People are being warned to stay a safe distance from bonfires and fireworks.

Tributes have been paid to one of the country’s longest serving firefighters, who is hanging up his helmet after 42 years’ service.

Firefighters have been tackling a large blaze at a warehouse in England.

An investigation is underway into how six people got stuck 50ft above the ground on a fairground ride in Co Waterford last night after a mechanical fault.

Priory Hall residents have said the last two years has caused them to lose trust in the Government.

hirty-one people were rescued in Liverpool today after an amphibious tour bus sank in a city dock.

Two firemen are recovering this afternoon after been attacked while tackling blazes in Limerick last night.

Residents of another north Dublin apartment complex have been advised that their homes may need repair work amid fire safety concerns.

The outbreak of wildfires raging across Ireland because of the lengthy dry spell is unprecedented, according to fire chiefs.

Arsonists blamed for gorse fires that sparked a major alert in the Mourne Mountains should face jail, it has been claimed.

HUNDREDS of homes across Co Clare are to get free 10-year smoke alarms over the next few weeks, in a scheme launched by Clare County Council.

Two firefighters died after a tower block blaze went “completely out of control”, witnesses said today.

Three members of one family were killed in a house fire today.

Five people were feared dead after a house fire today.

SEVEN firefighters have joined Limerick city’s fire service, the first group in 20 years to have been trained in Ireland.

The replacement of a photographic tribute to the 11 victims of the IRA’s Enniskillen Remembrance Sunday bombing in the town’s fire station provoked fury today.

The Fire Services are warning of the dangers of Christmas decorations and candles.

SMALL whiffs of smoke still seeped out of the gutted blackened factory at dusk yesterday.

MIKE LISTON, the 47-year-old firefighter and father-of-four killed in yesterday’s horror road accident in Co Limerick, had lost a brother two years ago in another double fatality.

FIREMEN in Cork were left with faces as red as their appliances yesterday when their faulty equipment left both their boss and Government politician high and dry.

Feud and paramilitary attacks have fuelled surging numbers of arsons in the North, it was claimed today.

Six fire brigade units are fighting a major blaze at one of the country's largest chicken processing facilities, the Westernbrand Chickens, in Ballyhaunis in Mayo.

BOSTON Harbour had its Tea Party and now Foynes port in Co Limerick has just had its Banana Day.

Firefighters’ union leaders tonight accused Hertfordshire fire service of being “woefully prepared” to tackle the Buncefield oil depot blaze.

Fire-fighters have been given the go-ahead to tackle one of the biggest fires in Britain since the Second World War after satisfying environmental concerns.

A hotel popular with wedding couples was almost totally destroyed by a fire in County Kildare last night.

British police have confirmed those killed when a high-speed train ploughed into a car at a level crossing in Berkshire were the train driver, the person from the car and four train passengers.

Fireworks and bonfires will endanger children’s safety over the next week. Irish Examiner reporters look at the measures being taken to prevent accidents.

FOR firefighters soaring on skylifts above the burnt buildings at the Millfield Industrial estate, the scene resembled London in the Blitz.

IT was a case yesterday of Cork city’s Central Fire Station revisited for President Mary McAleese.

RTÉ are committed to a live telecast of the Waterford/Limerick Guinness Munster SHC semi-final replay in Thurles next Saturday evening.

HOAX calls to fire stations are increasing because callers are less afraid of being recognised, the Chief Fire Officers Association was told yesterday.

Police were today investigating the cause of a coach crash on the M25 motorway in England in which five people were killed and 40 injured, two critically.

A firefighter who fractured a colleague’s skull with a Winnie-the-Pooh mug has been ordered to resign after a disciplinary hearing, it emerged today.

Northern Ireland’s Chief Fire Officer today warned spiralling attacks on his crews could result in someone being killed.

The Northern Ireland Fire Service today expressed deep honour at receiving the first ever award given by the Province’s devolved Assembly.