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# Emergency

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Gas explosion in Essex flattens houses and injures at least ten people
One person is said to have sustained life-threatening injuries.
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Feb 5th 2014, 11:18 AM
Faster, safer, higher: Replacement of Irish Coast Guard chopper fleet completed
The Dublin region Sikorsky S92 was launched today, meaning all four coast guard aircraft bases now have upgraded choppers.
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Jan 13th 2014, 4:22 PM
Call for Government to provide emergency funding for storm damage repair
Storm damage in Galway spurred Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh to make the call.
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Jan 4th 2014, 5:40 PM
Stormwatch: Over 7,000 homes without power, floods and high tides
Met Éireann releases new alert for this afternoon as wild weather set to continue.
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Jan 3rd 2014, 7:56 AM
Woman rescued from semi-submerged car in Kerry
She was visiting friends and was unfamiliar with the area, becoming stranded on shore.
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Jan 3rd 2014, 6:55 AM
Ireland to send 40 tonnes of aid to South Sudan
The emergency aid includes jerry cans, mosquito nets and kitchen sets.
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Jan 2nd 2014, 5:31 PM
88 injured after roof collapses at London theatre
London’s Ambulance Service says 88 people have been injured, seven of them seriously.
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Dec 19th 2013, 11:54 PM
Couple call 911 because they didn't get hash browns at McDonalds
“We had no other choice,” Michael Smith told reporters afterwards.
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Dec 11th 2013, 9:48 AM
Firefighter survives six-storey fall
South African emergency worker is trapped in scorching shaft for three hours but emerges with just a bruised hip.
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Dec 5th 2013, 11:48 AM
Waterford County Council rejects claims that station was closed due to lack of staff
The Cappoquin fire station was unmanned for periods last week, but the council says that there was cover in place and that safety was not neglected.
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Nov 27th 2013, 1:32 PM
Transport Dept examines issues with emergency marine beacons
Minister Varadkar has been called on to clarify how long his department has known about the issues for.
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Nov 23rd 2013, 12:46 PM
Launch of project to involve communities in emergency response
The project has already been operating successfully in cork with teams responding to over 300 call-outs, dealing with around 500 patients to date.
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Nov 22nd 2013, 8:00 AM
Mountain rescue teams attend 100th callout this year
Some 192 people have been assisted by the teams in 2013 and there have been six fatalities.
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Nov 10th 2013, 7:20 PM
A&E closure in St Columcille's Hospital is a 'slap in the face' to Wicklow people
There has been a long-standing campaign to fight the closure of the emergency unit in the Loughlinstown hospital.
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Nov 9th 2013, 3:49 PM
Troika to make their last review visit to Dublin today
Ireland is due to exit the EU/IMF bailout programme this December.
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Oct 29th 2013, 7:50 AM
Met Eireann to help in emergencies where hazardous material is put into the atmosphere
The service will aid agencies forecast the spread of radiation and other hazardous materials.
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Oct 27th 2013, 4:02 PM
64-year-old man killed crossing Dublin road
The female occupant of the car involved was uninjured.
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Oct 24th 2013, 10:30 PM
Bomb blast on bus in Russia kills 5 people
A further 17 people were injured in the blast.
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Oct 21st 2013, 2:17 PM
RNLI brings 15-year-old needing 'urgent medical attention' to mainland Cork
The RNLI crew delivered the teen into the care of the ambulance service and he was then transported to hospital.
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Sep 24th 2013, 8:11 AM
Transplant Association: ‘We need to ensure ambulance breakdown doesn’t happen again’
The Irish Heart and Transplant Association has said that the HSE needs to investigate fully the incident where an ambulance ran out of fuel while carrying transplant patient.
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Sep 21st 2013, 7:40 PM
HSE has 'no plans' to provide ambulance staff with stab vests
However the National Ambulance Service has been identified as an end-user in a trial for a new generation of body armour.
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Sep 8th 2013, 8:00 AM
Driver escapes uninjured from large truck fire on M50
Gardaí told TheJournal.ie no one was injured in the incident.
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Aug 28th 2013, 11:32 AM
Yosemite fires cause tourists to flee national park
A state of emergency has been declared in some parts of California.
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Aug 23rd 2013, 11:59 AM
Firefighters tackle blaze at storage factory in Waterford
Eight fire units and five garda units are at the scene at Belview Port in Waterford.
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Aug 21st 2013, 3:24 PM
“Mechanical issue” forces UA flight to make Dublin emergency landing
The United Airlines flight was on its way to Washington from London Heathrow.
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Aug 14th 2013, 6:16 PM
Over 4,000 hoax calls made to ambulance service last year
Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony is calling for penalties to be put in place to hold the people making the calls to account.
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Aug 8th 2013, 1:16 PM
A broken nose, a house party and too much booze - after dark on a Dublin ambulance
In the second of our two-part Dublin ambulance series, TheJournal.ie followed a crew as they dealt with a host of alcohol-related incidents around the city.
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Aug 4th 2013, 8:30 PM
'Car vs pedestrian' and a 10-foot fall - a Saturday shift on a Dublin ambulance
We spent a night with paramedics from Dublin Fire Brigade and here’s what we saw…
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Aug 3rd 2013, 8:30 PM
Coast Guard evacuating 'urgent medical case' in longest ever rescue mission
The rescue mission, involving one of the Coast Guard’s long range helicopters, is currently underway off the west coast.
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Jun 7th 2013, 10:26 AM
Concern spent €147m last year – 89% of that went to charity
Concern Worldwide helped over 24 million people last year.
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May 30th 2013, 7:20 AM
How would Ireland’s hospitals cope with a mass casualty incident?
We have a major emergency plan for serious incidents, so let’s see how it would work.
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May 25th 2013, 7:30 AM
Fodder scheme doubled to €2m and extended for two more weeks
The fodder will help farmers suffering from food shortages for their livestock following the unseasonally cold winter.
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May 10th 2013, 6:02 PM
Ireland ready for natural disaster despite 'budgetary situation'
Defence Minister Alan Shatter is satisfied the Defence Forces is equipped to handle any emergency situations.
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May 10th 2013, 7:30 AM
INMO to debate emergency motion on industrial action
The INMO annual conference is taking place in Letterkenny today and the motion discusses the option of industrial action if the government imposes pay cuts.
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May 9th 2013, 8:54 AM
Five rescued in consecutive call-outs on Lough Derg over weekend
One incident involved a cruiser with a failed engine and the RNLI crew also assisted two people who abandoned ship after it began to sink.
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Apr 22nd 2013, 8:43 AM
Tragedies sparked by fertiliser explosions around the world
In 1947, another explosion in Texas claimed 581 lives and is considered the deadliest industrial accident in US history.
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Apr 19th 2013, 8:00 AM
Visitors warned to stay away from Beaumont Hospital
A total of 187 cases of influenza have been recorded at the hospital – and Beaumont is trying to stop that number from getting any higher.
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Mar 29th 2013, 9:29 AM
VIDEOS: A day in the life of the Dublin Airport Fire Service
Training, bird scaring and speeding across the runway for an emergency callout – there’s never a dull moment at the DAA fire station.
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Mar 29th 2013, 6:45 AM
British military plane takes €1 million to Cyprus
The defence ministry said the cash cargo flight is a “contingency” plan in case banks in the country stop giving out money.
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Mar 19th 2013, 5:21 PM
Busy weekend for the Irish Coast Guard with callouts all over the country
The Coast Guard said the west of the country was the busiest area but this is not unusual for the first bank holiday of the year.
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Mar 18th 2013, 4:16 PM
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