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Aonghus Ó hAlmháin Pilot with Air Corps Image Name: Aonghus Ó hAlmháin Pilot with Air Corps Description: Aonghus Ó hAlmháin Pilot with Air Corps Copyright: Dónall Mac Ruairí
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Inniu ar An Lá Seo Romham tá Dónall Mac Ruairí le cluinstin in airde sa spéir agus é i gcuideachta an Leifteanaint Aonghus Ó hAlmháin.  Is píolóta óg san Aerchór é Aonghu, as Inis Oírr i gCo. na Gaillimhe.  Is é an príomh-ról atá ag an Aerchór tacaíocht a thabhairt do hÓglaigh na hÉireann, agus tá dualgaisí eile neamh-mhíleata i gceist freisin.  Lena chuid oibre a dhéanamh go cruinn, beacht, sábháilte, bíonn traenáil go leor le déanamh ag Aonghus.  Théid Dónall amach ar ghnáthlá traenála leis inniu, ach i lár an cheachta sin athraíonn an traenáil go fíor mhisean, nuair a thugtar le fios go bhfuil eitleán tar éis dhul ar iarraidh sa cheantar.  Seo sraith nua samhraidh le Dónall Mac Ruairí ina gcuirfimid aithne ar dhaoine atá ag plé le gairmeacha beatha éagsúla nuair a chaitheann Dónall an lá ina gcuideachta.

Today, Dónall Mac Ruairí will be high in the sky in the company of Lieutenant Aonghus Ó hAlmháin.  Aonghus is originally from Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands, Co. Galway, and is a pilot with the Irish Air Corps, who provide military support to the Army and Naval Service, as well as other non-military services to the State.  In order to be able to fulfill his work duties well, Aonghus must undertake continuous training.  Dónall Mac Ruairí goes out with him on a normal day’s training today, but things take a turn when a plane is reported missing in the area, and the training becomes a real working mission.  In this new summer series presented by Dónall Mac Ruairí, we get to spend a day in the life of people who work in a variety of different jobs.