One woman injured after being hit by a car in Clare
The incident occurred in the carpark of the Dunnes Stores shopping centre in Ennis.
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The incident occurred in the carpark of the Dunnes Stores shopping centre in Ennis.
Police on Twitter told people to avoid the area.
Dublin Fire Brigade said it has made good progress and will be scaling back the response soon.
Gardaí said at this stage in the investigation it is not believed the fires are linked.
The medals – to commemorate 1916 to 2016 – will be distributed to 27 local authority locations around the country.
Last year a firefighter made a protected disclosure about the exams, claiming some candidates had been given the questions beforehand.
The fire service said these types of attacks on crew members are “unacceptable”.
The man sought reinstatement but the WRC judged that to be inappropriate given the “breakdown of trust”.
The trade union wants “a uniform response by local authorities to extreme weather events”.
The fire service said it is now implementing recommendations based on an investigation into the claim.
There have been a number of reports over the years of this equipment failing and the representative association Ifesa took legal action to suspend their use.
The fire service said no injuries have been reported.
Four Dublin Fire Brigade units from Dun Laoghaire and Donnybrook fire stations brought the blaze under control.
The annual parade and gala will focus on safety and will also pay tribute to members of the services who lost their lives in the line of duty.
If you’re looking for a bit of family fun next weekend your little ones will have the chance to sit in a fire truck or squad car.
The road has been closed to facilitate a forensic examination.
An “astounding” number of people tried to photograph an incident yesterday in which a two-year-old girl was killed.
The fire claimed the lives of 53 animals and a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with it.
They did not sustain serious injuries.
One of the buildings in Portlaw was full of hay bales which burned through the night.
The man in his 20s was treated at the scene and taken to hospital after the rescue.
The underground car park at the Beacon shopping centre in Sandyford has been evacuated but the stores above remain open at the moment.
Tom Hayes urged the public to be careful if out and about over the Easter weekend and to report any unattended fires or illegal burning.
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The pilot and passenger of the light aircraft died in the crash this afternoon.
Behan resigned from the party in protest to Budget 2009. He’s now throwing his hat back in the ring of local politics, this time, as an independent.
Councillors in both counties have raised issues over different aspects of both their ambulance services this week.
Drivers are being warned to look out for fallen trees and other debris this morning.
The fire at Greenstar recycling plant was brought under control at around 3am today.
There were other incidents dotted around the country in which the fire brigade was attacked.
The fire brigade has two large water tankers that will be available if there is a shortage but this may not be sufficient in the case of a large fire.
The IFESA, local Wicklow councillors and family of the deceased firemen are asking for a full fire service to be rolled out.
A ‘ladder engine’ based in Tara Street was kept on alert while it was being serviced, meaning it couldn’t respond to call-outs immediately.
It was one of two breakdowns involving the service’s ambulances within the space of an hour this morning.
IFESA says the Waterford incident is just the latest in anti-social attacks on fire service crews.
It is believed a gas explosion occurred in the Bond Street area.
Two children, aged 13 and 15, escaped the blaze at the Monastery Grove in Enniskerry and are being treated for injuries in hospital.
The fire is still ongoing and one unit of the Dublin Fire Brigade is still at the scene.
Investigations are now under way into the cause of the fire, which led to the evacuation of fourteen patients from the facility last night.