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The two cutter vessels are expected to cost between €8 and €10 million each

A distinguished officer and a man of great compassion: Commodore Deasy served with distinction on the waves The late Cmdre Deasy is photographed as Captain (NS) inspecting an NCOs Course in the late 1980s. Photo: Irish Naval Service/Twitter/Facebook Dermot Keyes COMMODORE Joseph Deasy (Retd.), the Irish Naval Service’s first trained diver who died on Monday, May 3, has been described as a distinguished officer, an intelligent leader and a man of great compassion. Cmdre Deasy, a Dungarvan nati...

>> reporter: i think it depends on how they want to do it, but i do feel they want to get those boys out quickly. the one key issue here, though, victor, is that difficult diving section of this journey. theyll have to do one by one, and theyll have to make sure that the boy is safe in the air of the chamber 3 before they even attempt the next rescue, i would believe. if anything goes wrong, and its horrible to say this, but you might jam up that passageway while youre dealing with this situatio...