Commemoration group seeks Cork relatives of Lusitania sinking

A commemoration group is attempting to track relatives of a number of passengers aboard the torpedoed cruise liner Lusitania, almost 100 years ago.

It sank within 18 minutes after being attacked by a German U-boat, south east of the Seven Heads peninsula in West Cork.

The group is liaising with the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Lusitania Commemorating Committee which is also planning to remember the sinking with a series of events next May.