Cork stops to remember the Lusitania - 100 years on
On this day in 1915 it was struck by a German U boat off the Cork coast
President Michael D. Higgins is due to arrive in Cobh this hour for the 100th year anniverary of the sinking of the Lusitanisa.
The ship was struck by a German U boat off the coast of Cork in 1915 and 1,198 people died.
Mairead Collins is in Cobh for RedFM News:
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