News

Roscommon Civil Defence Volunteers help evacuate people from their homes

16 December 2015

RTE news report, aired on Tuesday 15th December 2015, featuring Roscommon Civil Defence volunteers and interview with Ray Dunne CDO.  Excellent portrayal of the work of Civil Defence nationwide during the after effects of ‘Storm Desmond’ Roscommon Civil Defence on RTE News, Tuesday 15th December 2015

Civil Defence Flood Relief Efforts – 15th – 16th December 2015

16 December 2015

Westmeath   11 Westmeath Civil Defence volunteers were deployed on Tuesday monitoring water levels, deploying sandbags to flood threatened areas in Athlone and its environs, undertook medical checks on isolated people and delivered fuel to homes isolated by flood waters. 2 Passenger 4WD vehicles, 2 Commercial 4WD vehicles  and  1 Van were utilised.   Clare… Read More

Meath Search Operation, Navan

15 December 2015

A 23-day search ended on Monday 14th December following the recovery of the body of the missing man from the River Boyne. Civil Defence played a major role coordinating the efforts of a large number of voluntary groups such as Meath River Rescue, Leinster River Rescue, Drogheda River Rescue and Boyne Fishermen Rescue.  

Sligo – Search Operation

14 December 2015

15 members of Sligo Civil Defence were deployed on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th December to assist in the search for a man reported missing since Tuesday 8th December. Searches were carried out in areas designated by An Garda Síochána, house-to-house enquiries were made in the housing estate close to the missing man’s residence and… Read More

Kildare Civil Defence – Voluntary Service Public Sector Award

11 December 2015

Congratulations to Kildare Civil Defence on receiving  a Voluntary Service Public Sector Award.

Civil Defence ‘Storm Desmond’ Relief Efforts

11 December 2015

Friday 4th December – Friday 11th December 2015 SUMMARY REPORT Civil Defence Units in 16 separate local authority areas activated. 250 Volunteers called out – Average of 16 deployed assisting in an area at any given time. Civil Defence has 4,500 volunteers based in every Local Authority area in the country. The organisation has a… Read More

Cork North, Cork South, Cork West – Long Service Awards

11 December 2015

Long service awards with Cork South, Cork North and Cork West last week in Cork Airport Hotel

Monaghan – Rescue of Fishermen

9 December 2015

Monaghan Civil Defence was contacted by Monaghan Gardaí on Monday 23rd November approx. 2.30pm to rescue two fishermen on an island. Two fishermen from Dublin were camping out overnight on an island on Lough Egish. Their boat drifted out into the lake. One of the fishermen tried to swim to recover the boat but had… Read More

Meath Search Operation, Navan

9 December 2015

The River Boyne search for a man who entered the river on 22nd November continued over the course of the weekend of 5-6 December. Sunday 6th December started with the rescue of a girl who entered the river in Navan. A Meath River Rescue boat was on the water as part of the ongoing search… Read More

Tipperary – Clonmel Search Operation

9 December 2015

As emergency, defence, voluntary and rescue teams were dealing with flooding, providing welfare and humanitarian aid across many parts of the country, Gardaí, the Civil Defence, Irish Coast Guard and other Search & Rescue teams have had a double task on their hands since Thursday 3rd December as they continue to search for a missing… Read More