Costello Inquiry

Costello Inquiry
Betelgeuse at first light, 8 January 1979

The Costello Inquiry was an Irish public inquiry set up to investigate and report on the circumstances behind the Betelgeuse incident, in which 50 people were killed when an empty oil tanker exploded in Bantry Bay.

Presided over by Justice Declan Costello, it was established in 1979 and reported its findings in 1980.

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