Crew of LÉ Samuel Beckett ready for rescue mission

The crew of LÉ Samuel Beckett is on its way to the Mediterranean to take over migrant rescue operations from LÉ James Joyce, which is expected to arrive back in Haulbowline on September 30.

Amongst LÉ Samuel Beckett’s 57-strong crew are sailors who will be on their second mission to help save migrants who are being forced into deathtrap craft by gangs of brutal people-smugglers based in Libya.

It is the ship’s second deployment on the humanitarian mission.