Reader's Blog: 'I will remember until my dying day my father's words after that terrible incident at the Whiddy Oil Terminal in Bantry'

On the morning of 8th January, 1979, I was on a Night Shift at Great Island Power Station in County Wexford.

Wed, 16 Jan, 2019 - 09:55

Dear Editor,

On the morning of 8th January, 1979, I was on a Night Shift at Great Island Power Station in County Wexford, working as an Operating Technician, looking after one of Ireland's largest Steam Turbine-Generators of the time (the 120 mws Unit 3).

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Courts Your View Place: Whiddy Oil Terminal Place: Bantry Place: Great Island power station Place: County Wexford Place: Ireland Place: Bantry Bay Place: Dublin Place: HOLLAND Person: John Baldwin Person: Thomas Person: Tom Baldwin Event: Whiddy Island disaster Organisation: RTÉ Organisation: High Court Organisation: Gulf Oil Company Organisation: Gulf Oil Organisation: Midleton Co.

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