Unveiling of a memorial to the victims of the Air India air crash at Ahakista in Dunmanus Bay, County Cork attended by the Foreign Affairs Ministers from Ireland, India and Canada. The ceremony marks the first anniversary of the crash.
The memorial faces out to the Atlantic and to the site of the crash.
The Foreign Ministers of India, Canada and Ireland attended the ceremony in memory of the 329 victims.
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Jim Mitchell said it was a sad and somber occasion.
The Canadian Foreign Minister Joe Clarke addressed the gathering saying that everybody was shaken by the attack and the loss of lives.
The Indian Minister Shiv Shanker said that the disaster sent shockwaves across the world.
The reporter is Joe O'Brien.
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