Diver Eoin McGarry to lay plaque on wreck

Irish commercial diving expert Eoin McGarry has dived on the wreck of the RMS Lusitania more than anyone else alive. Since his first dive on the wreck over 15 years ago, he has spent more time than anyone else in and around its deck, in pitch darkness 90m below the waves some 18km off the Old Head of Kinsale in Cork.

Despite his decade-long quest on behalf of wreck owner Gregg Bemis for answers to the century-old question about what caused the mysterious second explosion, McGarry says they are still no closer to a definite answer about whether the liner was carrying an illicit cargo of weapons.

The State must take a fair share of the blame for the failure to resolve the mystery, a frustrated McGarry says.