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January Photo of the Month Winner

10 February 2016

Congratulations to  Eoin Davy O’Coisdealbha, Galway Civil Defence on winning the January Photo of the Month Competition. A €50 One4All voucher is on its way to you. The competition is open again for February – if you’re not in you can’t win. There will be a €50 One for All voucher awarded to the winner… Read More

Kerry – Flood Relief Activity

8 February 2016

Sunday 7th February Civil Defence called out at 3:15pm on Sunday 7th February for sandbagging at 5 houses in Gurrane East Killorglin who were at risk of potential flooding. The AFS Unit was contacted and a crew was activated to report to Civil Defence HQ for a briefing. Duties – 200 Sandbags deployed for residents. Vehicles – Canter… Read More

Galway – Search & Recovery Operation

1 February 2016

On Sunday morning 31st January Galway Civil Defence was activated to assist Gardai in the search for a female witnessed entering the water near O’Brien’s Bridge and Salmon Weir Bridge in the early hours of the morning. An alert was sent out to members for assistance. 12 members of the Oranmore Unit mobilsed to search… Read More

Dublin Civil Defence – Operational Activity 2015

29 January 2016

Introduction As a Statutory Voluntary Organisation 2015 was an extremely busy year for Dublin Civil Defence with 397 community Events, 11 Search and Rescue operations (7 bodies recovered), and 2 Call outs for Flooding. Our HRD dog Max was called out on 17 different occasions last year (number of them to assist the Gardai). We… Read More

Kerry – Severe Weather Relief Efforts

26 January 2016

10 members of Kerry Civil Defence from the AFS Unit and the Welfare Unit have been activated to the Tralee area since 7am on Tuesday 26th January following a night of high winds and heavy rain. Members have been deploying sandbags to flood threatened areas throughout the town. Volunteers deployed sandbags and monitored water levels… Read More

Kilkenny River Recovery

18 January 2016

Kilkenny Civil Defence activated 12 volunteer members, including a boat crew of four, in the early hours of Saturday morning 16th January to assist the Gardaí in the search for a person reported having entered the River Nore in Kilkenny City. Two boat crews were mobilised and searched the river with the assistance of the… Read More

4-Day Swiftwater Technician Course – Glendalough, Wicklow

15 January 2016

Limerick Civil Defence – Official Opening of New Training Centre

15 January 2016

The official opening of Limerick Civil Defence’s new training centre took place on Thursday night, 14th January. The new centre at the Docklands Business Park is a replacement for the venerable Thomas Street premises which served as the Civil Defence base in the city for many years. The opening was carried out by the Mayor… Read More

Photo of the Month, December 2015 – Winner

12 January 2016

Congratulations to Ciarán Bergin, Kilkenny Civil Defence on winning the December Photo of the Month Competition. A €50 One4All voucher is on its way to you. The competition is open again for January – if you’re not in you can’t win. There will be a €50 One for All voucher awarded to the winner each… Read More

Flood Relief Efforts

12 January 2016

Civil Defence Flood Relief Efforts – (11th -12th January 2016) Civil Defence Units have been deployed to assist communities since 4th December, deployed to numerous duties in the countrywide flood relief effort following Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank. 28 separate local authority areas have been activated, a total of 696 Volunteers have responded with an… Read More