DEFIB TAX ‘MUST BE SCRAPPED IN THE BUDGET’ CLAIMS CHARITY
The VAT on defibrillators is a “tax on saving lives” and must be scrapped, the Irish Heart Foundation has insisted in its pre-Budget submission, with claims by the charity that the average cost of an automated external defibrillator (AED) - €1,500 including €345 VAT -...
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR ‘RESPOND 2022’
Registration remains open for Respond 2022 – the ninth National First Responder Conference & Exhibition – which returns on Saturday 17 September to the Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath. First organised in 2014 by CFR Ireland (the National First Responders...
IRISH AIR CORPS CYCLE IN AID OF CANCER SUPPORT SANCTUARY
As part of the Irish Air Corps centenary celebrations, over 50 members of the Air Corps will take to the road to cycle 750km between Mizen Head and Malin Head from 5-9 September in a bid to raise €20,000 for Cancer Support Sanctuary LARCC. A community-based cancer...
CHARITY ROLLS OUT CYCLE CHALLENGE TO SUPPORT MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
Cycle Against Suicide, the national suicide prevention charity that fights stigmas around masculinity and mental health, will roll out a series of events to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday 10 September. Through a series of coast-to-coast cycles organised...
AMBULANCE SERVICE ACCREDITED FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCH RECORD
The HSE National Ambulance Service has been recognised by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for emergency dispatching. IAED is the standard-setting organisation for emergency dispatch services...
THOUSANDS OF DRONES FORECAST TO BE IN OPERATION BY 2030
Civil defence, emergency response, public safety and environmental monitoring applications are already realising the benefits of drone technology, according to a report on international best practice and future trends in drone technology. The report was delivered as...
EMERGENCY AEROMEDICAL SERVICE CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
(Prof Cathal O’Donnell, Medical Director of the National Ambulance Service, pictured with Brigadier General Rory O’Connor, General Officer Commanding of the Air Corps.) Celebrations were held recently at Baldonnel Aerodrome to mark the 10th anniversary of the...
TIME TO REGISTER AED DEVICES WITH NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE
(Members from Dunlavin CFR Group pictured at the unveiling of a new AEDs at Dunlavin’s national school.) Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) within all local communities should be placed on the National Ambulance Service AED Register, to pinpoint the location of...
NUI GALWAY’S COVID SURVEY RESULTS REVEALED AT ‘RESPOND 2022’
The results of a survey to investigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on both the Community First Responder (CFR) groups and schemes around the country will be presented at ‘RESPOND 2022’, organised by CFR Ireland on Saturday 17 September. Over 340 CFRs around...
‘OPERATION TWIN TRACKS’ PATROLS TO PREVENT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
(Pictured (l-r): Billy Gilpin, Director of Iarnród Éireann, Garda Supt Barry Doyle, and Harry Seymour, Transdev Dublin (Luas).) Gardaí engaged in special operations on two different dates in June and July, to patrol the DART, Luas and eight inter-city rail routes in a...
CONFERENCE TO MARK 25th ANNIVERSARY OF GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
(Prof Ian Greer, President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University, pictured with Queen’s Chancellor, Secretary Hillary Clinton.) Queen’s University Belfast will host an international conference next year to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday...
