The wife of Captain Mark Duffy, who lost his life in the tragic R116 accident, has issued a letter of thanks.

The wife of one of the pilots killed in the Rescue 116 helicopter crash off the coast of Co Mayo last March has issued an open letter thanking the public for their support.

The Air Accident Investigation Unit has been defending its decision to release details of the R116 audio, which appeared in the media last week.

Four flares were let off into the Waterford sky as a wreath was laid at sea in a tribute to the crew members of Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116.

A report into the R116 helicopter crash off the coast of Mayo has recommended that the company that runs the Coast Guard service in Ireland should review route guides in use by search and rescue helicopters.

Searchers for the remaining missing crew members of Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 are concentrating on the area around the crash site again after the disappointment over the weekend’s flotilla exercise.

UNLESS weather conditions deteriorated dramatically overnight a major sea search is underway off our north west coast.

The family of missing Rescue 116 crewman Ciarán Smith says gestures of support from all over Ireland have given them strength to carry on.

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The black box from Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 will be given to British experts today in the hope that they will be able to shed light on what caused Rescue 116 to crash off the coast of Co Mayo.

Rescue teams are a step closer to bringing home the crewmen from Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116.