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Irish Daily Star News Article 14th May 2020

14 May 2020

The Irish Daily Star visited Meath Civil Defence on Wednesday the 13th May.  Attached is the news article from Michael O’Toole reporting on their visit. Daily Star News Article on Meath CD 14th May 2020      

Laois Search Operation

14 May 2020

Laois Civil Defence was activated at 1pm on Wednesday 13th May to assist in the land search for a missing person in the environs of Portlaoise.   Four Civil Defence Drone Units were in operation – Laois Galway, Westmeath and Tipperary. In total, 21 volunteer members were on duty, assisted by 8 4WD vehicles, 1 4WD… Read More

Carlow Search Operation

14 May 2020

Carlow Civil Defence was activated to assist in a search for a missing person at 9am on Wednesday 13th May.   A river search was conducted using two boats, one of which was equipped with sonar.  A search of the river banks was also conducted with a total of 12 volunteers active. Carlow Civil Defence received… Read More

News Report on Civil Defence from Sunday Independent 3rd May 2020

3 May 2020

News article on Civil Defence taken from todays Sunday Independent Sunday Independent News Report

Roscommon Search Deployment

1 May 2020

On Wednesday evening 29th April Roscommon Civil Defence was activated by Roscommon Garda Station for assistance in a search for a missing male in the Knockcroghery area of Co. Roscommon. The man was spotted near the railway line south of Knockcroghery in the Athlone direction. The initial request was for a drone team to do… Read More

Brian Connery, Cork North Civil Defence Volunteer 1980 – 2020

27 April 2020

Brian Connery sadly passed away on the 21st of April after a long battle with illness. Brian was known to all as “Chopper” his nickname, the origins of which are now a state secret. Chopper has been a member of Cork North Civil Defence since he joined in 1996 at the age of 16. Nearly… Read More

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, T.D, pays tribute to the significant contribution of Civil Defence to the national response to COVID-19.

20 April 2020

Today at Dublin Civil Defence Headquarters, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, T.D, and Minister with responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe T.D, paid tribute to the significant contribution of Civil Defence and its volunteers to the national response to COVID-19. Nationally Civil Defence has over 3,500 volunteer members who are trained in a variety of disciplines including… Read More

Cork City CD News Report in the Evening Echo 15th April 2020

20 April 2020

Link below to a news report about Civil Defence from last Wednesday’s Evening Echo Evening Echo News Report on 15th April 2020

Donation of Tipperary Water from C&C Gleeson to Civil Defence Nationally

20 April 2020

C&C Glesson has very generously donated bottles of Tipperary Water to Civil Defence which is being distributed nationally. Pictured below are volunteers from Kerry and Longford Civil Defence Units collecting their allocation.

Kildare Water Rescue

17 April 2020

Kildare Civil Defence assisted the Fire Service and Gardaí in a successful water rescue operation on Thursday night, 16th April 2020.