Special service for LÉ Emer’s demise

The Naval Service will hold a special decommissioning service on the LÉ Emer next Friday and the vessel is to be sold off through public auction on Oct 23.

A Naval Service spokesman said the decommissioning ceremony will be held at Custom House Quay in Cork at 4.30pm and it was hoped it would be attended by Minister for Defence Alan Shatter and Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney.

Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service Commodore Mark Mellett will oversee the event which will involve removing the vessel’s flag. The spokesman added that it was hoped to invite as many of the ship’s former crew as possible to the ceremony.