MEDICALL TAKES OVER NORTHERN IRELAND PRIVATE AMBULANCE FIRM
Medicall’s recent acquisition of Northern Ireland’s ambulance company Proparamedics is set to create the largest private ambulance provider in Ireland by offering an island-wide coverage across 12 bases, with a combined team of...
‘APP-TIMISING EMERGENCY RESPONSE’ STUDENT PROJECT WINS TOP AWARD
Three sisters from Tralee won the top prize at this year’s BT Young Scientist of the Year for their smartphone technology project – ACT (Aid Care Treat): App-timising emergency response – which they developed over the last 12 months to greatly improve the response of...
FOUR NEW MILITARY HELICOPTERS PURCHASED FOR IRISH AIR CORPS
The Department of Defence has signed contracts for four new Airbus H145M helicopters for pilot training to support Defence Forces operations and the Garda Air Support Unit. The €91.7m contract has been awarded to Airbus Helicopters UK Ltd and it's anticipated that the...
IRISH COAST GUARD RESPONDED TO OVER 2,550 INCIDENTS IN 2024
Last year was another busy and eventful one for the Irish Coast Guard. Throughout the year, the Coast Guard co-ordinated 2,554 incidents which included search and rescue, maritime casualty responses and pollution and preparedness responses. The 44 Irish Coast Guard...
UNICEF IRELAND APPEALS FOR DONATIONS TO LEBANON & GAZA
UNICEF Ireland has launched an appeal for donations to help send lifesaving supplies to the children in Gaza and Lebanon, where more than one million homeless children now face the threat of disease across the conflict areas. In Gaza, children are dying in their...
FINAL PHASE OF BODY WORN CAMERA PILOT FOR GARDAÍ IN WATERFORD
The third phase of the Body Worn Camera pilot programme for Gardaí, recently launched in Waterford by the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee and the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, is the final stage to test the use of the...