Rose Hynes confirms calling Varadkar after hearing Shannon news
Incoming IAA chair had learned she wasn’t being reappointed to head Shannon board
Concerns raised about warning system years before Rescue 116 crash
Manufacturer told ‘a few islands and lighthouses’ not mapped on system’s database
Rescue 116: From responding to a call about a minor fishing accident to utter devastation
Report outlines factors which likely prevented the crew detecting Blackrock Island
Rescue 116 crew ‘badly let down’, says family of Capt Dara Fitzpatrick
Family calls for reforms to be ‘urgently’ implemented following report into 2017 crash
Rescue 116 report criticises navigational issues that contributed to crash
Crew were ‘unaware’ helicopter was headed for land before crash in March 2017
Rescue 116: Widow of pilot Mark Duffy welcomes pending report
Hermione Duffy says there have been ‘many long and lonely days and nights without Mark’
Eamon Ryan says his department will cover legal costs of R116 crash families
Minister for Transport says he regrets implication that review costs may not be covered
My sister Dara Fitzpatrick ‘was more than a pilot and more than her death’
Niamh Fitzpatrick, psychologist and sister of the late helicopter pilot, on grief and loss
Special aerial tribute paid to crew of Rescue 116 who died three years ago
Replacement Rescue 116 helicopter draws a special heart sign in the square
Rescue 116: Crash report findings to be re-examined
Review board to be established for investigation after application by interested party
Rescue 116 crash could happen again unless there is reform – pilots warn
Factors leading to fatal helicopter crash off Mayo coast in 2017 still exist – IALPA
Put Aviation Authority in charge of search and rescue - report
Minister for Transport Shane Ross says he ‘accepts in full’ all 12 recommendations
Minister Ross vows action over rescue agencies review
Independent report identifies ‘confusion’ in relation to oversight of air-sea search and rescue
Rescue 116 inquest: ‘Everything that could be done was done’
Death certificates issued for all four air crew, including the two missing winch crew
New stamp to commemorate Rescue 116 crew
Organ donation, Liffey Swim and first sitting of the Dáil will also be marked
Inquiry highlights State failure in oversight of search for Rescue 116
Interim report into fatal crash identifies weaknesses in flight safety systems
Rescue 116: Timeline of a tragedy
How four Coast Guard crew lost their lives off the Mayo coast and what happened since
Priest urges Catholics not to attend Holy Thursday Mass
Misogyny very strong in the Church despite the PR words involved, says Fr Kevin Hegarty
Remembering R116: Wreaths cast on to turbulent Atlantic off Mayo coast
Congregation of 300, including close relatives, friends and colleagues of the air crew, attend ceremony
Cyclists arrive at Blacksod to mark Rescue 116 anniversary
‘Miles in their Memory’ event in Mayo marks loss of four Coast Guard air crew
Rescue 116: ‘It’s been a tough year, very tough’
Life is still on hold for many, and questions remain, a year after the helicopter crew’s loss
Preliminary inquests into deaths of Rescue 116 crew to open in March
North Mayo coroner hopes to issue death certificates before adjourning inquests
Rest in peace ... They died in 2017
Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year
A month-by-month look back at 2017 in Ireland
News review of the year: Border issues, the Garda whistleblower scandal, property prices, the Paradise Papers, Storm Ophelia and the Rescue 116 tragedy were some of the big stories of 2017
Aviation authority asks pilots to help correct charts
Regulator admits lighthouses mislocated and symbols obscured on maps
Rescue 116: helmet and lifejacket found belonged to Ciarán Smith
Items discovered on Mayo beach at weekend belonged to winchman who is still missing
Helmet and inflated lifejacket found in Mayo belong to one of missing crew
Irish Coast Guard airmen are still missing after Rescue 116 crash in March
Rescue 116: Britain’s Prince William pays special tribute to the four crew
Memorial for the Irish Coast Guard air crew takes place in Co Cavan on Friday
A coastal cycle around Ireland to honour our lifeboat service
My aim is to visit lighthouses and lifeboat stations, but my goal is to raise funds for RNLI
Latest search for Rescue 116 winch crew is stood down
Garda superintendent says ‘we have covered everything we aimed to’
Search for missing Rescue 116 airmen continues 130 days on
Garda says good weather allowing exploring of ‘pockets that may have been missed’
Transatlantic oarsmen close to breaking world records capsize
Brian Conville and Joseph Gagnon winched to safety 165 miles off west Cork coast
Donegal trawler continues fresh search for Rescue 116 airmen
Helicopter winch crewmen Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith now missing four months
Rescue 116 crash: Pilots’ group raised concerns over IAA
‘Prime Time’ report raises questions over authority’s role in relation to terrain data
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