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Louth Search Operation

2 September 2020

Louth Civil Defence was activated by An Garda Síochána on Thursday 27th August to assist in the search for a missing person in the North Louth area. a search plan was devised and Civil Defence volunteers commenced a land and river search. A drone team was also utilised. The search operation continued throughout the weekend… Read More

Volunteer Award – Clare Civil Defence Member

26 August 2020

Orlaith Lyons, a member of Clare Civil Defence has received an award from NUI Galway for her Civic Engagement contributions.  The award was granted mostly because of her volunteer work through Civil Defence.  This is a very prestigious award that reflects the incredible commitment not only given by Orlaith but by all of our dedicated volunteer… Read More

Achill Island Water Provision

24 August 2020

Mayo Civil Defence was activated on 12th August to assist in the delivery of drinking water to households on Achill Island following a ‘do not consume’ notice which issued on 11th August. A total of 350 vulnerable persons were provided with drinking water during the operation which was coordinated from Civil Defence Headquarters in Castlebar… Read More

Flood Waters Skibbereen – Storm Ellen

20 August 2020

Cork West Civil Defence Flood Response Team were deployed at 22:20hrs on Wed 19th August to assist Skibbereen Fire Brigade in clearing flood water in Skibbereen. The Flood Response Team were stood down at 00:45hrs.      

Update on Return to Central Civil Defence Training

17 August 2020

In March as a result of the onset of COVID-19 in Ireland, the Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence cancelled all central Civil Defence training. This was in the interests of protecting everyone involved in the training. As indicated in recent months, central Civil Defence training will resume in September 2020. However clearly… Read More

Galway Civil Defence Missing Person Searches

13 August 2020

Galway Civil Defence were called out on 2 missing person searches this week. Search 1 – 12th August Members of Oranmore, Loughrea Civil Defence and Ballinasloe Civil Defence responded to reports of a missing 15-year-old at 00:15am Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.  They responded immediately with a thermal drone and ambulance crew. The teenager was found safe… Read More

New Phase of the COVID-19 Communications Campaign

10 August 2020

  The Department of Health and HSE have launched a new phase of the COVID-19 communications campaign to encourage safe behaviours as we learn to live with COVID-19.   Living with COVID Pack.pptx

Wingman Casting Callout

22 July 2020

Mahy Media are producing a series for RTÉ called ‘Wingman’ with Baz Ashmawy. The show is about helping people to achieve a dream or an ambition, something that they have always wanted to do but never had the opportunity to do so. The producers would love to reach out to the volunteers that have been and who are still… Read More

Civil Defence & River Shannon Cruisers

22 July 2020

Over the past two weekends Roscommon Civil Defence was activated to assist with Cruisers which got into  difficulty while on the River Shannon.  Boat crews responded on both weekends as follows: The first call was on Sunday morning 12th July when a cruiser had ran aground north of Rooskey. The Roscommon Civil Defence Officer co-ordinated… Read More

Civil Defence: COVID-19 Response

17 July 2020

THANK YOU Civil Defence has provided a 120-day sustained response to the COVID-19 pandemic (17th March – 14th July), assisting the Principal Response Agencies and their communities through a wide range of taskings. A total of 29,516 volunteer hours have been provided by 878 different Civil Defence volunteers. A total of 3,680 individual taskings have… Read More