A Lusitania commemoration, postponed as a mark of respect to a husband and wife who died from stab wounds in a domestic incident, will take place next month.

Cunard has announced it will host an exhibition of Lusitania memorabilia onboard a special cruise of the Queen Victoria cruise ship, which will be visiting Cobh next May to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the torpedoed liner.

A re-enactment of the inquest into the sinking of the Lusitania, featuring descendents of the jury, will be one of a number of events planned to commemorate next year’s 100th anniversary of the sinking of the liner.

British government officials had first expressed concern — almost 70 years after the sinking of the Lusitania — about a cover-up of the truth of the tragedy.

An online archive of documentary film spanning more than a century is yielding up new glimpses into Irish history – including the rediscovery of film shot in Cobh, Co Cork of the aftermath of the 1915 Lusitania disaster.

An online archive of documentary film spanning more than a century is yielding new glimpses into Irish history — including the rediscovery of film shot in Cobh, Co Cork, of the aftermath of the Lusitania disaster in 1915.

The victims of the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania were honoured at a ceremony in Co Cork yesterday.

A GRIEVING widower spoke of his anguish yesterday after local authority grave diggers buried his wife in the wrong plot.