Eddie Mulligan of the Irish Naval Service Reserve, Piper Pat McCarthy, Ambulance Service, Gerry O’Dwyer, chief executive, South West Hospital Group, Peter Daly, project manager, Covid-19, Lt Col Damien Coakley and Barry McPolin, chief superintendent stand to attention as th he LÉ Eithne (P31) gets a blue light send off at the Port of Cork as operation Fortitude part of Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic comes to the end and the ship returns to the Naval base at Haulbowline. Picture Dan Linehan