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The late Cmdre Deasy is photographed as Captain (NS) inspecting an NCOs Course in the late 1980s. Photo: Irish Naval Service/Twitter/Facebook
Dermot Keyes
COMMODORE Joseph Deasy (Retd.), the Irish Naval Service’s first trained diver who died on Monday, May 3, has been described as a distinguished officer, an intelligent leader and a man of great compassion.
Cmdre Deasy, a Dungarvan native and brother to former Minister for Agriculture and Waterford TD, the late Austin Deasy (FG), was born in 1932 and was educated by the local Christian Brothers.