'We have to identify if there is a pattern' in 130 Air Corps deaths to do with toxic chemicals, minister says

The Air Corps Chemical Abuse Survivors (ACCAS) group has repeatedly flagged trends in premature deaths among those who worked at the Casement Aerodrome, in Baldonnel, Co Dublin, since 1980.

Defence minister Helen McEntee has admitted the Government needs to identify whether there is a pattern in the “potential” 130 deaths of former and serving Air Corps personnel after being exposed to toxic chemicals.

Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire reminded her in a Dáil session of questions on defence on Thursday that she had promised to look at proposals for the introduction of health support for sick Air Corps veterans.