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Wednesday 2 December 2020
The accident in the town of Mahad forced three disaster response teams to work through the night.
Six coastguard patrol boats and three helicopters were engaged in the continuing rescue effort.
One person was taken to hospital.
A search began from units of the Coast Guard at 8pm yesterday evening.
Animal rights groups have criticised the sea transport of livestock.
A major search was launched after the alarm was raised just after 8pm in Kinvara last night.
Hagibis crashed into the country on Saturday night.
The alarm was raised at around 4.45am to the incident at Carrig Island.
Emergency services were alerted to the incident at midday.
The ship sent an SOS message due to “engine problems in bad weather” yesterday.
The attraction stopped working after a gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker on the ride.
Farm animals in distress can pose a serious risk to anyone trying to rescue them.
The remaining boys were rescued today.
The LÉ Eithne is now enroute to assist in another rescue operation.
In a separate incident, a man in his 50s required the help of the coast guard after a serious kitesurfing incident.
Huge boulders came down on homes when the side of a mountain collapsed.
Rescuers are searching for 23 people still believed to be trapped in the hotel.
Firefighters and gardaí worked together to rescue the man.
The six-year-old had been helping his father harvest vegetables when he fell.
Three men were working on Thomond Bridge at the time.
The man was swept off Kerry Head yesterday afternoon.
To date, the Irish crew have rescued over 600 migrants since leaving Cork.
A multi-agency search was launched yesterday.
His sister made a plea for his safe return just this morning.
But three of its siblings were rescued earlier today.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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