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Coast Guard helicopter airlifts diver who got into difficulty at the wreck of the Lusitania
The diver is receiving treatment at Galway University Hospital.
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Aug 8th 2019, 2:48 PM
Shipwrecks from WWI and the Spanish Armada can be found on this new interactive map
The oldest boats on the map date back thousands of years.
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Apr 28th 2018, 8:00 AM
Great tragedy of 500 lives lost in sunken mail boat RMS Leinster retold
Over 500 people were killed when the boat sank, just a month before the First World War ended.
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Nov 18th 2017, 9:45 AM
Main Lusitania telegraph finally recovered from Cork seabed
The ship sank off the Cork coast in 1915 after it was hit by a German U-boat torpedo.
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Jul 26th 2017, 6:13 PM
New material from the sunken Lusitania discovered off Cork coast
The ship was sunk by a German submarine over 100 years ago.
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Oct 31st 2016, 6:03 PM
PICTURES: Survivors of the Lusitania remember 'murder by savages'
In just 18 short minutes, the boat sank and 1,198 people lost their lives. We hear from two people who lived.
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May 7th 2015, 7:20 AM
It's 100 years since the 'biggest human tragedy' ever off the Irish coast
Cork will spend the next few weeks commemorating the Lusitania dead and celebrating the rescue effort.
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Apr 18th 2015, 10:30 AM
Lusitania's 'dark secrets' unveiled in new documentary
The National Geographic channel will air a documentary on the ill-fated ocean liner on July 15.
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Jul 5th 2012, 3:10 PM
Ireland to receive 'important artefacts' from Lusitania wreck
American businessman Gregg Bemis bought the remains of the vessel for £1,000 back in 1968 but has agreed to donate some items to the State after a long-standing dispute.
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Apr 27th 2012, 3:53 PM
Is Titanic a true story? Er, yes.
Some Twitter users have had their #mindblown by news that there was a ship called Titanic and it did actually sink. And they are not the only ones…
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Apr 10th 2012, 11:03 AM