LÉ Róisín ends mission after saving 1,263 migrants

The LÉ Róisín has completed a 12-week humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean Sea during which she rescued 1,263 migrants and recovered the bodies of four people.

The ship is currently in an Italian port where she is dropping off medical supplies and is scheduled to return to base at Haulbowline Island in Cork harbour on Friday week, July 15.

Meanwhile, this coming Friday, LÉ James Joyce is due to depart the naval base to take over the Irish contribution to the humanitarian mission.