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Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, has announced €2m in emergency assistance to the people of Turkey and Syria following the devastating earthquakes which struck the region on 6 February. Within excess of 22,000 people...

A five-year continuous learning programme to support and empower nursing home staff in the delivery of palliative, end of life and bereavement care, has been developed by Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF), in partnership with All Ireland Institute of Hospice and...

Galway RNLI’s volunteers will dish up some heart-warming soup to shoppers in the City of the Tribes on Saturday 11 February, as part of the ‘Sample Our Soup’ fundraiser which returns, following a two-year break due to the pandemic. Volunteers from Galway RNLI will be...

The founding member and CEO of Wexford Marine Watch has stepped down after 10 years at the helm of the lifesaving charity, which has helped to save hundreds of lives in Wexford since it was set up in 2012. After founding his own business, Frank Flanagan has decided it...

Rescue Organisation Ireland (ROI) will stage this year’s National Rescue Challenge on Saturday 22 April in Newbridge Fire Station, in partnership with Kildare Fire Service. This year’s challenge again invites both professional and voluntary emergency services to join...

Blue lights and audible warnings have been approved by the Department of Transport for use on all Mountain Rescue Ireland (MRI) vehicles, with appropriate legislation expected to be put in place during the first half of 2023. Up to now MRI vehicles and mountain rescue...

Each local authority’s retained fire service has been analysed in terms of recruitment, retention and the future sustainability of service delivery as part of a review by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management. The review entitled ‘Retained Fire...

The recent All-Island Resilience Conference was the first in a series of annual Disaster Risk Reduction Conference series, hosted by the Office of Emergency Planning at the Department of Defence and formed part of the...

The Hygiene Bank Ireland – the charity which provides hygiene and personal care products to those in need – is calling on the public to spread kindness this Christmas as part of their #ItsInTheBag Campaign by donating essential and luxury hygiene products during this...

Over €100,000 for the Irish Cancer Society Night Nurse service has been raised through this year’s Boots Night Walk, with customers and Boots colleagues taking part in the annual sponsored 5km walk and raising €103,516 through fundraising and donations. The Irish...