Gardaí have urged greater parental responsibility after emergency medics made reference on Twitter to teenagers having a “drug-fuelled night out” in Clonakilty, Co Cork, “using up valuable emergency services resources”.

The recent snowy weather brought out the best in many local communities around Ireland, and Cork woman Betty Hennessy was one of those braving the weather to help her neighbours.

Clubs, societies, and community groups throughout West Cork are being urged to throw their support behind a massive fundraising drive to pay for €72,000 worth of life-saving medical kits for the voluntary West Cork Rapid Response service.

A new “network” of volunteer personnel from across the emergency services has been established to support the work of the hugely successful West Cork Rapid Response service.

“It was a terrific day, a wonderful way to celebrate the centenary of Ford in Ireland.”

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest will take place on the ancestral home-farm of Henry Ford at Crohane, Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork, on Sunday, August 27.

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.

They organised pub quizzes, race nights, raffles and walks to buy and equip it. And after a marathon community effort, they’ve been able to present a state-of-the-art emergency response jeep to a trauma doctor who could one day save their life.

It’s ladies to the fore as the 2014 Cork Person of the Year will be announced this week.

Six charities in Cork county have benefited from a cycle that raised over €30,000.

Cork camogie captain Anna Geary, who is also the city’s 2014 Rose, has backed a huge charity cycle in West Cork which will help boost the coffers of six charities.

A hospital doctor involved for many years in voluntary life-saving work has been honoured.

With the ambulance service stretched, a group of award-winning volunteers are proving vital, writes Áilín Quinlan.

A 13-month-old baby boy died after ingesting a 5cm metal screw that lodged deep in his windpipe.

I WISH to highlight the invaluable service that West Cork Rapid Response provides to the people of the region, having experienced at first hand its professionalism and speed when I was involved in a road traffic accident last year.