CALL OUT TO IRISH FIRE CREWS FOR ‘INVISIBLE RISK’ AWARDS
Nominations are now open for Ireland’s fire and rescue services crews to enter the Invisible Risk Awards 2026, which will recognise outstanding efforts to reduce contaminants, address responder cancer cases, and improve well-being arising from these incidents. Chief...
NATIONAL SERVICES DAY 2025 SET FOR SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
National Services Day returns with parades and displays taking place across the country on Saturday 6 September to honour Ireland’s frontline, emergency, and essential services. A unique feature this year includes celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of Water...
UCC TO HOST THIRD PARAMEDICINE RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE
The Irish Paramedicine Education and Research Network (IPERN) and the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) will collaborate with the Paramedicine Team at University College Cork for the third Research Roundtable Event, entitled 'Action Research et al', taking...
UNION URGES AMBULANCE PERSONNEL TO ACCEPT WRC PAY PROPOSALS
SIPTU recommends that members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) accept proposals by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on pay and work practice changes in a ballot which could conclude a long-running dispute over changes to the service. The proposals will...
BILL WOULD MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR BLOOD BIKERS, CLAIMS SINN FÉIN TD
A proposed Road Traffic and Roads (Blood Bikes Exemption) (Amendment) Bill 2025 by Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh would extend exemptions from road tolls and the right to use bus lanes, which currently apply to ambulances, to Blood Bide services. For years, the...
IRISH PRISON SERVICE CAMPAIGNS TO RECRUIT 300 NEW OFFICERS
The 2025 recruitment campaign for the Irish Prison Service (IPS), which aims to attract 300 new recruits, was launched by the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, in early July. Minister O’Callaghan said that this year’s recruitment...
COAST GUARD LIFTS OFF FROM NEW BASE AT WESTON AIRPORT
Ireland’s Coast Guard reached another milestone in the transition of the Search and Rescue aviation contract from CHC to Bristow, with the Dublin-based helicopter service recently rolling out operations from Weston Airport. The...
€17.9M IRISH AID FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS
Ireland is set to provide €17.9m in Irish Aid funding to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, to support their humanitarian and life-saving assistance to people affected by conflict and disaster around the...
RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE ON INTERNATIONAL PARAMEDICS DAY 2025
The Irish Paramedicine Education and Research Network (IPERN) and the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) will collaborate with the Pre-Hospital Grand Rounds (PHGR) Midlands to celebrate International Paramedics Day 2025 on 8 July. The following speakers will...
TRANSPORT SECURITY FORCE BACK ON TRACK FOR GOVERNMENT
The commitment to establish a Transport Security Force, as outlined in the new Programme for Government, has been widely welcomed by SIPTU as the union has sought public feedback on anti-social behaviour across the transport...
PRESIDENT CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF CIVIL DEFENCE IN IRELAND
Marking 75 years of Civil Defence in Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins hosted officers and volunteers from Civil Defence units nationwide at Áras an Uachtaráin in May and paid tribute to decades of service by volunteers....
WICKLOW MOUNTAIN EXERCISE TESTS RESPONSE TO LARGE WILDFIRES
An exercise to assess Ireland's ability to deal with large forest fires, recently led by European experts in the Wicklow Mountains, was the first of its kind in this country and comes as the 2025 fire season is expected to last...