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Eamon Ryan tells search and rescue crews his department has no role in future employment contracts

Bristow sparked concerns among some helicopter crews after it told a trade union representing staff that the ‘new contract is fundamentally different'

Government signs €800m search and rescue helicopter contract with new provider

State awarded contract to UK-based Bristow Limited over current provider CHC Ireland, provoking sharp backlash from the firm

Committee warned probe of search and rescue contract could aggravate concerns of political interference

Unsuccessful bidder for €800m contract CHC has taken case in Commercial Court over procurement process

UK firm chosen as preferred bidder for new €670m search and rescue helicopter contract

Current operator underwent critical review following 2017 Rescue 116 crash

Top civil servant criticised by transport committee over suggestion of bias

Independent senator Gerard Craughwell says the claim was a ‘grave insult’

Search and Rescue: A forensic trawl through Ireland’s many maritime accidents

Journalist Lorna Siggins’s book pays tribute to the men and women who make up Ireland’s air and sea rescue teams, while documenting where they have been let down by mismanagement, no more so than in the loss of R116

TDs seek to block new search and rescue contract

A number of independent TDs are concerned that the nature of the proposed contract has effectively ruled out the possibility of the Irish Air Corps playing a role, despite previous commitments to examine that option

R116 crash warning system was based on Russian military maps

The Air Accident Investigation Unit’s report into the crash revealed that the system did not warn the crew of the presence of Blackrock Island, which is 70 metres above sea level, before their helicopter crashed into it on March 14, 2017

Dept of Transport: ‘No conflict of interest’ in €700m state helicopter contract bid

Frazer-Nash, the English consultancy firm which worked on the business case approved by cabinet, is itself owned by a large private search and rescue operator called Babcock International.

Tensions rise over Air Corps bid for search and rescue contract

Pilots’ group joins Irish Coast Guard boss in questioning the capability of the Air Corps to carry out effective rescues along east coast

Irish Air Corps ‘could be retrained for search and rescue’

A British helicopter firm has said handing some of the responsibility to the Air Corps would expand its range of skills

Awarding part of search and rescue contract to Irish Air Corps ‘will end in tears’

Chris Reynolds, director of the Irish Coast Guard, warned against the proposal that the Air Corps could provide search and rescue services for the east coast of the country