Dublin Fire Brigade have confirmed a firefighter/paramedic has tested positive for Covid-19.

A housing estate was blocked with burning cars, a car was driven onto a bonfire and fire fighters came under attack during a series of Halloween call-outs in Dublin last night.

The Dáil has heard a claim it took longer to fight yesterday's school fire in North Dublin because of low water pressure in the area.

Latest: The Government has said “every resource and support available” will be offered to a primary school in north Dublin which has been damaged by a fire.

A criminal investigation has been launched into a fire in Coolock, Dublin earlier today.

Firefighters and paramedics from Dublin Fire Brigade have threatened strike action in a row over staffing levels.

Fire fighters came under attack as they attended the scene of a blaze in Dublin last night.

The fire also spread to the straw in the field near Lusk in the north of the county.

Two people who jumped into the River Liffey in Dublin to save a dog have been rescued.

SIPTU says county councils should have improved fire safety standards after the Grenfell Tower fire in London.

There was no damage to the main gallery or any of its priceless paintings.

The incident occurred on a ward at St Luke's Hospital in Rathgar at around 5.30am on Monday.

An elderly man has died following a house fire in South Dublin.

Dublin Fire Brigade has been called out to hundreds of fire-related incidents tonight as Halloween celebrations take place across the city.

Dublin Fire Brigade are tackling gorse fires in Puck's Castle, which may have been started deliberately.

Adrian O’Grady is a station officer with Dublin Fire Brigade.

A fire has been tackled overnight on the northside of Dublin.

Homeowners in Dublin apartment complex have been given 21 days to pay for remedial works or face legal action.

Dublin Fire Brigade are warning people to watch out for a scam in pubs across the capital.

A man, 20, is to be charged in relation to a fire at a flat at Tyrone Place, Inchicore in September last year.

Dublin Fire Brigade are hunting down some 'Snowmaggeddon heroes'.

A Dublin Fire Brigade appliance was taken out of operation last night because of a staff shortage.

Latest: All lanes of the Port Tunnel in Dublin have reopened to traffic following an earlier crash.

Bohemians are counting the cost of a fire Dalymount Park.

Dublin Fire Brigade is investigating 25 private rental properties specifically reported to the service.

Who are you supporting, Dublin or Mayo?

Dublin Fire Brigade spent last night dealing with a serious blaze on Three Rock Mountain.

Unions representing members of Dublin Fire Brigade and the City Council have agreed to mediation.

Siptu firefighters have overwhelmingly voted in favour of taking industrial and strike action.

You don't want them calling with their "big key".

A large gorse fire has illuminated the Dublin Mountains tonight.

An investigation is underway following the outbreak of a fire at the Oberstown Children's Detention Campus in Dublin yesterday and last night.

Bed and gadgets don't mix.

The Dublin Fire Brigade processed 700 calls this Halloween, answering one 999 report every 40 seconds, they also attended 193 bonfires.

The Dublin Fire Brigade has said in their live-tweeting of call outs this evening that they are answering a 999 call every 40 seconds.

Update at 8.30pm: Dublin Fire Brigade says stones were thrown at its members as they attended the scene of a blaze tonight.

Members of the Dublin Fire Brigade have rescued two people from the River Liffey in Dublin City.

Siptu members at Dublin Fire Brigade are to start industrial action on Monday, October 5, in protest over "critical" staffing levels.

Dublin City Sinn Féin Councillor Noeleen Reilly is calling on the chief executive officer of Dublin City Council to engage in a full scale recruitment process for the Dublin Fire Brigade and to look at why there are such few women working in the service.

Eircom has said it cannot say when a major phones problem which has affected hundreds of thousands of people will be fixed.

SIPTU members of Dublin Fire Brigade have voted for industrial action - up to and including a strike - as a row over recruitment escalates.

A woman has been rescued after a fire broke out in her apartment in the Christchurch area of Dublin.

SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade are to ballot for industrial action in a row over outstanding firefighter vacancies.

Dublin Fire Brigade is at the scene of a gorse fire at Killiney Hill, Dublin.