Saturday 25 May, 2013
Four other people – including two children – were also injured in the collision between a car and a minibus.
The Dublin Airport Authority Fire Service use a simulator that can replicate numerous different fire situations on an aircraft.
Training, bird scaring and speeding across the runway for an emergency callout – there’s never a dull moment at the DAA fire station.
Organisations representing frontline workers have said the march is an opportunity for members to show their opposition to recent government proposals.
Wexford MarineWatch operates night patrols along Wexford Bridge and quays by trained volunteers.
Fears for his safety, holidays without him, and the constant worry that he wouldn’t come home: Aisling O’Donnell writes about her father, the Garda.
The head of Connacht Gold said the company is cooperating fully into investigations into the cause of the fatal accident.
One man died and two others were taken to hospital following the incident on the N10 Kilkenny to Waterford Road this morning.
The government said the capital’s fire service was not adequately equipped to meet “the needs of a modern fire brigade” at the time of the tragedy.
Independent TD Denis Naughten said today that there is a need for the establishment of a national helicopter emergency service.
A new booklet is being launched tomorrow that aims to advise motorists how to behave when they see emergency services dealing with an incident on the road.
The ambulance was found crashed into a nearby park shortly after it was taken from Corduff in Blanchardstown last night.
Emergency service vehicles were stoned and an ambush was set up in the Spencer Dock area in Dublin last night.
The IFESA said workers are bracing themselves for another busy Halloween tonight when it is more than likely they will face injury and assault.
Beaumont Hospital in Dublin had the largest overspend in the hospital sector running at nearly €20 million at the end of August.
As part of Fire Safety Week 2012, the fire service are urging people to remain fire safety conscious.
The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association said it is concerned that some calls are not being answered rapidly enough due to vetting.
Meanwhile, a man who fell 50ft from McGillycuddy Reeks was also rescued and brought to hospital.
The fire broke out in Artane on the northside of Dublin at around 9 o’clock this morning.
The National Ambulance Service says it followed all correct protocols, and says the shortest route isn’t always the best one.
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Roscommon Hospital Action Committee has said that there are people dying because of the decision to remove emergency services from the hospital.
A Bus Eireann vehicle caught fire in a southbound lane at 8am.
Nobody was injured at the blaze which broke out at the disused Cemex facility last night.
24-hour emergency services at Our Lady’s Hospital are to cease in August.
The small aircraft made an emergency landing at Borodyanka airport, about 30km west of Kiev.
UPDATE 18.40pm
THE COLLISION AT the junction of Lower Rathmines Road and Grove Park Junction in Dublin’s south inner city has been cleared.
Emergency services had been in attendance and it’s understood that a pedestrian may have been involved
The Lower Rathmines Road was blocked for a time, but has now reopened. Traffic remains heavy outbound from Camden Street.
The warning comes a year after the worst wildfires in the history of the State. Landowners are being warned not to illegally burn waste, particularly as in the current weather conditions fires could spread easily.
The driver of the DART suffered injuries after detonators exploded in the driver’s cabin at Bray station during rush hour this morning.
A mock rail attack was staged at a disused station in London earlier today.
Fire and ambulance personnel are being delayed from attending callouts, as addresses in some areas are so vague.
Police have finished sifting through the wreckage and have confirmed that no further bodies have been found.
Passenger has been pulled alive from light aircraft which crashed into the sea – its outline can be clearly seen under the water.
Two men entered the river separately last night, but only one was successfully rescued.
The Irish Fire & Emergency Service Associations calls for a nationalised fire service, saying the current system puts lives at risk.
The hunt for a 17-year-old missing in Co Donegal must today concentrate on lands near to Lough Swilly, because waters are too rough for boats to go out.
As HIQA launches its investigation into emergency services at Tallaght Hospital, TheJournal.ie asks how you feel about emergency treatment in Ireland.
Walker suffers head, leg and spinal injuries after falling during hike.
ONE MAN HAS been killed in a house fire near the centre of Dublin today. The fire broke out just after 1am in a house on the North Circular Road. Two other people were rescued from the house by five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade who attended the scene. RTE is reporting that the two rescued people, a 42-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man, are both being treated in the Mater Hospital. The woman is in a critical condition with severe burns, while the man is suffering from smoke inhalation. Technical experts are still trying to establish what caused the fire.
“It ain’t a nice road but you don’t expect someone to nick your snowman”, said the Kent resident.
SIXTY-EIGHT PER cent of patients are unaware that they can officially complain about their hospital stay.
An Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare survey revealed that although 93 per cent of the patients surveyed were satisfied with the service they received, one in every five wanted to discuss an area of dissatisfaction but a third felt they never had the opportunity to do so.
The aspects of care that patients were most dissatisfied with included emergency department conditions and waiting times and lack of information about hospital routines, tests, medication side effects and after-care.
So today we want to know: Have you ever lodged a complaint about a hospital?
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