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11/04/2012
President To Attend Titanic Commemoration
President Michael D Higgins is to attend a service in Cork to mark the the 100th anniversary of the Titanic.
The final passengers boarded the ship in Cobh before embarking on its journey.
Almost 1,500 people died in the sinking of the Titanic, after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
The tribute, part of Cobh's Titanic 100 programme of commemorative events, will see a naval fleet review and a flyover from the Irish Air Corps.
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The final passengers boarded the ship in Cobh before embarking on its journey.
Almost 1,500 people died in the sinking of the Titanic, after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
The tribute, part of Cobh's Titanic 100 programme of commemorative events, will see a naval fleet review and a flyover from the Irish Air Corps.
(CD)
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