Event: Whiddy Island disaster

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<p>The Betelgeuse on fire at Whiddy Island Oil Terminal, Bantry, Co Cork, on January 8, 1979.</p>

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AG assessing request for new inquests into deaths of Whiddy Island disaster victims

Some 45 years ago today, tanker Betelgeuse caught fire and exploded at the Gulf Oil-operated terminal jetty in Bantry Bay, Co Cork, killing 50 people

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Son of Whiddy Island victim says Irish maritime safety structures 'fundamentally broken'

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Whiddy disaster relatives applying to High Court to rectify death certs

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Whiddy Island: Concerns about marine safety passed directly to Taoiseach

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Reader's Blog: 'I will remember until my dying day my father's words after that terrible incident at the Whiddy Oil Terminal in Bantry'

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Call on Taoiseach to issue public apology over Whiddy Island disaster

Whiddy Island disaster: ‘It is something that has never gone away’

The memorial event also served to highlight the simmering sense of injustice felt by many, writes Noel Baker.

Wed, 09 Jan, 2019

BULLETIN: Man captured in Syria by militants fighting ISIS named; Lorries descend on disused airfield for no-deal Brexit rehearsal

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Mon, 07 Jan, 2019

BULLETIN: Millions paid in secret to doctors by drugs firms; Brexit debate resumes in UK after Christmas break

Here's your morning bulletin.

Mon, 07 Jan, 2019

Tributes to Donal Creed, former minister of state who came up with idea of National Lottery

Tributes have been paid to former minister of state Donal Creed, father of the current Agriculture Minister Michael Creed and the man credited with coming up with the idea of the National Lottery.

Sat, 25 Nov, 2017

Irishman witnesses ‘utter tragedy’ on Westminster bridge

An Irishman who narrowly escaped being directly caught up in Wednesday’s terror attack in London says he was thinking of the crew of Rescue 116 helicopter when he came onto the scene on Westminster Bridge.

Fri, 24 Mar, 2017

‘Irish Examiner’ archives reel back the years

Since 1841, the Irish Examiner has recorded the major events in the life of our nation, and much of that material is now available to view online, thanks to the digitisation of the archives as part of a national media project overseen by the Irish Newspaper Archives.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

Death of judge who led probe into Whiddy disaster

THE former President of the High Court Declan Costello, who led the investigation into the Whiddy Island disaster, has died in Dublin.

Tue, 07 Jun, 2011