Lusitania owner granted access to secrets

AN American tycoon yesterday moved a step further in a 35-year legal battle to resolve a riddle of the deep - the sinking of the Lusitania.

Gregg Bemis, the ship’s legal owner, won a High Court challenge against a State decision refusing him a licence for a research expedition on the wreck.

He plans to raise $3 million (€2.5m) for dive expeditions and the completion of a documentary on the shipwreck.