Talks are due to take place today in a bid to avert industrial action by Cork city’s firefighters later this month.

Firefighters in Cork City who voted overwhelmingly for strike action say there is still time for the dispute, regarding back-money linked to pay restoration, to be resolved before they withdraw labour.

Cork City firefighters have voted overwhelmingly to continue their industrial action and to subsequently escalate it to a full strike if they feel it is necessary.

Almost 60 firefighters are protesting outside Cork City Hall this evening over a pay dispute.

Fire fighters rescued a family from a trapped lift in a Cork city shop last night.

A commemoration ceremony has been held at Bray Fire Station today to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic deaths of Bray firefighters Brian Murray and Mark O’Shaughnessy.

Exposure to heat and the physical exertion required to control a fire is putting firefighters at risk of heart attack, research suggests.

Firefighters belonging to SIPTU will hold a protest outside 12 firestations in Dublin today.

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Firefighters have scaled new heights to raise a record €148,000 for a charity which sends seriously ill children and their families on a dream holiday.

Latest: The fire has been brought under control.

Two firefighters who responded to a shooting at a South Carolina primary school have spoken about the actions they performed which led to them being hailed as heroes.

Eight Russian firefighters have died after the roof of a plastics warehouse in Moscow collapsed while they were trying to extinguish a massive blaze.

Fifty people face spending the night away from their homes after a fire ripped through five stories of a tower block.

Smoke has been sent billowing into the sky above London as firefighters battle a large blaze in Greenwich.

Firefighters in Cork city and county are to hit new heights — with the world’s highest mountain in their plans.

19 people were being rescued from a fairground ride which became stuck 20 metres above ground.

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There has been a breakthrough in pay talks for firefighters as the Government agrees to reverse cuts for new recruits.

A new pay scale has been agreed for full-time local authority firefighters.

Thousands of people rushed to escape a massive wildfire charging across California’s tinder-dry Sierra Nevada foothills and another out-of-control fire that broke out in Northern California, injuring four firefighters.

The Government is being warned that a shortage of firefighters in Dublin is putting lives at risk.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in north-eastern Spain has killed at least two people, wounded six and left four others missing.

Firefighters in California have been battling a raging wildfire which jumped a highway serving as a containment line for the massive blaze – one of 20 burning in the state.

Firefighters in Cork county are responding in less than 10 minutes to one in three fires.

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Fire officers could act as first responders in cases where an ambulance is not immediately available.

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Around 200 firefighters from across the country have marched on the Dáil to protest proposed cuts to crew levels.

Firefighters from across the country will hold a demonstration outside the Dáil this afternoon in protest at cuts to crewing levels.

Firefighters responding to an illegal bonfire on the northside of Cork City were besieged last night by youths armed with stones, bricks and bottles.