic off Mayo coast

Congregation of 300, including close relatives, friends and colleagues of the air crew, attend ceremony

Wed Mar 14 2018 - 07:35

Cyclists arrive at Blacksod to mark Rescue 116 anniversary

‘Miles in their Memory’ event in Mayo marks loss of four Coast Guard air crew

Mon Mar 12 2018 - 06:00

Rescue 116: ‘It’s been a tough year, very tough’

Life is still on hold for many, and questions remain, a year after the helicopter crew’s loss

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 06:00

Preliminary inquests into deaths of Rescue 116 crew to open in March

North Mayo coroner hopes to issue death certificates before adjourning inquests

Wed Feb 21 2018 - 17:47

Rest in peace ... They died in 2017

Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 06:00

A month-by-month look back at 2017 in Ireland

News review of the year: Border issues, the Garda whistleblower scandal, property prices, the Paradise Papers, Storm Ophelia and the Rescue 116 tragedy were some of the big stories of 2017

Wed Dec 27 2017 - 04:13

Aviation authority asks pilots to help correct charts

Regulator admits lighthouses mislocated and symbols obscured on maps

Wed Dec 27 2017 - 00:00

Rescue 116: helmet and lifejacket found belonged to Ciarán Smith

Items discovered on Mayo beach at weekend belonged to winchman who is still missing

Mon Oct 02 2017 - 18:12

Helmet and inflated lifejacket found in Mayo belong to one of missing crew

Irish Coast Guard airmen are still missing after Rescue 116 crash in March

Sun Oct 01 2017 - 16:12

Rescue 116: Britain’s Prince William pays special tribute to the four crew

Memorial for the Irish Coast Guard air crew takes place in Co Cavan on Friday

Tue Aug 22 2017 - 19:25

A coastal cycle around Ireland to honour our lifeboat service

My aim is to visit lighthouses and lifeboat stations, but my goal is to raise funds for RNLI

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 06:00

Latest search for Rescue 116 winch crew is stood down

Garda superintendent says ‘we have covered everything we aimed to’

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 21:30

Search for missing Rescue 116 airmen continues 130 days on

Garda says good weather allowing exploring of ‘pockets that may have been missed’

Sun Jul 23 2017 - 21:27

Transatlantic oarsmen close to breaking world records capsize

Brian Conville and Joseph Gagnon winched to safety 165 miles off west Cork coast

Fri Jul 21 2017 - 20:44

Donegal trawler continues fresh search for Rescue 116 airmen

Helicopter winch crewmen Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith now missing four months

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 10:01

Rescue 116 crash: Pilots’ group raised concerns over IAA

‘Prime Time’ report raises questions over authority’s role in relation to terrain data

Thu Jul 13 2017 - 23:29