DocArchive: Disaster at Whiddy - a podcast by RTÉ Documentary on One

The French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in West Cork, at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal in January 1979. 50 people lost their lives. This is the story of that disaster - broadcast just 10 days after the explosion. (Broadcast 1979)

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