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Iris Aniar

R116 tragedy Image Name: R116 tragedy Description: Gardaí update journalists as the search for the crew of Coast Guard Helicopter R116 was underway.

Beidh deis eile ag éisteoirí an clár seo a chloisteáil inniu, eagrán speisialta a craoladh den chéad uair i mí Márta, bliain ó chuaigh héileacaptar tarrthála 116 de chuid an Gharda Cósta i bhfarraige ar an 14 Márta 2017.  Ba iad Dara Fitzpatrick, Mark Duffy, Ciarán Smith agus Paul Ormsby an criú tarrthála a bhí ar bord nuair a chuaigh an héileacaptar i bhfarraige gar do Charraig an Toir amach ó Chósta an Fhóid Dhuibh i dTuaisceart Mhaigh Eo.  Máire Bríd Ní Chualáin a chuirfidh an clár i láthair inniu.

Today, listeners get a second chance to hear a special edition of Iris Aniar first broadcast in March, a year to the day that Coast Guard helicopter R116 crashed off the coast of north Mayo, killing the four crew members on board.  Dara Fitzpatrick , Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith died in the accident.  Máire Bríd Ní Chualáin presents the programme.