# Emergency

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# Mystery

Coast Guard unsure if Carlingford Lough distress call was a hoax

It usually gets three or four hoax calls a year.

14.4k

May 5th 2015, 8:06 PM

# Emergency

Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades

The volcano has not erupted in 43 years.

14.2k

Apr 23rd 2015, 7:30 AM

# malfunction

Plane makes emergency landing after wheel part falls off

The Israeli passenger plane en route to Prague was forced to turn back.

21.4k

Apr 21st 2015, 12:08 PM

# Emergency

Toddler airlifted to hospital in Dublin after falling from first-floor of building

The child was taken first to University Hospital Waterford – before a decision was made late last night to transfer him to Dublin.

25.6k

Apr 17th 2015, 11:46 AM

# Emergency

Main route closed in Dublin city centre as Gardaí respond to person on roof

The person was brought safely from the building at around 1.30pm and is receiving the appropriate attention.

32.8k

Apr 9th 2015, 4:19 PM

# Air Crash

Man killed after plane crashes at Co Down airfield

The airfield is located around 15km east of Belfast.

27.1k

Apr 7th 2015, 10:50 PM

# maysak

Here's what a category 5 super storm looks like from space

At least four people have died after a super typhoon ripped through several small islands.

16.8k

Apr 1st 2015, 9:07 AM

# Los Angeles

Joni Mitchell hospitalised after being found unconscious at LA home

The singer is currently in intensive care but it said to be awake.

23.8k

Apr 1st 2015, 7:10 AM

# Boko Haram

Boko Haram militants shoot Nigerian voters dead at polling stations

Militant group Boko Haram followed through on a warning to disrupt the process.

12.4k

Mar 28th 2015, 1:17 PM

# Emergency

Firefighters have been given the thumbs up to go on strike

The government wants to make fire crews smaller.

9.8k

Mar 20th 2015, 3:36 PM

# EBOLA

Emails reveal WHO intentionally delayed declaring Ebola emergency

In public comments, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan has repeatedly said the epidemic caught the world by surprise.

6.9k

Mar 20th 2015, 10:45 AM

# 999 emergency

Dublin firefighters to vote on industrial action over ambulance dispatch move

The National Ambulance Service will be taking all Dublin calls from now on – but firefighters aren’t happy with the move.

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Mar 3rd 2015, 7:08 PM

# Emergency

Flight with 132 on board forced to make emergency landing at Dublin Airport

Flight 723 experienced difficulties with its flaps.

23.3k

Feb 26th 2015, 12:44 PM

# i'll have the...

Here's why sea bass might be off the menu at your local restaurant for a while...

The European Union implemented an emergency ban on open trawling of sea bass today.

26.9k

Jan 19th 2015, 3:51 PM

# Emergency

HSE says achieving ambulance response times in rural areas is 'always a difficult task'

Denis Naughten TD has reacted to a HSE report that finds Ireland is too rural for the service to meet its targets.

9.9k

Jan 13th 2015, 12:05 PM

# All Clear

Shoppers evacuated from Clerys department store after reports of smoke

No fire was found in the building and shoppers have been allowed back in now.

23.2k

Jan 11th 2015, 3:24 PM

# going to get worse

'I'm sick to death of this problem' - Varadkar speaks out on A&E crisis

The Health Minister said the problem is going to get worse next week.

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Jan 7th 2015, 10:20 PM

# Emergency

Nurses at Beaumont Hospital are going on a work-to-rule

Yesterday there were 563 people on trolley beds in Ireland.

10.8k

Jan 6th 2015, 10:30 AM

# gone

The man due to run a new task force on the emergency department crisis has quit

Dr Tony O’Connell will return to Australia.

21.1k

Jan 5th 2015, 9:21 PM

# everyone safe

Flight makes emergency landing at Belfast City Airport

Ten fire engines attended the scene.

16.8k

Dec 30th 2014, 7:24 PM

# Fire Brigade

Video: Dramatic rescue of man from Liffey in centre of Dublin city

He was taken aboard a Dublin Fire Brigade rescue boat after entering the water at around 2pm.

43.1k

Dec 22nd 2014, 3:08 PM

# beaumont crisis

Leo says he'll get a plan to sort out 'chronic' hospital overcrowding

Health Minister Leo Varadkar says he expects the situation in Beaumont to ease this week — but nurses want an ‘emergency’ declared.

26.6k

Dec 15th 2014, 5:53 PM

# minister for arggh

Yikes! Serbian minister almost killed by falling ice

Aleksandar Antic recovered quickly — and said he had enormous respect for staff working to restore power in the area.

19.8k

Dec 4th 2014, 9:52 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you have confidence in our ambulance services?

A report yesterday criticised response times and the fleet’s age.

8.4k

Dec 3rd 2014, 9:10 AM

# crisis

Alan Kelly will hold an emergency summit after homeless man found dead near Leinster House

The body of a man who had been sleeping rough was discovered in a doorway on Molesworth Street yesterday morning.

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Dec 2nd 2014, 12:45 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up

10.9k

Nov 27th 2014, 8:53 AM

# Emergency

Paramedic: 'It’s only a matter of time before an ambulance crashes or brakes fail'

Thought the HSE says mileage isn’t everything, paramedics are worried about the state of the vehicles they drive every day.

10.2k

Nov 17th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Northern Ireland

Mum and her six children hit by car while on the way to school in Antrim

Her eight-year-old son, Adam Gilmour, was killed in the incident.

38.3k

Nov 11th 2014, 10:59 PM

# stemi

St Vincent's hospital can't accept some heart attack patients until next week

This applies to ambulance transfers, and a spokesperson stressed that anyone who presents at the hospital will still be treated.

12.4k

Nov 7th 2014, 5:21 PM

# United Airlines

Reports of smoke in the cockpit forces flight to divert to Dublin Airport

The United Airlines flight landed safely at 6.15pm.

25.0k

Nov 6th 2014, 6:50 PM

# United Nations

Ireland is giving another €1m to help the global fight against Ebola

To date, Ireland has provided direct funding of almost €3 million to help fight the deadly virus.

4.2k

Oct 31st 2014, 5:38 PM

# homeless ireland

Homeless shelter crisis: "It's not nice saying 'there are no beds'"

We visit Cork Simon’s emergency shelter to find out about life inside there.

8.9k

Sep 29th 2014, 11:57 AM

Voices

Column: The Ebola outbreak is much more than a medical emergency

Food scarcities, rocketing transport costs, closures to schools and clinics – an on-the-ground account of the situation in Liberia.

Sep 11th 2014, 1:10 PM

# Disaster

Indian and Pakistan floods becoming "national emergency" as hundreds die

Thousands more have been left homeless.

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Sep 8th 2014, 8:16 AM

# Shaken

Child crushed by fireplace in California earthquake

The child is in critical condition and some 130 people were injured in the quake.

10.6k

Aug 25th 2014, 11:09 AM

# Fire

Patient sets mattress on fire in Beaumont Hospital

The emergency department was off call for around four hours so the smoke could be cleared out.

20.7k

Aug 14th 2014, 11:22 AM

# Pay Up

The North's health minister "sees the merit" in charging drunk people for A&E visits

There are currently no plans to adopt such a policy in the south, however.

4.7k

Aug 12th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Outbreak

Rwanda tests German student for Ebola

The results will be available in 48 hours, the country’s health ministry said.

7.9k

Aug 11th 2014, 7:40 AM

# Lagos

Nigeria's largest city is struggling to find medical personnel to help fight Ebola‎

It has appealed for volunteers to come forward.

9.7k

Aug 9th 2014, 3:15 PM

# share your story

Open thread: What's your experience with hospital overcrowding?

Just last month more than 5,500 patients admitted found themselves on a trolley or in an emergency department.

6.9k

Aug 8th 2014, 12:00 PM