Sat, 18 Apr, 2020
Wed, 25 Mar, 2020
The family of a woman who died when her pony and trap smashed onto rocks at the Gap of Dunloe is to sue Kerry County Council.
Mon, 23 Mar, 2020
Dr Farqad Alamgir was travelling to Ireland from Manchester when he experienced a serious cardiac event in Terminal 2
Tue, 18 Feb, 2020
The alarm was raised at around 4pm when the man, who was part of a diving party, got into difficulty while diving in Drake’s Pool, a sheltered section of the Owenabue River, about 1km upstream from Crosshaven.
Sun, 29 Dec, 2019
A potentially life-saving defibrillator, that was stolen from outside a shop in Co Louth, has been found.
Mon, 09 Dec, 2019
Brian Hamilton was found in a collapsed state at Tallaght Hospital A&E at 3pm on April 14 2018.
Thu, 14 Nov, 2019
A man has died following a swimming incident in Co. Clare this morning.
Sat, 17 Aug, 2019
A mother has urged the public to learn first aid after her two-year-old son nearly choked on peanuts on a family break in Kerry.
Wed, 14 Aug, 2019
Gardaí were last night awaiting the results of an autopsy before deciding what direction their investigation would take in relation to the death of a toddler who sustained critical injuries in a Cork city apartment.
Sat, 06 Jul, 2019
The Department of Agriculture have been introducing full Electronic Identification Tagging (EID) in sheep over the last year.
Mon, 24 Jun, 2019
Four people who assisted the recovery of a man who was without a pulse for a half-hour after a cardiac incident were honoured at a community awards ceremony in West Cork at the weekend.
Mon, 08 Apr, 2019
Lifeboat taskings to rescue three women from the fast-flowing Corrib in Galway earlier this week have prompted the port’s harbour master to call for safety railings on the city’s riverbank.
Wed, 13 Mar, 2019
“Despite what the Liverpool manager said, football isn’t more important than life and death. Life is much more important.”
Tue, 23 Oct, 2018
Tributes have been paid to a leading figure in Irish and international aviation who died from a suspected heart attack while swimming off Cork.
Wed, 13 Jun, 2018
The US tourist who was airlifted from the top of Blarney Castle after going into cardiac arrest has issued an emotional thank you to the people who saved his life.
Mon, 23 Apr, 2018
An American tourist in his 50s who was airlifted from the top of the landmark Blarney Castle in Cork after suffering a heart attack is recovering in hospital.
Sat, 21 Apr, 2018
Access to a cath lab would not have saved a farmer whose death during a hospital transfer following a complication of a “silent heart attack” sparked outrage over cardiac services in the South-East, it has emerged.
Thu, 19 Apr, 2018
An 18-year-old man was killed, and two others were critically injured, in an early morning crash in Co Clare on Sunday.
Mon, 02 Apr, 2018
A school principal in north Co Dublin is being hailed a hero after saving the life of a nine-year-old boy who collapsed in the yard.
Fri, 22 Sep, 2017
The jury of nine women and three men were given three options — find Molly and Thomas Martens guilty of second-degree murder, find the two guilty of voluntary manslaughter, or find them not guilty of anything.
Thu, 10 Aug, 2017
A man who saved a family of four from drowning last month has revealed the horrific moment when he realised a mum with a toddler in her arms struggling under the water in a treacherous lake.
Fri, 04 Aug, 2017
An Irish J1 student is reportedly in a serious condition in hospital in the US after getting into difficulty while swimming.
Thu, 03 Aug, 2017
A police dispatcher who took Thomas Martens’ 911 call the morning of Irish businessman Jason Corbett’s death testified that Mr Martens never sounded out of breath, even as he did three rotations of CPR on Mr Corbett, writes Michael Hewlett.
Tue, 25 Jul, 2017
His father had said: "I want him to be kept alive. Where there’s life, there’s hope."
Thu, 22 Jun, 2017
A former Oxford don has reportedly been trampled to death by a herd of cows in a field near a village church in England.
Wed, 14 Jun, 2017
Preventing “low-cost” terrorism involving a vehicle or a knife is a key challenge for European law and order agencies, the EU security commissioner said in Dublin yesterday.
Thu, 06 Apr, 2017
A man whose wife and daughter died in a freak road traffic accident hopes their deaths will result in new road safety improvements before the end of the year, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.
Wed, 15 Feb, 2017
Fri, 30 Dec, 2016
Volunteer of the year David McEvoy helped save the lives of hundreds of people in his community over the last five years.
Thu, 08 Dec, 2016
The Irish Coast Guard has confirmed that two investigations will be carried out into the death of their first ever volunteer to be killed in the line of duty.
Wed, 14 Sep, 2016
An 11-year-old boy pulled a child who later died from a water park pool in England after discovering him while "searching for his goggles", it has been claimed.
Sun, 24 Jul, 2016
Two people have been arrested after a five-year-old boy died following an incident at a water park in the UK.
A student’s body was discovered in an apartment in Limerick by friends, with whom he had shared accommodation.
Thu, 14 Jul, 2016
"If he falls down, I’m gonna help him.”
Fri, 08 Jul, 2016
Recently released CCTV footage shows the moment inmates in a Texas jail broke out of their cell - to raise the alarm that a guard had collapsed.
A 14-year-old girl yesterday recounted the moment when she saw her father attempt to rescue her brother and her brother’s girlfriend when a freak wave swept them out to sea, only for all three to lose their lives.
Wed, 27 Apr, 2016
Prison officers have told an inquest that they would have placed a prisoner, deemed by medical staff in another prison to be at “unprecedented” risk of suicide, in a padded cell had they known the level of risk.
Sat, 16 Apr, 2016
A prisoner found in a coma at Limerick Prison died from a cocktail of drugs which included heroin, methadone and two types of prescription sedatives.
Wed, 23 Mar, 2016
A university which was fined €80,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation after an employee was crushed to death by a cherrypicker has overhauled its policies and introduced new equipment and training.
Fri, 04 Mar, 2016
Fri, 12 Feb, 2016
A boat club said yesterday it had not given permission for the use of a 16ft launch in which a man died and three others were rescued during an early morning incident on the Shannon in Co Limerick.
Fri, 05 Feb, 2016
Operation Resuscitation is an initiative by Irish Community Rapid Response to ensure at least two people in every household in Ireland can help someone survive a cardiac arrest.
Wed, 06 Jan, 2016
A number of events took place around the country on Saturday to mark National CPR day to raise awareness of the importance of learning first aid and, in particular, how to respond to a cardiac emergency.
Mon, 20 Jul, 2015
A kayaker who capsized and drowned had been paddling in fast-flowing rapids following heavy rain, an inquest has heard.
Thu, 16 Jul, 2015
THE barometers used by the fishermen of old would have told you, if you needed telling in the first place.
Thu, 02 Jul, 2015
Inquest heard man used up his air while removing a weight caught on guide line above harbour wreck
Fri, 19 Jun, 2015
The man who was killed in Wednesday’s workplace accident and his critically injured brother are cousins of the Irish International football captain, Robbie Keane, it has emerged.
Fri, 12 Jun, 2015
A network of specially trained volunteers, who can be called on to attend cardiac victims before an ambulance arrives, is being rolled out across the country.
Mon, 02 Feb, 2015
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of the late pop star Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, is recovering in hospital after she was found unresponsive at her home on Saturday.
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