News

Fleadh Cheoil 2025 – Wexford

5 August 2025

Fleadh Cheoil 2025 is underway. Civil Defence volunteers are across the town of Wexford providing medical cover for week long events.

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Civil Defence Magazine 2025

28 July 2025

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Training with Irish Coast Guard – July 2025

25 July 2025

On Wednesday 2nd July Cork North & East, Cork City, Cork West and Kerry Civil Defence units were invited by the Interagency Emergency Management Office to attend a training session with the  Irish Coast Guard, Rescue 115 from Shannon. It was a great learning experience for all who attended.    

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CISM Training – July 2025

8 July 2025

CISM training was delivered by Ollie Barbour at Ratra House from 2-4 July.  

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Old Fort Quarter Festival – Portlaoise

1 July 2025

For this year’s festival season, Laois Civil Defence partnered with the Climate Action Team in Laois County Council with their “Green Your Festival” project to help with reduce our environmental impact on events we support. At this years Old Fort Quarter festival the Laois Civil Defence medical tent was powered by a battery storage system… Read More

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Cork Summer Show 15-16 June

20 June 2025

Cork North & East Civil Defence showed the visitors to the Cork Summer Show some of their skills and their equipment. The Drone Team assisted the Gardaí and event management with the monitoring of the car park and traffic flow onto the site. Among the visitors was Tánaiste Micheál Martin.

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Lourdes Pilgrimage 2025

20 May 2025

More than 60 Officers and Volunteers from across the country travelled to Lourdes last Thursday, 15th May as part of the annual International Military Pilgrimage. Some 18,000 Military and Civil Protection personnel from across the world participate in this annual gathering in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

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Uachtaráin na hEireann marks 75 years of Civil Defence in Ireland

8 May 2025

Today, 8 May 2025, President Michael D. Higgins hosted officers and volunteers from Civil Defence units across the country to mark 75 years of Civil Defence in Ireland. The President paid tribute to decades of service by Civil Defence Volunteers stating; “Sabina and I are delighted to mark 75 years since the establishment of the… Read More

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Civil Defence training on Spike Island

28 April 2025

Cork City hosted a training day on Spike Island on Saturday 26th April. Also participating were the Cork North & East and Cork West units. A great day’s training and lots of fun was had along the way.  

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Sliabh Bloom Mountain Rescue

24 April 2025

On Wednesday 23rd April, volunteers from Laois and Offaly Civil Defence units were deployed to assist the National Ambulance Service with the location and extrication of an injured person on the Sliabh Bloom Mountains.

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