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Five finalists were announced for this year’s Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick Award on International Women’s Day (8 March), and the award ceremony will be hosted by the School of Medicine at the University of Limerick on Wednesday 1 May. The Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick Award was...

Providing medical and humanitarian care in a war zone is challenging at the best of times, but aid workers on the ground in Gaza have been faced with unprecedented conditions. An emergency aid co-ordinator and a rapid deployment staff member talk to Christine Maguire...

Mullingar Fire Station will be the location for this year’s National Rescue & CPR Challenge on Saturday 11 May, with the annual event set to provide Ireland’s statutory and voluntary emergency services with an opportunity to demonstrate their skillsets in cardiac...

Northern Ireland’s emergency services, community groups and voluntary agencies will join forces to run a range of multiple scenarios and training exercises for healthcare students during ‘Resilience Day’ on Saturday 23 March at the Ulster University campus in Derry....

The Irish Coast Guard's next generation aircraft, provided under a new ten-year contract, will provide for a year-round, day and night search and rescue helicopter service, delivered by a fleet of six AW189 choppers based in Dublin, Shannon, Sligo and Waterford. The...

The increased number of verbal and physical assaults on nurses and midwives in recent years has led the Health and Safety Authority to set up a National Policy and Inspection Team to investigate the impact this is having within the healthcare setting. Report by Derek...