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Owners of Dublin apartments have to pay €500k for fire safety repairs
The Metropolitan Apartments are in Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
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The Metropolitan Apartments are in Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
Six people were injured in the fire in the city centre.
Last October, Dublin firefighters balloted for industrial action over the staffing shortages.
The health service has said those calling for non-urgent or non-life threatening emergencies “may experience delays”.
186 calls were made to Dublin Fire Brigade yesterday, down from over 480 last year.
An outage meant calls had to be diverted to a regional centre that did not have access to the Dublin automated system
Siptu said firefighters are concerned they will not be able to respond adequately to emergencies.
The fires have burned an area of approximately 65 acres since last month.
Two fire engines responded to the collision in north Dublin this morning.
The fire service also attended other fires in Kilbarrack and St Anne’s Park on the northside of the city.
The fire was extinguished at around midday.
Dublin Fire Brigade said two people were safely rescued from the house in the Sheepmore Gardens area.
Significant numbers of firefighters are still waiting to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Eight units are currently attending the fire in the Cookstown area.
Five fire engines and gardaí attended the scene.
The lorry overturned at Liffey Valley, near the Hermitage, after a crash.
The fire service said a strong breeze is driving the smoke over a wide area.
Gardaí have confirmed that no injuries have been reported.
Dublin Fire Brigade said the vehicle was alight when they arrived on the scene.
Four fire engines are at the scene just off the M50 at Ballymun.
More than 20 firefighters from a number of stations attended the scene.
The incident happened in Smithfield earlier this morning.
Four people were taken to hospital, three adults and one child.
Gardaí said no injuries were reported in the incident.
DFB estimates that it assists in about 30 births a year.
No injuries were reported but there was extensive damage to the property.
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Dublin Fire Brigade said it has made good progress and will be scaling back the response soon.
The public has been advised to check electric scooters for a CE safety mark and to never leave them unattended while charging.
Dublin Fire Brigade officers were targeted on Halloween night.
Dublin Fire Brigade extinguished the blaze shortly after 5pm yesterday.
Dublin Fire Brigade has extinguished the blaze at the derelict building.
The incident happened in the south of the city last night.
The incident occurred in the Priorswood area last night.
Dublin Fire Brigade rescued the man at 7am this morning.
Options are now being considered to house pupils while Scoil Chaitríona Cailíní is repaired.
The fire occurred this morning in Smithfield.
Their injuries are believed to be minor.
Youths threw stones at fire crews in the O’Devaney Gardens area, and the incident has been reported to the gardaí.