HSE told Navy that LÉ Eithne could become floating morgue during Covid-19 crisis

Picture: Dan Linehan

The LÉ Eithne (P31) got a blue light send off at the Port of Cork as operation Fortitude part of Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic comes to the end and the ship returns to the Naval base at Haulbowline. Picture: Dan Linehan

A senior Naval Service officer has said it was “extremely sobering, serious and grim” to be told by HSE officials that his ship could become a floating morgue.