On dedk of the LÉ Eithne were Dr. Orla Healy, HSE South, South West, Commander Caoimheen McHumphrigh,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 and members of the emergency services as the 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