The Civil Defence is expected to hear today whether it will be allowed continue to provide emergency medical services at hundreds of community festivals.

This year’s Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon will mark another step towards a ‘greener’ event, as organisers continue their efforts to reduce the single-use plastics accumulated during the race.

The Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon was launched today as both pro and budding runners and walkers were encouraged to sign up and register for the event taking place on June 2.

England’s Rugby Football League says it is looking into the circumstances which left Irish international Will Hope waiting in agony for three hours for an ambulance that never arrived.

Retired RTÉ commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has praised volunteers in organisations across the emergency and voluntary spectrum for their tireless work and commitment throughout the years.

The setting up of a life-saving community first responder (CFR) group on the outskirts of Cork City could become a template for the roll-out of similar groups across the country.

Three spectators have fainted watching matches at Wimbledon in the scorching heat.

The head of Maynooth University Department of Anthropology, Mark Maguire, says security on its own isn’t a sufficient response to terror, and explains his research into how we humans react to such incidents    

Communities across the North must stand together to reject the dark deeds of the dark men who murdered a prison officer, mourners at his funeral were told.

A “human cannonball” stuntman was killed when a safety net intended to break his fall after he was fired into the air collapsed, an inquest in the UK has heard.

Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard has made a light-hearted plea for shamed pop star Justin Bieber to be invited to the Royal Box.

One of the country’s largest voluntary first-aid organisations will perform CPR demos in Cork this weekend in a bid to encourage more people to learn the technique.

A 42-year-old man has died after collapsing at the finish line of the London Marathon while police are looking to trace a female runner who has not been seen since the race finished.

A 42-year-old man has died after collapsing at the finish line of the London Marathon, organisers said.

Police in the UK are looking for three men accused of pelting England winger Theo Walcott with coins during an Arsenal v Tottenham match.

UK police are examining anti-Semitic tweets posted after an Arsenal-Spurs clash that saw winger Theo Walcott and St John Ambulance staff pelted with missiles.

Three people were stabbed after a fight broke out at a Swedish House Mafia concert in the UK last night.

A GAA referee has collapsed and died during a game in the North.

MPs in Britain today called for a major overhaul of the way English football is run to ensure the game's long-term future in the face of rising levels of debt and financial instability.

Kate Moss was given oxygen after "feeling faint" at the NME Awards on Wednesday.

LEAVE your high heels at home, wear a broad-brimmed hat and bring a decent pair of shades if you’re heading to a music festival this summer.

FOUR runners died yesterday as the warm weather took its toll on competitors in Britain’s 25th Great North Run.