Only last week the Chivenor cab refuelled at Cork and went 250nm out to recover 2 burnt crew from the QE2 - it would be nice to see Irish SAR with a decent capability (I mean range not ability). However, even if the S-92 deal had gone through, from the figures quoted by Nick Lappos at the SARForce conference this year, they still wouldn't have had the legs to do that job.
Interestingly, a lot was made of the Irish contract as the first big sale of S-92 - now that it has fallen through, what is to be the sales pitch? Yellow Merlin with a 1000nm radius of action anyone?