International Security Guard Day: Meet some of those on duty in Cork and Dublin

What better day to celebrate the people in charge of security around the clock than 24/7

July 24 (24/7) is International Security Guard Day

When she started out in security, Valentina Dimkovska could hardly have imagined she’d one day be standing at the doors of one of Dublin’s most famous nightclubs. Originally from North Macedonia, Valentina arrived in Ireland after several years as a logistics specialist with the US Army.

“I started in 1999 and it was just something to pay the bills,” says the 51-year-old.