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Search and Rescue

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 16, 2022

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
  • Michael Brennan
  • November 14, 2021

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.
  • Michael Brennan
  • August 15, 2021

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
  • Aiden Corkery
  • May 2, 2021

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
  • Aiden Corkery
  • April 25, 2021

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
  • Aiden Corkery
  • April 11, 2021

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